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Scatman Crothers

1910–1986 · Acting

68.3avg grm
5titles
#30best rank
3honors
Obest title · #30 on siteOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975 · as Turkle84.0

Honors

3
1987Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
1980Saturn Award — Best Supporting Actor
—star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bio

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.

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

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1980s1 titleSThe Shining1980 · as Hallorann78.5
1970s4 titlesOOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975 · as Turkle84.0HHong Kong Phooey1974 · as Hong Kong Phooey · series63.6HHong Kong Phooey1974 · as Penrod 'Penry' Pooch · series63.6AThe Aristocats1970 · as Scat Cat51.7

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Scatman Crothers

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born1910
died1986
known forActing
titles on site5
best title rank#30 · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
avg GRM68.3
honors3 · Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 1987
Honors
  • 1987Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
  • 1980Saturn Award — Best Supporting Actor
  • —star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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

ranked on this site

1980s

1 title
S78.5The Shining1980 · as Hallorann

1970s

4 titles
O84.0One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975 · as TurkleH63.6Hong Kong Phooey1974 · as Hong Kong Phooey · seriesH63.6Hong Kong Phooey1974 · as Penrod 'Penry' Pooch · seriesA51.7The Aristocats1970 · as Scat Cat

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