Scatman Crothers
Birthplace: Terre Haute
Born: 1910-05-23
Died: 1986-11-22; 1986-11-23
Occupations recorded in source
actor; composer; dancer; dub actor; film actor; guitarist; jazz musician; musician; singer; songwriter; television actor; voice actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). He was also a prolific voice actor who provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the Harlem Globetrotters animated TV series, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers and The Transformers: The Movie (1986), the title character in Hong Kong Phooey, and Scat Cat in the Disney animated film The Aristocats (1970).
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Rock Odyssey (1987)
- The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) — Sherman
- Two of a Kind (1983) — Earl
- Deadly Eyes (1982)
- Bronco Billy (1980) — Doc Lynch
- The Shining (1980) — Dick Hallorann
- Scavenger Hunt (1979) — Sam
- Mean Dog Blues (1978) — Mudcat
- The Cheap Detective (1978) — Tinker
- Stay Hungry (1976) — William
- Coonskin (1975) — Pappy / Old Man Bone (als Scat Man Crothers)
- Friday Foster (1975) — Noble Franklin
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) — Orderly Turkle
- Black Belt Jones (1974) — Pop Byrd
- The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) — Lewis
- Bloody Mama (1970) — Moses
- The Aristocats (1970) — Scat Cat
- Three on a Couch (1966) — Partygast
- Lady in a Cage (1964) — Mr. Pauls Assistent
- Johnny Dark (1954) — er selbst
- Meet Me at the Fair (1953)
- Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) — "Smiley" Gordon
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Jack Nicholson · 3 films
- Bob Rafelson · 2 films
- Bruce Dern · 2 films
- James Coco · 2 films
- Janet Leigh · 2 films
- Louise Fletcher · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.