Scatman Crothers

2024

Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates

(voice) (archive footage)

9.5

2011

Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime

Jazz

8.5

1987

Rock Odyssey

Jukebox (voice)

1987

The Transformers: The Movie

Jazz (voice)

1986

Morningstar/Eveningstar

(5 episodes)

1986

The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

Jazz

8.6

1986

The Journey of Natty Gann

Sherman

6.9

1985

Paw Paws

(21 episodes)

8.0

1985

The Transformers

Jazz (voice) · (92 episodes)

7.8

1984

Two of a Kind

Earl

1983

This Is Your Life

Self · (1 episode)

1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Mr. Bloom

6.5

1983

Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?

Self - Sketch Performer

1983

Casablanca

Sam · (5 episodes)

5.3

1983

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Mose Wheeler

6.7

1982

Deadly Eyes

George Faskins

1982

It Takes Two

(1 episode)

1982

Matt Houston

(1 episode)

1982

Madame's Place

Self · (1 episode)

1982

Hotel

(1 episode)

1982

Zapped!

Dexter Jones

5.2

1982

Working

Parking Attendant

4.3

1982

One of the Boys

(13 episodes)

4.3

1982

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

Dewey Stevens

4.7

1981

Hill Street Blues

(1 episode)

7.6

1981

Magnum, P.I.

Tickler · (1 episode)

1980

Making 'The Shining'

Self

1980

Bronco Billy

Doc Lynch

1980

The Shining

Hallorann

8.2

1980

Scavenger Hunt

Sam

5.6

1979

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

Crazy Legs (voice)

1979

The Super Globetrotters

Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice) · (13 episodes)

7.8

1979

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

(voice) · (1 episode)

7.4

1979

Flying High

(1 episode)

4.5

1978

Vega$

(1 episode)

1978

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

Self

1978

Taxi

Walt · (1 episode)

7.2

1978

The Cheap Detective

Tinker

1978

Mean Dog Blues

Mudcat

4.9

1978

The Incredible Hulk

(1 episode)

7.2

1977

The Love Boat

Virgil Gibson · (1 episode)

1977

Scooby's Laff-A Lympics

Hong Kong Phooey (voice) · (94 episodes)

8.2

1977

Roots

Mingo · (1 episode)

7.4

1977

Silver Streak

Ralston

6.7

1976

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

Ben Benson

1976

The Shootist

Moses

1976

Stay Hungry

William

5.7

1976

Joys

Self

1976

Laverne & Shirley

(2 episodes)

7.2

1976

Friday Foster

Reverend Noble Franklin

1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Orderly Turkle

8.4

1975

Starsky & Hutch

(1 episode)

1975

Coonskin

Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)

1975

Man on the Outside

Ruben Hammer

1975

The Fortune

Fisherman

5.3

1975

Linda Lovelace for President

Super Black

4.1

1975

Win, Place or Steal

Attendant

1975

Chico and the Man

Louie · (88 episodes)

5.8

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Uncle Filemon · (1 episode)

7.6

1974

Hong Kong Phooey

Hong Kong Phooey (voice) · (31 episodes)

1974

Truck Turner

Duke

6.5

1974

Sty of the Blind Pig

Doc

1974

Black Belt Jones

Pop Byrd

1974

Kojak

Gaylord Fuller · (1 episode)

1973

Griff

Joe Rawls · (1 episode)

1973

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Self · (1 episode)

5.4

1973

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters

(voices)

9.2

1973

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

Cleveland

4.8

1973

Detroit 9000

Reverend Markham

5.4

1973

The King of Marvin Gardens

Lewis

5.8

1972

Lady Sings the Blues

Big Ben

6.9

1972

Temperatures Rising

(1 episode)

1972

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

Meadowlark Lemon (voice) · (3 episodes)

7.7

1972

The Lorax

Singer

1972

Sanford and Son

(1 episode)

7.4

1972

Chandler

Smoke

4.5

1971

McMillan & Wife

Floyd · (1 episode)

1971

Nichols

Jack · (1 episode)

1971

The Aristocats

Scat Cat (voice)

1970

The Great White Hope

Carnival Barker (uncredited)

6.1

1970

The Odd Couple

Blind Man · (1 episode)

7.8

1970

Harlem Globetrotters

(22 episodes)

1970

Bloody Mama

Moses

5.5

1970

Hello, Dolly!

Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)

1969

Love, American Style

One-Man Band · (1 episode)

1969

Hook, Line and Sinker

The Corpse (uncredited)

4.1

1969

Adam-12

George Strothers · (1 episode)

1968

Mannix

(1 episode)

6.7

1967

Ironside

Jason · (1 episode)

1967

Bewitched

(1 episode)

7.9

1964

The Patsy

Shoeshine Boy

1964

Lady in a Cage

Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)

1964

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · (5 episodes)

7.5

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · (2 episodes)

5.4

1961

The Sins of Rachel Cade

Musinga

5.5

1961

Johnny Midnight

Train Attendant (uncredited) · (1 episode)

1960

Bourbon Street Beat

Joe · (1 episode)

1959

Porgy and Bess

Crabman

6.1

1959

Alias Jesse James

Railroad Porter (uncredited)

1959

Tarzan and the Trappers

Tyana

1958

Tarzan and the Trappers

Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)

1958

Between Heaven and Hell

George (uncredited)

1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

(1 episode)

3.7

1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Timothy · (1 episode)

7.7

1955

Johnny Dark

Himself

1954

Walking My Baby Back Home

Smiley Gordon

9.0

1953

East of Sumatra

Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)

5.5

1953

Meet Me at the Fair

Enoch Jones

1953

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones

Scatman

4.3

1951

Lux Video Theatre

Johnson · (1 episode)

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self · (8 episodes)