Where is Scatman Crothers today? Relationship, Wedding, Height

Known for movies

The Shining (1980)
as Dick Hallorann

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
as Turkle

The AristoCats (1970)
as Scat Cat

Chico and the Man (1974-1978)
as Louie Wilson / Louie

Scatman Crothers was an American actor, singer, and dancer. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on May 23, 1910, to Donnie and Benjamin Crothers. His father was a vaudeville performer and his mother was a gospel singer. Crothers’ siblings were all vaudeville performers as well. He began his career as a musician, playing the drums in various clubs and theaters.

He also played the saxophone and clarinet. In the early 1930s, he began appearing in films, often playing musicians or other supporting roles. He also had a successful career as a singer, recording several albums of jazz and pop standards. Crothers appeared in over 150 films and television shows during his career.

He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films “The Shining” (1980), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), and “Blazing Saddles” (1974). He also had a recurring role on the television series “Chico and the Man” (1974-1978). Crothers died of cancer on November 22, 1986, at the age of 76. ..

Marks

#	Marks / Signs
1	His large smile.
2	Scratchy, jazzy voice.
3	Clean-shaven head.

Quotes

#	Quote
1	[on working with director Stanley Kubrick in The Shining (1980)] That movie was all right to make, but you know, Stanley likes to do a lot of takes. It gets kind of boring, but when you take a job, you do it.

Facts

#	Fact
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".

Pictures

Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
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		Dick 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
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 (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
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

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
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

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
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
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)

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
No Small Parts	2014	TV Series documentary	Himself
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	2012	TV Series documentary	Mr. Bloom (Segment #2)
Room 237	2012/I	Documentary	Dick Hallorann (uncredited)
Renée	2011	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song	1992	Video documentary	Scat Cat
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: The Bare Necessities	1987	Video short	Scat Cat
KTLA at 40: A Celebration of Los Angeles Television	1986	TV Movie	Himself

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1981	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Supporting Actor	The Shining (1980)
1981	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On 8 April 1981. At 6712 Hollywood Blvd.

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1984	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Supporting Actor	Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
1971	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Recording for Children	The AristoCats (1970)