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1 | Posthumously inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in Oakland, California (1987). |
2 | The horror film The Shining (1980) was released in the theaters of the United States on his 70th birthday (May 23, 1980). |
3 | He was awarded the 1981 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor as Dick Hallorann in the horror film The Shining (1980). |
4 | Like Mark Twain (1935-1910), he was born the year Halley's Comet returned to Earth (April 20, 1910), and died the year the comet came back around again (November 22, 1986). |
5 | Passed away 11 days after the passing of Roger C. Carmel. Their final feature film was The Transformers: The Movie (1986), where they voiced two characters on opposing sides: Jazz, the Autobot (Crothers) and Cyclonus, the Decepticon (Carmel). |
6 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 8, 1981. |
7 | Had appeared with Jack Nicholson in four films: The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), The Fortune (1975) and The Shining (1980). |
8 | He and his wife Helen Crothers had one daughter: Donna Crothers (born 1949). |
9 | Continued to work on television after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 1985, which then spread to his esophagus. |
10 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 215-216. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
11 | Was close friends with Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson. |
12 | Had appeared as a guest musician on the local music program The Spade Cooley Show (1957). Cooley, a white Western swing musician, hosted the show for a local Los Angeles television station. |
13 | Following his death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California. |
14 | Some sources erroneously credit him as Billie Holiday's jilting lover in the 1936 Duke Ellington one-reeler, "Symphony in Black", a role actually portrayed by Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker. The song Billie sang was "Saddest Tale". |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Cheap Detective | 1978 | | Tinker |
Mean Dog Blues | 1978 | | Mudcat |
Chico and the Man | 1974-1978 | TV Series | Louie Wilson Louie |
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics | 1977 | TV Series | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) |
C B Bears | 1977 | TV Series | Segment title narrator |
The Skatebirds | 1977 | TV Series | Scat Cat (voice) |
Starsky and Hutch | 1977 | TV Series | Fireball |
Roots | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Mingo |
Silver Streak | 1976 | | Ralston |
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | 1976 | | Ben Benson (as Scat-Man Crothers) |
The David Steinberg Show | 1976 | TV Series | |
The Shootist | 1976 | | Moses |
Stay Hungry | 1976 | | William |
Petrocelli | 1976 | TV Series | Jubilee Jones |
Friday Foster | 1975 | | Noble Franklin |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 | | Turkle |
Coonskin | 1975 | | Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice, as Scat Man Crothers) |
Man on the Outside | 1975 | TV Movie | Ruben Hammer |
The Fortune | 1975 | | Fisherman |
Linda Lovelace for President | 1975 | | Super Black |
Sanford and Son | 1975 | TV Series | Bowlegs |
Hong Kong Phooey | 1974 | TV Series | Hong Kong Phooey / Penrod 'Penry' Pooch |
Win, Place or Steal | 1974 | | Attendant |
The Odd Couple | 1974 | TV Series | Blind Man |
Mannix | 1974 | TV Series | Mudcat |
McMillan & Wife | 1974 | TV Series | Floyd |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker | 1974 | TV Series | Uncle Filemon |
The Sty of the Blind Pig | 1974 | TV Movie | Doc |
Toma | 1974 | TV Series | |
Truck Turner | 1974 | | Duke |
Black Belt Jones | 1974 | | Pop Byrd |
Griff | 1973 | TV Series | Joe Rawls |
Ironside | 1973 | TV Series | Jason |
Kojak | 1973 | TV Series | Gaylord Fuller |
The New Temperatures Rising Show | 1973 | TV Series | Timmy |
The New Scooby-Doo Movies | 1972-1973 | TV Series | George 'Meadowlark' Lemon |
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | 1973 | | Cleveland |
Detroit 9000 | 1973 | | Reverend Markham |
Adam-12 | 1972 | TV Series | George Strothers |
