Personal Info
Known Credits
63
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1910-05-22 (115 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Also Known For
Benjamin CrothersBenjamin Sherman "Scatman" CrothersBenjamin Sherman Crothersاسکیتمن کراترز
Scatman Crothers
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
| Jazz (archive audio)
2011 --
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
| (voice) (archive footage)
1987 --
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
| Jazz
1987 --
Rock Odyssey
| Jukebox (voice)
1986 --
The Transformers: The Movie
| Jazz (voice)
1986 --
The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
| Jazz
1985 --
The Journey of Natty Gann
| Sherman
1983 --
Two of a Kind
| Earl
1983 --
Twilight Zone: The Movie
| Mr. Bloom
1983 --
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
| Self - Sketch Performer
1982 --
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
| Mose Wheeler
1982 --
Deadly Eyes
| George Faskins
1982 --
Zapped!
| Dexter Jones
1982 --
Working
| Parking Attendant
1981 --
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
| Dewey Stevens
1980 --
Making 'The Shining'
| Self
1980 --
Bronco Billy
| Doc Lynch
1980 --
The Shining
| Hallorann
1979 --
Scavenger Hunt
| Sam
1979 --
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
| Crazy Legs (voice)
1978 --
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
| Self
1978 --
The Cheap Detective
| Tinker
1978 --
Mean Dog Blues
| Mudcat
1976 --
Silver Streak
| Ralston
1976 --
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
| Ben Benson
1976 --
The Shootist
| Moses
1976 --
Stay Hungry
| William
1976 --
Joys
| Self
1975 --
Friday Foster
| Reverend Noble Franklin
1975 --
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
| Orderly Turkle
1975 --
Coonskin
| Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
1975 --
Man on the Outside
| Ruben Hammer
1975 --
The Fortune
| Fisherman
1975 --
Linda Lovelace for President
| Super Black
1975 --
Win, Place or Steal
| Attendant
1974 --
Truck Turner
| Duke
1974 --
Sty of the Blind Pig
| Doc
1974 --
Black Belt Jones
| Pop Byrd
1973 --
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
| (voices)
1973 --
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
| Cleveland
1973 --
Detroit 9000
| Reverend Markham
1972 --
Lady Sings the Blues
| Big Ben
1972 --
The King of Marvin Gardens
| Lewis
1972 --
The Lorax
| Singer
1971 --
Chandler
| Smoke
1970 --
The Aristocats
| Scat Cat (voice)
1970 --
The Great White Hope
| Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1970 --
Bloody Mama
| Moses
1969 --
Hello, Dolly!
| Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
1969 --
Hook, Line and Sinker
| The Corpse (uncredited)
1964 --
The Patsy
| Shoeshine Boy
1964 --
Lady in a Cage
| Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
1961 --
The Sins of Rachel Cade
| Musinga
1959 --
Porgy and Bess
| Crabman
1959 --
Alias Jesse James
| Railroad Porter (uncredited)
1958 --
Tarzan and the Trappers
| Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
1958 --
Tarzan and the Trappers
| Tyana
1956 --
Between Heaven and Hell
| George (uncredited)
1954 --
Johnny Dark
| Himself
1953 --
Walking My Baby Back Home
| Smiley Gordon
1953 --
East of Sumatra
| Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
1953 --
Meet Me at the Fair
| Enoch Jones
1951 --
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
| Scatman