Scatman Crothers
American entertainer (1910–1986)
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).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 9 films (1952–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Meet Me At The Fair. | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 10 reels | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1953 | East Of Sumatra. | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 9 reels | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1953 | Walking My Baby Back Home. | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 95 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1963 | Lady in a cage. | Paramount Pictures Corp. & Luther Davis Productions Inc. | 3200 | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1975 | Coonskin aka Street Fight | Ralph Bakshi | ||||
| 1976 | One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | Culver City | 133 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1976 | The Shootist | Dino De Laurentiis Corporation | 100 min | Color | sound | |
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Mel Stuart | ||||
| 1980 | The Shining | Stanley Kubrick |