Love, American Style | 1969-1972 | TV Series segment "Love and the Perfect Wedding" / One-Man Band segment "Love and the Dummies" - Love and the Clinic/Love and the Perfect Wedding/Love and the President/Love and the Return of Raymond 1972 ... segment "Love and the Perfect Wedding" | |
Lady Sings the Blues | 1972 | | Big Ben |
The King of Marvin Gardens | 1972 | | Lewis (as Benjamin 'Scatman' Crothers) |
The Lorax | 1972 | TV Short | Singer (voice, uncredited) |
Nichols | 1972 | TV Series | Jack |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1971 | TV Series | King Louie |
Bewitched | 1971 | TV Series | Handler |
The Good Life | 1971 | TV Series | Rodney |
Chandler | 1971 | | Smoke |
Harlem Globe Trotters | 1970-1971 | TV Series | George 'Meadowlark' Lemon |
The AristoCats | 1970 | | Scat Cat (voice) |
The Governor & J.J. | 1970 | TV Series | Rupert |
Barefoot in the Park | 1970 | TV Series | |
The Great White Hope | 1970 | | Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
Bloody Mama | 1970 | | Moses (as 'Scatman' Crothers) |
Hello, Dolly! | 1969 | | Mr. Jones - Porter (uncredited) |
Hook, Line and Sinker | 1969 | | The Corpse (uncredited) |
Dragnet 1967 | 1967 | TV Series | Dave Richmond |
Alvarez Kelly | 1966 | | Bellhop (uncredited) |
Three on a Couch | 1966 | | Man (uncredited) |
The Family Jewels | 1965 | | Airport Employee (uncredited) |
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | 1964 | TV Series voice | |
The Patsy | 1964 | | Shoeshine Boy |
Lady in a Cage | 1964 | | Junkyard Proprietor's Assistant (uncredited) |
Bonanza | 1961 | TV Series | Jud |
The Sins of Rachel Cade | 1961 | | Musinga |
Johnny Midnight | 1960 | TV Series | Train Attendant |
Bourbon Street Beat | 1959 | TV Series | Joe |
Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil | 1959 | TV Series | Wildman of Wildsville (voice) |
Porgy and Bess | 1959 | | Crabman |
Alias Jesse James | 1959 | | Railroad Porter (uncredited) |
Tarzan and the Trappers | 1958 | TV Movie | Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1958 | TV Series | Timothy |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | |
The Gift of Love | 1958 | | Sam the Gardener (uncredited) |
The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1957 | TV Series | Cicero |
Between Heaven and Hell | 1956 | | George (uncredited) |
Climax! | 1955 | TV Series | |
Walking My Baby Back Home | 1953 | | 'Smiley' Gordon (as Scat Man Crothers) |
East of Sumatra | 1953 | | Baltimore |
Lux Video Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | |
Meet Me at the Fair | 1953 | | Enoch Jones |
The Return of Gilbert & Sullivan | 1952 | Short | |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1952 | TV Series | Sketch Actor |
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones | 1951 | | Scatman |
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime | 1987 | Video | Jazz |
Rock Odyssey | 1987 | | Jukebox (voice) |
The Transformers: The Movie | 1986 | | Jazz (voice) |
Morningstar/Eveningstar | 1986 | TV Series | Excell Dennis |
Paw Paws | 1985-1986 | TV Series | Eugene the Genie |
The Transformers | 1984-1986 | TV Series | Jazz |
The Paper Chase | 1985 | TV Series | Mr. Sims |
The Journey of Natty Gann | 1985 | | Sherman |
Matt Houston | 1985 | TV Series | Moonshine Moody |
The Love Boat | 1978-1984 | TV Series | Malcolm / Virgil 'Scattergun' Gibson |
Pryor's Place | 1984 | TV Series | Uncle Moses |
We Got It Made | 1984 | TV Series | Franklin |
Hill Street Blues | 1984 | TV Series | Lionel 'Train' Talbot |
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? | 1983 | TV Movie | Sketch Performer |
Two of a Kind | 1983 | | Earl |
Hotel | 1983 | TV Series | Garland Fisk |
Casablanca | 1983 | TV Series | Sam |
Twilight Zone: The Movie | 1983 | | Mr. Bloom (Segment #2) |
Taxi | 1983 | TV Series | Walt |
Jokebook | 1982 | TV Series | Main Title Singer (1982) (voice) |
Missing Children: A Mother's Story | 1982 | TV Movie | Mose Wheeler |
It Takes Two | 1982 | TV Series | Manny Gilliam |
Deadly Eyes | 1982 | | George Foskins |
Zapped! | 1982 | | Dexter Jones |
One of the Boys | 1982 | TV Series | Bernard Solomon |
American Playhouse | 1982 | TV Series | Parking Attendant |
Benson | 1982 | TV Series | Rev. Tompkins |
Trollkins | 1981 | TV Series | Additional Voices |
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | 1981 | TV Movie | Dewey Stevens |
Magnum, P.I. | 1981 | TV Series | Tickler |
