Scatman Crothers
Date of birth (location) 23 May 1910 Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Date of death (details) 22 November 1986 Van Nuys, California, USA. (lung cancer)
Mini biography Songwriter ("Dearest One"), actor, composer, singer, comedian and guitarist who, after high school, appeared in night clubs, hotels, films, and on television. He made many records, including his own compositions. He joined ASCAP in 1959, and his popular-song compositions also include "The Gal Looks Good", "Nobody Knows Why", "I Was There", "A Man's Gotta Eat" and "When, Oh When
Sometimes Credited As: 'Scatman' Crothers / Benjamin 'Scatman' Crothers / Scat Man Crothers / Scat-Man Crothers / Sherman Crothers
FILMOGRAPHY
The Transformers: The Movie (1986) (voice) .... Jazz
... aka Matrix Forever (Japan)
... aka The Transformers
... aka Transformers the Movie: Mokushiroku Matrix yo eien ni (Japan: video title)
... aka Transformers: Matrix yo eien ni (Japan)
"Morningstar/Eveningstar" (1986) TV Series .... Excell Dennis
The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1986)
The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) .... Sherman
"Matt Houston"
- Death Trap (1985) TV Episode .... Moonshine Moody
"The Love Boat"
- Santa, Santa, Santa/Another Dog Gone Christmas/Noel's Christmas Carol (1984) TV Episode .... Malcolm - The Congressman Was Indiscreet/Isaac's History Lesson/Winner Take Love (1978) TV Episode .... Virgil 'Scattergun' Gibson
"Pryor's Place"
- Too Old Too Soon, Too Smart Too Late (1984) TV Episode .... Uncle Moses
"Transformers" (1984) TV Series (voice) .... Jazz ... aka Super God Robot Force ... aka Tatakae! Chô robot seimeitai Transformer (Japan) ... aka The Transformers (USA: new title) ... aka Transformer 2010 (Japan: third season title) ... aka Transformers: Generation 1 (USA: informal title) "We Got It Made"
- Mickey Makes the Grade (1984) TV Episode .... Franklin
"Hill Street Blues"
- The End of Logan's Run (1984) TV Episode .... Lionel 'Train' Talbot
"Hotel" ... aka Arthur Hailey's Hotel
- Confrontations (1983) TV Episode .... Garland Fisk
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) .... Mr. Bloom (Segment #2) "Taxi"
- A Grand Gesture (1983) TV Episode .... Walt
"Casablanca" (1983) TV Series .... Sam Two of a Kind (1983) .... Earl "One of the Boys" (1982) TV Series .... Bernard Solomon (1982) Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982) (TV) .... Mose Wheeler Deadly Eyes (1982) .... George Faskins ... aka Night Eyes ... aka The Rats Zapped! (1982) .... Dexter Jones Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1982) (TV) (voice) .... Crazy Legs Working (1982) (TV) .... Parking Attendant ... aka American Playhouse: Working (USA: series title) "Benson"
- In the Red (1982) TV Episode .... Mr. Thompkins
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981) (TV) .... Dewey Stevens "Magnum, P.I."
