Scatman Crothers
Acting
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.
Born: May 23, 1910
Place of Birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Known For
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
Splash into action with seafaring sleuths Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang as they collide with a mystery ship and try to uncover clues from a vanished crew in Hassle in the Castle! Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are then captured by Redbeard the Pirate in Go Away Ghost Ship. Zoinks! If the case isn’t solved soon, somebody’s going to walk the plank! And when Scooby and friends get lost in a swamp, they meet up with the Harlem Globetrotters and Redbeard the Pirate – again! – for a swashbuckling adventure worth a treasure chest full of Scooby Snax!
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
In yet another hilarious caper, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and, of course, Scooby-Doo team up with the talented Harlem Globetrotters to solve a haunting that, apparently, involves the ghosts of Paul Revere and other Revolutionary War soldiers. A second episode features the gang and the Globetrotters heading to a deserted island for some relaxation, but they realize they are in for trouble when their ship sets sail with nobody at the wheel.
Walking My Baby Back Home
A young man from a wealthy New York family pursues a career as the leader of a dance band.
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
The Autobots are running low on Energon, they leave their home planet of Cybertron to search for more sources. The Decepticons follow them and attack the Autobot's ship. The ship crashes on Earth and ends up inside a volcano. Millions of years later, Teletran One, the ship's computer activates and revives them. The Decepticons are determined to exploit Earth's resources for their own needs. The Autobots are just as determined to stop them.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
The Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics
Each episode of this series include multiple segments: The first and last were "Laff-A-Lympics" segments, the other ones were "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels", "Scooby-Doo" and "Dynomutt" segments. The "Laff-A-Lympics" segments feature 45 Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters (classic and otherwise) competing for gold medals in wacky events. Events include racing on ostriches, camels, kangaroos, rickshaws and unicycles, as well as scavenging for creatures like the Abominable Snowman, vampires, and the Loch Ness Monster.
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime
When an alien plague turns Transformers into relentless destroyers, the universe's only hope lies in reviving Optimus Prime, who must unite with old enemies to reclaim the Matrix of Leadership and save Cybertron.
Paw Paws
A group of small bears that lived in a tribal society, the cubs spent every day defending themselves from their enemies, The Meanos, led by the evil sorcerer, Dark Paw. The antagonist bear and his henchmen were after the Paw Paws' three large wooden totems, Totem Bear, Totem Tortoise, and Totem Eagle. The totems also served as the tribe's protectors, coming to life when needed through means of Princess Paw Paw's Mystic Moonstone, which she wore around her neck, to defend the village.
Bewitched
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
Filmography
as Jazz (archive audio)
as (voice) (archive footage)
as Jukebox (voice)
as Jazz (voice)
as Jazz (voice)
as Sherman
as Jazz (voice)
as Earl
as Mr. Bloom
as Sam
as Mose Wheeler
as George Faskins
as Self
as Dexter Jones
as Parking Attendant
as Dewey Stevens
as Tickler
as Self
as Doc Lynch
as Hallorann
as Sam
as Crazy Legs (voice)
as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
as (voice)
as Walt
as Tinker
as Mudcat
as Virgil Gibson
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
as Mingo
as Ralston
as Ben Benson
as Moses
as William
as Self
as Reverend Noble Franklin
as Orderly Turkle
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
as Ruben Hammer
as Fisherman
as Super Black
as Attendant
as Uncle Filemon
as Louie
as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
as Duke
as Doc
as Pop Byrd
as Gaylord Fuller
as (voices)
as Cleveland
as Reverend Markham
as Lewis
as Big Ben
as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
as Singer
as Smoke
as Floyd
as Jack
as Scat Cat (voice)
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
as Blind Man
as Moses
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
as One-Man Band
as The Corpse (uncredited)
as George Strothers
as Jason
as Handler
as Shoeshine Boy
as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
as Self
as Musinga
as Train Attendant (uncredited)
as Joe
as Crabman
as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
as Tyana
as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
as George (uncredited)
as Timothy
as Himself
as Smiley Gordon
as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
as Enoch Jones
as Scatman
as Self