Actor

Scatman Crothers

May 23, 1910 · Terre 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.

Notable work

8.2
The Shining (1980)
as Hallorann
8.4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
as Orderly Turkle
7.3
The Aristocats (1970)
as Scat Cat (voice)
6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
as Mr. Bloom
7.9
Bewitched (1964)
as Handler
7.1
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
as Jazz (voice)
7.2
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
cast
7.5
Bonanza (1959)
as Jud
7.3
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
as Tickler
7.8
The Transformers (1984)
as Jazz (voice)
7
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
7.1
The Shootist (1976)
as Moses

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