Cast

Scatman Crothers

1910 – 1986

Active years (films on this site)

1972–1980

Genres

DramaComedyHorror

Schools and movements

New HollywoodCzechoslovak New Wave

Directors worked with

Bob Rafelson2 filmsMiloš Forman1 filmStanley Kubrick1 film

Biography

Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). He was also a prolific voice actor who provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the Harlem Globetrotters animated TV series, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers and The Transformers: The Movie (1986), the title character in Hong Kong Phooey, and Scat Cat in the Disney animated film The Aristocats (1970).

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Awards and honours

International

• Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor 1980

National / local

• Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 1987
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

4 films on this site

1. The King of Marvin Gardens 1972 · Bob Rafelson · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 · Miloš Forman · IMDb 8.6 · Cast
3. Stay Hungry 1976 · Bob Rafelson · IMDb 5.6 · Cast
4. The Shining 1980 · Stanley Kubrick · IMDb 8.4 · Cast