Actor

Scatman Crothers

1951–present1910–1986ComedyDramaActionAnimation

Comic Visionary

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Known For

64 acting credits

as Hallorann

The Shining

as Hallorann

1980

The Shining

as Orderly Turkle

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Orderly Turkle

1975

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Filmography

2024Transformers: 40th Anniversary EventJazz (archive audio)7.1 2011Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates(voice) (archive footage)9.6 1987Rock OdysseyJukebox (voice)6.8 1987Transformers: The Return of Optimus PrimeJazz7.5 1986The Transformers: More Than Meets the EyeJazz (voice)8.7 1986The Transformers: The Movie

About

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.

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