As Actor
Rock Odyssey
1987
6.8
Scatman Crothers
Acting
Birth date
May 23, 1910
Birth place
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Death date
November 22, 1986
Biography
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.
Featured in
As Actor
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
7.2
As Actor
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
6.9
As Actor
Two of a Kind
1983
5.9
As Actor
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
6.5
As Actor
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
6.7
As Actor
Deadly Eyes
1982
5.9
As Actor
Zapped!
1982
5.2
As Actor
Working
1982
4.3
As Actor
Making 'The Shining'
1980
7.1
As Actor
Bronco Billy
1980
6.3
As Actor
The Shining
1980
8.2
As Actor
Scavenger Hunt
1979
5.6
As Actor
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979
6.3
As Actor
Mean Dog Blues
1978
4.9
As Actor
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
4.0
As Actor
Stay Hungry
1976
5.7
As Actor
Friday Foster
1975
6.0
As Actor
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
8.4
As Actor
Coonskin
1975
6.1