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Scatman Crothers
Born 1910-05-23Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining LocationSelf (archive footage)Transformers: 40th Anniversary EventJazz (archive audio)Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates(voice) (archive footage)Transformers: The Return of Optimus PrimeJazzRock OdysseyJukebox (voice)The Transformers: The MovieJazz (voice)The Transformers: More Than Meets the EyeJazz (voice)The Journey of Natty GannShermanTwo of a KindEarlTwilight Zone: The MovieMr. BloomGrandpa, Will You Run with Me?Self - Sketch PerformerMissing Children: A Mother's StoryMose WheelerDeadly EyesGeorge FaskinsZapped!Dexter JonesWorkingParking AttendantThe Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's IslandDewey StevensMaking 'The Shining'SelfThe Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow WhiteNate (voice)Bronco BillyDoc LynchThe ShiningHallorannScavenger HuntSamBanjo the Woodpile CatCrazy Legs (voice)NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelfThe Cheap DetectiveTinker