Scatman Crothers
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 Phooey, and Scat Cat in the 1970 film The Aristocats.
Movies
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
Jazz (archive audio)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
(voice) (archive footage)
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
Jazz
Rock Odyssey
Jukebox (voice)
The Transformers: The Movie
Jazz (voice)
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Jazz (voice)
The Journey of Natty Gann
Sherman
Two of a Kind
Earl
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Mr. Bloom
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Mose Wheeler
Deadly Eyes
George Faskins
Zapped!
Dexter Jones
Working
Parking Attendant
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Dewey Stevens
Bronco Billy
Doc Lynch
The Shining
Hallorann
Scavenger Hunt
Sam
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Crazy Legs (voice)
The Cheap Detective
Tinker
Mean Dog Blues
Mudcat
Silver Streak
Ralston
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
Ben Benson
The Shootist
Moses
Stay Hungry
William
Friday Foster
Reverend Noble Franklin
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Orderly Turkle
Coonskin
Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
Man on the Outside
Ruben Hammer
The Fortune
Fisherman
Linda Lovelace for President
Super Black
Win, Place or Steal
Attendant
Truck Turner
Duke
Sty of the Blind Pig
Doc
Black Belt Jones
Pop Byrd
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
(voices)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Cleveland
Detroit 9000
Reverend Markham
The King of Marvin Gardens
Lewis
Lady Sings the Blues
Big Ben
The Lorax
Singer
Chandler
Smoke
The Aristocats
Scat Cat (voice)
The Great White Hope
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Bloody Mama
Moses
Hello, Dolly!
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker
The Corpse (uncredited)
The Patsy
Shoeshine Boy
Lady in a Cage
Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Musinga
Porgy and Bess
Crabman
Alias Jesse James
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Tarzan and the Trappers
Tyana
Between Heaven and Hell
George (uncredited)
Walking My Baby Back Home
Smiley Gordon
East of Sumatra
Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
Meet Me at the Fair
Enoch Jones
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
Scatman
TV Series
Morningstar/Eveningstar
5 Episodes
Paw Paws
21 Episodes
The Transformers
Jazz (voice)
92 Episodes
Casablanca
Sam
5 Episodes
It Takes Two
1 Episode
Matt Houston
1 Episode
Hotel
1 Episode
One of the Boys
13 Episodes
Hill Street Blues
1 Episode
Magnum, P.I.
Tickler
1 Episode
The Super Globetrotters
Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
13 Episodes
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(voice)
1 Episode
Flying High
1 Episode
Vega$
1 Episode
Taxi
Walt
1 Episode
The Incredible Hulk
1 Episode
The Love Boat
Virgil Gibson
1 Episode
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
94 Episodes
Roots
Mingo
1 Episode
Laverne & Shirley
2 Episodes
Starsky & Hutch
1 Episode
Chico and the Man
Louie
88 Episodes
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Uncle Filemon
1 Episode
Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
31 Episodes
Kojak
Gaylord Fuller
1 Episode
Griff
Joe Rawls
1 Episode
Temperatures Rising
1 Episode
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
3 Episodes
Sanford and Son
1 Episode
McMillan & Wife
Floyd
1 Episode
Nichols
Jack
1 Episode
The Odd Couple
Blind Man
1 Episode
Harlem Globetrotters
22 Episodes
Love, American Style
One-Man Band
1 Episode
Adam-12
George Strothers
1 Episode
Mannix
1 Episode
Ironside
Jason
1 Episode
Bewitched
Handler
1 Episode
Johnny Midnight
Train Attendant (uncredited)
1 Episode
Bourbon Street Beat
Joe
1 Episode
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1 Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Timothy
1 Episode
Lux Video Theatre
Johnson
1 Episode