
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
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.

as Self

as Self
1962

as Jud
1959

as Self
1961

as Virgil Gibson
1977

as Handler
1964

as Jason
1967

as Tickler
1980

1967

as George Strothers
1968

1981

as One-Man Band
1969

as Garland Fisk
1982
as Jazz
1987

as Jazz (archive audio)
2024

as (voice) (archive footage)
2011

as Jazz
1987

as Jukebox (voice)
1987

as Jazz (voice)
1986

as Jazz (voice)
1986

as Sherman
1985

as Earl
1983

as Mr. Bloom
1983
as Self - Sketch Performer
1983

as Mose Wheeler
1982

as George Faskins
1982

as Dexter Jones
1982

as Parking Attendant
1982

as Dewey Stevens
1981

as Self
1980
as Nate (voice)
1980

as Doc Lynch
1980

as Hallorann
1980

as Sam
1979

as Crazy Legs (voice)
1979

as Self
1978

as Tinker
1978

as Mudcat
1978
as Self
2 ep.

as Self
5 episodes

as Jud
1 episodes

as Self
2 episodes

as Virgil Gibson
1 episodes

as Handler
1 episodes

as Jason
1 episodes

as Tickler
1 episodes

1 episodes

as George Strothers
1 episodes

1 episodes

as One-Man Band
1 episodes

as Garland Fisk
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Walt
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Jazz (voice)
92 episodes

2 episodes

1 episodes

as Gaylord Fuller
1 episodes

as Self
8 episodes

as Blind Man
1 episodes

1 episodes

1 episodes

as Timothy
1 episodes