Acting credits
105
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Scatman Crothers
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 61Series: 44Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 7077
IMDb ID: nm0001079
Known for: Acting
Born: May 23, 1910
Died: November 22, 1986
Age: 76
Place of birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1950 - 2024
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q501996
Also known as
Benjamin Crothers • Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers • Benjamin Sherman Crothers • اسکیتمن کراترز
Other jobs
Songs (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Scatman Crothers.
7.1
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
as Jazz (archive audio)
2024 Movie
9.5
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
as (voice) (archive footage)
2011 Movie
8.0
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
as Jazz
1987 Movie
6.8
Rock Odyssey
as Jukebox (voice)
1987 Movie
7.1
The Transformers: The Movie
as Jazz (voice)
1986 Movie
8.7
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
as Jazz (voice)
1986 Movie
6.8
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Sherman
1985 Movie
5.9
Two of a Kind
as Earl
1983 Movie
6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Mr. Bloom
1983 Movie
6.7
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Mose Wheeler
1982 Movie
5.6
Deadly Eyes
as George Faskins
1982 Movie
5.2
Zapped!
as Dexter Jones
1982 Movie
3.5
Working
as Parking Attendant
1982 Movie
4.6
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Dewey Stevens
1981 Movie
7.1
Making 'The Shining'
as Self
1980 Movie
6.3
Bronco Billy
as Doc Lynch
1980 Movie
8.2
The Shining
as Hallorann
1980 Movie
5.6
Scavenger Hunt
as Sam
1979 Movie
6.4
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
as Crazy Legs (voice)
1979 Movie
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1978 Movie
6.3
The Cheap Detective
as Tinker
1978 Movie
4.4
Mean Dog Blues
as Mudcat
1978 Movie
6.7
Silver Streak
as Ralston
1976 Movie
3.7
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
as Ben Benson
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Scatman Crothers.
8.0
Paw Paws
21 eps
1985 Series
7.8
The Transformers
as Jazz (voice) • 92 eps
1984 Series
5.3
Casablanca
as Sam • 5 eps
1983 Series
5.0
It Takes Two
1 eps
1982 Series
6.2
Matt Houston
1 eps
1982 Series
7.3
Madame's Place
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
6.8
Hotel
1 eps
1982 Series
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
1981 Series
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
as Tickler • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.5
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
as (voice) • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.8
The Super Globetrotters
as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice) • 13 eps
1979 Series
4.5
Flying High
1 eps
1978 Series
7.0
Vega$
1 eps
1978 Series
7.2
Taxi
as Walt • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1 eps
1977 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
as Virgil Gibson • 1 eps
1977 Series
8.1
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice) • 94 eps
1977 Series
7.4
Roots
as Mingo • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.1
Laverne & Shirley
2 eps
1976 Series
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1 eps
1975 Series
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Uncle Filemon • 1 eps
1974 Series
5.8
Chico and the Man
as Louie • 88 eps
1974 Series
6.4
Hong Kong Phooey
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice) • 31 eps
1974 Series
7.1
Kojak
as Gaylord Fuller • 1 eps
1973 Series