
Scatman Crothers
Acting
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
1962 · tv

Bonanza
1959 · tv

The Love Boat
1977 · tv

Bewitched
1964 · tv

The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · tv

Magnum, P.I.
1980 · tv

Mannix
1967 · tv

Ironside
1967 · tv

Adam-12
1968 · tv

Taxi
1978 · tv

Hill Street Blues
1981 · tv

The Transformers
1984 · tv

Starsky & Hutch
1975 · tv

Hotel
1982 · tv

Love, American Style
1969 · tv

The Shining
1980 · movie

The Incredible Hulk
1977 · tv

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · movie

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · tv

Laverne & Shirley
1976 · tv

Kojak
1973 · tv

The Odd Couple
1970 · tv

Sanford and Son
1972 · tv

Vega$
1978 · tv

Matt Houston
1982 · tv

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979 · tv

Roots
1977 · tv

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · tv

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · tv

The Aristocats
1970 · movie