Scatman Crothers
1910-05-23 (1910)Terre Haute, Indiana, USAActing
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
TV • 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Mannix
TV • 1967
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Ironside
TV • 1967
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Adam-12
TV • 1968
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Taxi
TV • 1978
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Hotel
TV • 1982
The Transformers
TV • 1984
Vega$
TV • 1978
Kojak
TV • 1973