- Lest We Forget (1981) TV Episode .... Tickler, the Piano Player
Bronco Billy (1980) .... Doc Lynch The Shining (1980) .... Dick Hallorann ... aka Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining' "Laverne & Shirley" ... aka Laverne & Shirley & Company (USA: syndication title) ... aka Laverne & Shirley & Friends (USA: syndication title)
- Murder on the Moose Jaw Express: Part 2 (1980) TV Episode .... Porter - Murder on the Moose Jaw Express: Part 1 (1980) TV Episode .... Porter
Scavenger Hunt (1979) .... Sam
"The Incredible Hulk"
- My Favorite Magician (1979) TV Episode .... Edgar McGee
"Vega$"
- The Usurper (1979) TV Episode .... Rosey
"The Super Globetrotters" (1979) TV Series .... Nate Branch/Liquid Man The Puppy's Great Adventure (1979) (TV) (voice) "Charlie's Angels"
- Angels in Vegas (1978) TV Episode .... Jip Baker
The Cheap Detective (1978) .... Tinker ... aka Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective (USA: complete title) Vega$ (1978) (TV) .... Rosie ... aka High Roller (USA: video title) Mean Dog Blues (1978) .... Mudcat "The C.B. Bears" (1977) TV Series .... Segment title narrator "The Skatebirds" (1977) TV Series (voice) .... Scat Cat "Starsky and Hutch"
- Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road (1977) TV Episode .... Fireball
"Roots" (1977) (mini) TV Series .... Mingo "Scooby's All-Star Laff-A Lympics" (1977) TV Series (voice) .... Hong Kong Phooey ... aka Laff-A Lympics (USA: segment title) ... aka Scooby's All Stars (USA: new title) ... aka Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (USA: new title) Silver Streak (1976) .... Ralston Chesty Anderson, USN (1976) .... Ben ... aka Anderson's Angels ... aka Chesty Anderson, US Navy "The David Steinberg Show"
- Episode #1.2 (1976) TV Episode
The Shootist (1976) .... Moses Brown (liveryman) Stay Hungry (1976) .... William "Petrocelli"
- Jubilee Jones (1976) TV Episode .... Jubilee Jones
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) .... Orderly Turkle Coonskin (1975) .... Pops ... aka Bustin' Out (UK: LD title) ... aka Streetfight Man on the Outside (1975) (TV) .... Ruben Hammer The Fortune (1975) .... Fisherman ... aka Spite and Malice Linda Lovelace for President (1975) ... aka Hot Neon (UK: new title) Another Day at the Races (1975) .... Attendant ... aka Just Another Day at the Races ... aka The Big Payoff ... aka Three for the Money ... aka Win, Place or Steal "Sanford and Son"
- The Stand In (1975) TV Episode .... Bowlegs
Friday Foster (1975) .... Noble Franklin "Chico and the Man" (1974) TV Series .... Louie (1974-1978) "The Odd Couple"
- The Subway Story (1974) TV Episode .... Blind Man
"Mannix"
- The Green Men (1974) TV Episode .... Mudcat
"McMillan and Wife" ... aka McMillan (USA: sixth season title)
- Downshift to Danger (1974) TV Episode .... Floyd
"Kolchak: The Night Stalker" ... aka The Night Stalker
- The Zombie (1974) TV Episode (as Scat Man Crothers) .... Uncle Filemon
"Hong Kong Phooey" (1974) TV Series (voice) .... Penrod/Hong Kong Phooey "Toma"
- The Street (1974) TV Episode
Truck Turner (1974) .... Duke ... aka Black Bullet Black Belt Jones (1974) .... Pop Byrd The Sty of the Blind Pig (1974) (TV) .... Doc "Griff"
- Isolate and Destroy (1973) TV Episode .... Joe Rawls
"Kojak"
- The Corrupter (1973) TV Episode .... Gaylord Fuller
"Temperatures Rising" ... aka The New Temperatures Rising Show (new title)
- The Mothers (1973) TV Episode
"The New Scooby-Doo Movies" ... aka Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters (USA: video title) ... aka Scooby-Doo's New Comedy Movie Pictures (USA)
- Mystery of Haunted Island (1973) TV Episode (voice) .... George 'Meadowlark' Lemon - The Loch Ness Mess (1972) TV Episode (voice) .... George 'Meadowlark' Lemon - The Ghostly Creep from the Deep (1972) TV Episode (voice) .... George 'Meadowlark' Lemon
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) .... Cleveland ... aka Slaughter 2 (USA) Detroit 9000 (1973) .... Reverend Markham ... aka Call Detroit 9000 (UK) ... aka Detroit Heat (USA: video title) "Adam-12"
- Hot Spell (1972) TV Episode .... Mr. Struthers
"Love, American Style"
- Love and the Clinic/Love and the Perfect Wedding/Love and the President/Love and the Return of Raymond (1972) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the Perfect Wedding") - Love and the Athlete/Love and the Dummies/Love and Mother/Love and the Shower (1969) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the Dummies")
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) (as Benjamin 'Scatman' Crothers) .... Lewis Lady Sings the Blues (1972) .... Big Ben "Bewitched"
- Three Men and a Witch on a Horse (1971) TV Episode .... Handler
Chandler (1971) .... Smoke The Aristocats (1970) (voice) .... Scat Cat "The Governor & J.J."
