Scatman Crothers
Actor
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.
Filmography
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Orderly Turkle 1975
The Aristocats
as Scat Cat (voice) 1970
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Mr. Bloom 1983
The Transformers: The Movie
as Jazz (voice) 1986
Hello, Dolly!
as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) 1969
The Shootist
as Moses 1976
Silver Streak
as Ralston 1976
Bronco Billy
as Doc Lynch 1980
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Sherman 1985
Zapped!
as Dexter Jones 1982
The Lorax
as Singer 1972
Two of a Kind
as Earl 1983
Coonskin
as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) 1975
Making 'The Shining'
as Self 1980
Bloody Mama
as Moses 1970
The Cheap Detective
as Tinker 1978