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Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers
Scatman Crothers
Born: May 23, 1910 in Terre Haute, Indiana
Died: Nov 26, 1986 in Van Nuys, California
Occupation: Actor,
Active: '50s, '70s-'80s
Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: The Shining, The Aristocats, Meet Me at the Fair
First Major Screen Credit: O'Voutie O'Rooney (1947)
9 Videos for Scatman Crothers
The Transformers: The Movie (1986) Bronco Billy (1980) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Transformers: Season 01 (1984) The Shining (1980) Truck Turner (1974)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Silver Streak (1976) Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
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Biography:

African- American entertainer Scatman Crothers supported himself as a drummer throughout his high-school years. He formed a popular dance band, playing successful engagements even in the whitest of white communities, regaling audiences with his free-form scat singing. In the formative years of television, Crothers became the first black performer to host a TV musical program in Los Angeles.

He made his movie debut in the 1951 minstrel-show pastiche Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951). The best of his 1950s film appearances was as Dan Dailey's medicine-show partner in Meet Me at the Fair (1952). For the next three decades, Crother's movie roles varied in size; he was seen to best advantage as the concerned handyman in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980).

Adult TV fans will remember Scatman Crothers as Louie the garbageman on the 1970s sitcom Chico and the Man; Crothers also did voice-over work in the title role of the Saturday morning cartoon series Hong Kong Phooey. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.