Revenge of the Gray Gang | 1981 | TV Movie | Reuben Milo |
NBC Special Treat | 1980 | TV Series | T.P. Jackson |
Bronco Billy | 1980 | | Doc Lynch |
The Shining | 1980 | | Hallorann |
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels | 1977-1980 | TV Series | Additional Voices |
Laverne & Shirley | 1980 | TV Series | Porter |
Banjo the Woodpile Cat | 1979 | TV Short | Crazy Legs (voice) |
Scavenger Hunt | 1979 | | Sam |
The Super Globetrotters | 1979 | TV Series | Nate Branch / Liquid Man |
The Incredible Hulk | 1979 | TV Series | Edgar McGee |
Vega$ | 1978-1979 | TV Series | Rosey / Rosie |
ABC Weekend Specials | 1979 | TV Series | |
Flying High | 1978 | TV Series | Crothers |
Charlie's Angels | 1978 | TV Series | Jip Baker |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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American Playhouse | 1982 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Banjo the Woodpile Cat | 1979 | TV Short performer: "I'll Stick with You, Kid" | |
Scavenger Hunt | 1979 | performer: "There's Enough For Everyone" | |
The Cheap Detective | 1978 | performer: "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited | |
Coonskin | 1975 | music: "Ah'm A Nigger Man" | |
Sanford and Son | 1975 | TV Series 1 episode | |
The AristoCats | 1970 | performer: "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat" | |
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? | 1966 | TV Movie performer: "What's a Nice Kid Like You" | |
Walking My Baby Back Home | 1953 | as Scat Man Crothers, "Man's Gotta Eat" | |
Surprising Suzie | 1953 | Short performer: "You've Gotta Have Personality" - as Scat-Man Crothers | |
Meet Me at the Fair | 1953 | performer: "Oh! Susanna", "Ezekiel Saw de Wheel", "All God's Chillun Got Shoes", "I Was There", "I Got the Shiniest Mouth in Town" - uncredited / writer: "I Was There" - uncredited | |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1952 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Biography | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters | 1986 | | Himself |
This Is Your Life | 1984 | TV Series | Himself |
The 5th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Himself |
Salute! | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
Madame's Place | 1982 | TV Series | Himself |
The John Davidson Show | 1982 | TV Series | Himself |
Kids Are People, Too | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
Ad Lib | 1981/I | TV Series | Himself |
The Third Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Himself |
The 1980 Sci-Fi Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Himself |
Making 'The Shining' | 1980 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
Sha Na Na | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
Fantasy Film Festival | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | 1978 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Dinah! | 1975-1977 | TV Series | Himself |
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight | 1977 | TV Special | Himself |
The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards | 1977 | TV Special | Himself - Accepting Special Award to Roots |
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson | 1977 | TV Special | Himself |
Break the Bank | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
The David Steinberg Show | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
The Rich Little Show | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
Joys | 1976 | TV Special | Himself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
Celebrity Bowling | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1975 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
Sammy and Company | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
Andy Williams Presents | 1974 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Spade Cooley Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself (Guest Musician) |
Johnny Dark | 1954 | | Himself |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1952-1954 | TV Series | Himself |
Surprising Suzie | 1953 | Short | Himself (as Scat-Man Crothers) |
King Cole Trio & Benny Carter Orchestra | 1950 | Short | Himself - Comedian (as Scat-Man Crothers) |
City at Night | 1949 | TV Series | Himself - Musician (1949) |
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