1980Winner
Best Performance
The Shining
Scatman Crothers
Actor
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
May 23, 1910
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1975Winner
Best Performance
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1970Nominee
Best Performance
The Aristocats
Career Highlights
1986Highlight
Best Performance
The Transformers: The Movie
1983Highlight
Best Performance
Twilight Zone: The Movie
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The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Aristocats