Birthday
1910/05/22
Day of death
1986/11/21 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Also know as
Benjamin Crothers, Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers, Benjamin Sherman Crothers, اسکیتمن کراترز
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor, singer, dancer and musician known for his work as Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and as Dick Hallorann in The Shining in 1980. He was also a prolific voiceover artist, and provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the animated TV version of The Harlem Globetrotters, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers, the title character in Hong Kong Ph...Read more
(1975) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Orderly Turkle
(1980) The Shining
as Hallorann
(1970) The Aristocats
as Scat Cat (voice)
(1976) Stay Hungry
as William
(1980) Bronco Billy
as Doc Lynch
(1976) Silver Streak
as Ralston
(1979) Scavenger Hunt
as Sam
(1982) Zapped!
as Dexter Jones
(1975) Linda Lovelace for President
as Super Black
(1970) Bloody Mama
as Moses
(1976) The Shootist
as Moses
(1983) Two of a Kind
as Earl
(1975) Coonskin
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
(1985) The Journey of Natty Gann
as Sherman
(1978) The Cheap Detective
as Tinker
(1972) The Lorax
as Singer
(1982) Deadly Eyes
as George Faskins
(1974) Black Belt Jones
as Pop Byrd
(1980) Making 'The Shining'
as Self
(1975) The Fortune
as Fisherman
(1972) The King of Marvin Gardens
as Lewis
(1961) The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Musinga
(1975) Friday Foster
as Reverend Noble Franklin
(1979) Banjo the Woodpile Cat
as Crazy Legs (voice)
(1973) Detroit 9000
as Reverend Markham
(1971) Chandler
as Smoke
(1976) Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
as Ben Benson
(1978) Mean Dog Blues
as Mudcat
(1953) Walking My Baby Back Home
as Smiley Gordon
(1953) East of Sumatra
as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
(1987) Rock Odyssey
as Jukebox (voice)
(1983) Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Mr. Bloom
(1975) Man on the Outside
as Ruben Hammer
(1972) Lady Sings the Blues
as Big Ben
(1969) Hello, Dolly!
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
(1970) The Great White Hope
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
(1974) Truck Turner
as Duke
(1958) Tarzan and the Trappers
as Tyana
(1953) Meet Me at the Fair
as Enoch Jones
(1982) Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Mose Wheeler
(1981) The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Dewey Stevens
(1973) Slaughter's Big Rip Off
as Cleveland
(2024) Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
as Jazz (archive audio)
(1978) NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
(1954) Johnny Dark
as Himself
(1969) Hook, Line and Sinker
as The Corpse (uncredited)
(1959) Alias Jesse James
as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
(1986) The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
as Jazz
(1976) Joys
as Self
(1986) The Transformers: The Movie
as Jazz (voice)
(1956) Between Heaven and Hell
as George (uncredited)
(1975) Win, Place or Steal
as Attendant
(1964) Lady in a Cage
as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
(1951) Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
as Scatman
(1982) Working
as Parking Attendant
(1974) Sty of the Blind Pig
as Doc
(1973) Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
as (voices)
(2011) Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
as (voice) (archive footage)
(1964) The Patsy
as Shoeshine Boy
(1959) Porgy and Bess
as Crabman
(1983) Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
as Self - Sketch Performer
(1958) Tarzan and the Trappers
as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
(1987) Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
as Jazz
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as Tickler
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as Joe
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as ---
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1977) Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as ---
(1970) The Odd Couple
as Blind Man
(1977) The Love Boat
as Virgil Gibson
(1974) Chico and the Man
as Louie
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(1972) Sanford and Son
as ---
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1979) The Super Globetrotters
as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
(1976) Laverne & Shirley
as ---
(1973) Kojak
as Gaylord Fuller
(1984) The Transformers
as Jazz (voice)
(1964) Bewitched
as ---
(1974) Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Uncle Filemon
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Timothy
(1970) Harlem Globetrotters
as ---
(1972) Temperatures Rising
as ---
(1978) Vega$
as ---
(1974) Hong Kong Phooey
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Johnson
(1985) Paw Paws
as ---
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as ---
(1982) One of the Boys
as ---
(1978) Flying High
as ---
(1986) Morningstar/Eveningstar
as ---
(1982) It Takes Two
as ---
(1983) Casablanca
as Sam
(1973) The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
(1960) Johnny Midnight
as Train Attendant (uncredited)
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1971) Nichols
as Jack
(1983) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1972) The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
(1968) Adam-12
as George Strothers
(1978) Taxi
as Walt
(1977) Roots
as Mingo
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as Floyd
(1969) Love, American Style
as One-Man Band
(1979) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
as (voice)
(1982) Madame's Place
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1973) Griff
as Joe Rawls
(1967) Ironside
as Jason