Scatman Crothers
Acting
Born: 1910-05-23 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Love Boat
Virgil Gibson
The Mike Douglas Show
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Ironside
Jason
Bonanza
Jud
Mannix
Bewitched
Handler
Hill Street Blues
Taxi
Walt
Magnum, P.I.
Tickler
Adam-12
George Strothers
The Transformers
Jazz (voice)
The Incredible Hulk
American Playhouse
Parking Attendant
Love, American Style
One-Man Band
Hotel
Garland Fisk
The Shining
Hallorann
Starsky & Hutch
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Orderly Turkle
Sanford and Son
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(voice)
Laverne & Shirley
The Colgate Comedy Hour
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The Odd Couple
Blind Man
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Timothy
Kojak
Gaylord Fuller
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Uncle Filemon
Matt Houston
Vega$
Chico and the Man
Louie
Scooby's All-Stars
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
The Aristocats
Scat Cat (voice)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
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The Adventures of Jim Bowie
McMillan & Wife
Floyd
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
Roots
Mingo
Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
The Transformers: The Movie
Jazz (voice)
Madame's Place
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