Scatman Crothers
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1910-05-23 – 1986-11-22
Place of birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975Orderly Turkle
The Shining
1980Hallorann
The Aristocats
1970Scat Cat (voice)
Stay Hungry
1976William
Bronco Billy
1980Doc Lynch
Silver Streak
1976Ralston
Scavenger Hunt
1979Sam
Zapped!
1982Dexter Jones
Linda Lovelace for President
1975Super Black
Bloody Mama
1970Moses
The Shootist
1976Moses
Two of a Kind
1983Earl
Coonskin
1975Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985Sherman
The Cheap Detective
1978Tinker
The Lorax
1972Singer
Deadly Eyes
1982George Faskins
Black Belt Jones
1974Pop Byrd
Making 'The Shining'
1980Self