- Check the Check (1970) TV Episode .... Rupert
"Barefoot in the Park"
- Somethin' Fishy (1970) TV Episode
The Great White Hope (1970) (uncredited) .... Carnival Barker "The Harlem Globetrotters" (1970) TV Series (voice) .... George 'Meadowlark' Lemon ... aka The Go-Go Globetrotters (USA: rerun title) Bloody Mama (1970) (as 'Scatman' Crothers) .... Moses
Hello, Dolly! (1969) (uncredited) .... Mr. Jones, redcap railroad porter
Hook, Line & Sinker (1969) (uncredited)
"Dragnet 1967"
... aka Dragnet (USA: syndication title)
... aka Dragnet 1968 (USA: second season title)
... aka Dragnet 1969 (USA: third season title)
... aka Dragnet 1970 (USA: fourth season title)
- The Missing Realtor (1967) TV Episode .... Dave Richmond
Three on a Couch (1966) (uncredited) .... Party guest The Family Jewels (1965) (uncredited) .... Airport employee "Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo" (1964) TV Series (voice) ... aka Mister Magoo (USA: informal short title) ... aka Mister Magoo and Friends (USA) ... aka Mr. Magoo ... aka The Mister Magoo Show (USA) The Patsy (1964) .... Shoeshine Boy Lady in a Cage (1964) .... Junkyard Proprietor's Assistant "Bonanza" ... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
- The Smiler (1961) TV Episode .... Jud
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) .... Musinga
"Bourbon Street Beat"
- The Mourning Cloak (1959) TV Episode .... Joe, the Musician
"Matty's Funday Funnies" (1959) TV Series (voice) .... Wildman of Wildsville ... aka Beany and Cecil (USA: new title) ... aka Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (USA: new title) Alias Jesse James (1959) (uncredited) .... Railroad porter "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
- Don't Interrupt (1958) TV Episode .... Timothy, the Waiter
The Gift of Love (1958) (uncredited) .... Sam the gardener Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) (as Sherman Crothers) .... Tyana Between Heaven and Hell (1956) (uncredited) .... George Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) .... 'Smiley' Gordon East of Sumatra (1953) .... Baltimore Meet Me at the Fair (1953) .... Enoch Jones Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951) The Return of Gilbert and Sullivan (1950)
Symphony in Black (1935) (uncredited) .... Billie Holiday's jilting lover
Filmography as: Actor, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Himself
Composer - filmography
East of Sumatra (1953) (songs) (uncredited) Meet Me at the Fair (1953) The Return of Gilbert and Sullivan (1950)
Filmography as: Actor, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Himself
Miscellaneous Crew - filmography
"Hong Kong Phooey" (1974) TV Series (singer: title theme)
Filmography as: Actor, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Himself
Writer - filmography
"Matty's Funday Funnies" (1959) TV Series (writer) ... aka Beany and Cecil (USA: new title) ... aka Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (USA: new title)
Filmography as: Actor, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Himself
Himself - filmography (1980s) (1970s) (1950s)
"This Is Your Life"
- Scatman Crothers (1984) TV Episode .... Himself
"Ad Lib" (1981) TV Series .... Himself Making 'The Shining' (1980) (TV) .... Himself
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978) (TV) .... Himself
"Break the Bank"
- Episode dated 4 January 1977 (1977) TV Episode .... Himself
Joys (1976) (TV) .... Scatman Crothers ... aka Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope in 'Joys' (USA: complete title) "The Mike Douglas Show"
- Episode dated 9 February 1976 (1976) TV Episode .... Himself
"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 31 December 1975 (1975) TV Episode .... Himself - Episode dated 14 January 1975 (1975) TV Episode .... Himself
"The Spade Cooley Show" (1958) TV Series .... Himself (Guest Musician)
Johnny Dark (1954) .... Himself
Surprising Suzie (1953) (as Scat-Man Crothers) .... Himself
King Cole Trio & Benny Carter Orchestra (1950) (as Scat-Man Crothers) .... Himself - Comedian
