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Scatman Crothers

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American entertainer (1910-1986)

United StatesActorsLived 1910 to 1986 · aged 76
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Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980).

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Crothers appearing with Redd Foxx on Sanford and SonCrothers appearing with Redd Foxx on Sanford and Son

Filmography 40

The Shining1980 · ★ 8.2
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975 · ★ 8.4
The Aristocats1970 · ★ 7.3
Twilight Zone: The Movie1983 · ★ 6.5
The Transformers: The Movie1986 · ★ 7.1
The Shootist1976 · ★ 7.1
Hello, Dolly!1969 · ★ 7.0
Silver Streak1976 · ★ 6.7
Bronco Billy1980 · ★ 6.3
Zapped!1982 · ★ 5.2
The Journey of Natty Gann1985 · ★ 6.8
The Lorax1972 · ★ 7.2
Coonskin1975 · ★ 6.1
Two of a Kind1983 · ★ 5.9
Stay Hungry1976 · ★ 5.7
The Cheap Detective1978 · ★ 6.4
Bloody Mama1970 · ★ 5.5
Making 'The Shining'1980 · ★ 7.1
The King of Marvin Gardens1972 · ★ 5.9
Friday Foster1975 · ★ 6.0
Lady in a Cage1964 · ★ 6.1
Lady Sings the Blues1972 · ★ 6.9
Truck Turner1974 · ★ 6.4
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters1973 · ★ 9.1
Black Belt Jones1974 · ★ 6.0
The Patsy1964 · ★ 6.2
The Fortune1975 · ★ 5.4
Deadly Eyes1982
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates2011 · ★ 9.6
Scavenger Hunt1979
Between Heaven and Hell1956
The Great White Hope1970
Alias Jesse James1959
Banjo the Woodpile Cat1979
Detroit 90001973
Hook, Line and Sinker1969
Porgy and Bess1959
Tarzan and the Trappers1958
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye1986
Linda Lovelace for President1975

115 credits on file

Television 24

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
The Mike Douglas Show1961
Bonanza1959
The Love Boat1977
Bewitched1964
Ironside1967
Magnum, P.I.1980
Mannix1967
Adam-121968
Hill Street Blues1981
Love, American Style1969
The Incredible Hulk1977
Taxi1978
Starsky & Hutch1975
Hotel1982
The Transformers1984
Kojak1973
Laverne & Shirley1976
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
Sanford and Son1972
The Odd Couple1970
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo1979
Roots1977

Awards 3

1987Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
1980Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Connected to Scatman 6

Peter CullenAlso in The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye (1986)Don BluthAlso in Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979)Ellen BurstynAlso in The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)Sondra LockeAlso in Bronco Billy (1980)Olivia de HavillandAlso in Lady in a Cage (1964)Gene KellyAlso in Hello, Dolly! (1969)

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Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). He was also a prolific voice actor who provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the Harlem Globetrotters animated TV series, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers and The Transformers: The Movie (1986), the title character in Hong Kong Phooey, and Scat Cat in the Disney animated film The Aristocats (1970).

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1986 · aged 76
Written about in
26 languages

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