Scatman Crothers
- Anniversaire:
- 05/22/1910
- Lieu de naissance:
- Terre Haute, Indiana, USA:
- Biographie:
- Benjamin Crothers, dit Scatman Crothers est un acteur et chanteur américain né le 23 mai 1910 à Terre Haute (Indiana) et mort le 22 novembre 1986 à Van Nuys (Californie). Il est notamment connu pour avoir incarné les personnages de Turkle dans Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou (1975) de Miloš Forman et de Dick Halloran dans Shining (1980) de Stanley Kubrick. Il a également prêté sa voix à des personnages de dessins animés, étant la voix originale du chat jazzy « Scat Cat » dans Les Aristochats (personnage prévu au départ pour Louis Armstrong) et celle de Hong Kong Fou Fou. Il meurt le 22 novembre 1986 des suites d'une pneumonie et d'un cancer du poumon.
 | Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event (2024) Jazz (archive audio) |
 | The Chickening (2015) Dick (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates (2011) (voice) (archive footage) |
 | Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime (1987) Jazz |
 | Rock Odyssey (1987) Jukebox (voice) |
 | The Transformers: The Movie (1986) Jazz (voice) |
 | The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye (1986) Jazz |
 | The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) Sherman |
 | Two of a Kind (1983) Earl |
 | Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Mr. Bloom |
| | Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983) Self - Sketch Performer |
 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982) Mose Wheeler |
 | Deadly Eyes (1982) George Faskins |
 | Zapped! (1982) Dexter Jones |
 | Working (1982) Parking Attendant |
 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981) Dewey Stevens |
 | Making 'The Shining' (1980) Self |
 | Bronco Billy (1980) Doc Lynch |
 | The Shining (1980) Hallorann |
 | Scavenger Hunt (1979) Sam |
 | Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979) Crazy Legs (voice) |
 | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978) Self |
 | The Cheap Detective (1978) Tinker |
 | Mean Dog Blues (1978) Mudcat |
 | Silver Streak (1976) Ralston |
 | Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy (1976) Ben Benson |
 | The Shootist (1976) Moses |
 | Stay Hungry (1976) William |
 | Joys (1976) Self |
 | Friday Foster (1975) Reverend Noble Franklin |
 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Orderly Turkle |
 | Coonskin (1975) Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) |
 | Man on the Outside (1975) Ruben Hammer |
 | The Fortune (1975) Fisherman |
 | Linda Lovelace for President (1975) Super Black |
 | Win, Place or Steal (1975) Attendant |
 | Truck Turner (1974) Duke |
 | Sty of the Blind Pig (1974) Doc |
 | Black Belt Jones (1974) Pop Byrd |
 | Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters (1973) (voices) |
 | Slaughter's Big Rip Off (1973) Cleveland |
 | Detroit 9000 (1973) Reverend Markham |
 | The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) Lewis |
 | Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Big Ben |
 | The Lorax (1972) Singer |
 | Chandler (1971) Smoke |
 | The Aristocats (1970) Scat Cat (voice) |
 | The Great White Hope (1970) Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
 | Bloody Mama (1970) Moses |
 | Hello, Dolly! (1969) Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) |
 | Hook, Line and Sinker (1969) The Corpse (uncredited) |
 | The Patsy (1964) Shoeshine Boy |
 | Lady in a Cage (1964) Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited) |
 | The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) Musinga |
 | Porgy and Bess (1959) Crabman |
 | Alias Jesse James (1959) Railroad Porter (uncredited) |
 | Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) Tyana |
| | Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) |
 | Between Heaven and Hell (1956) George (uncredited) |
 | Johnny Dark (1954) Himself |
 | Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) Smiley Gordon |
 | East of Sumatra (1953) Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) |
 | Meet Me at the Fair (1953) Enoch Jones |
 | Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951) Scatman |
