
Scatman Crothers
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.
34 TV shows
TV Shows

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
NBC

Bonanza
NBC

Bewitched
ABC

Mannix
CBS

The Love Boat
ABC

The Mike Douglas Show
Network unknown

Magnum, P.I.
CBS

Ironside
NBC

Hill Street Blues
NBC

Hotel
ABC

The Transformers
Syndication

Love, American Style
ABC

The Incredible Hulk
CBS

The Colgate Comedy Hour
NBC

Taxi
ABC

Starsky & Hutch
ABC

Sanford and Son
NBC

Kojak
ABC

The Odd Couple
ABC

Matt Houston
ABC

Laverne & Shirley
ABC

Vega$
ABC

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
NBC

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
ABC

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
ABC

Roots
ABC

McMillan & Wife
NBC

Scooby's All-Stars
ABC

The New Scooby-Doo Movies
CBS

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
NBC
Lux Video Theatre
CBS

Nichols
NBC

Chico and the Man
NBC

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
ABC
Other Credits
Bourbon Street Beat, The Super Globetrotters, Harlem Globetrotters, Temperatures Rising, Hong Kong Phooey, Paw Paws, One of the Boys, Flying High, Morningstar/Eveningstar, It Takes Two, Casablanca, Johnny Midnight, This Is Your Life, Adam-12, Madame's Place, Griff