Biography
Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers 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).
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Awards & recognition
- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame · 1987
- Saturn Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1980
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography50+ titles
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Shining
Bewitched
The Transformers
The Odd Couple
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Hill Street Blues
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Sanford and Son
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Bonanza
Roots
Magnum, P.I.
Taxi
Starsky & Hutch
The Aristocats
The Incredible Hulk
Laverne & Shirley
Kojak
The Transformers: The Movie
The Shootist
Adam-12
McMillan & Wife
Hello, Dolly!
Ironside
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Journey of Natty Gann
Mannix
Silver Streak
Lux Video Theatre
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Hong Kong Phooey
Truck Turner
The Cheap Detective
Bronco Billy
The Love Boat
Chico and the Man
The Patsy
Between Heaven and Hell
Coonskin
Lady in a Cage
Friday Foster
Black Belt Jones
Alias Jesse James
The King of Marvin Gardens
Johnny Dark
Stay Hungry
Scavenger Hunt