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Scatman Crothers

Highest Rated: 100% Meet Me at the Fair (1953)

Lowest Rated: 7% Zapped! (1982)

Birthday: May 23, 1910

Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Bald, wide-eyed character player with a raspy voice whose career reached its peak in the 1970s and early 80s with several memorable screen roles (e.g. Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" 1980) and the popular TV show "Chico and the Man" (1974-1978).

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Highest rated movies

100% Meet Me at the Fair
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93% 96% One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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91% 77% The Journey of Natty Gann
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81% 88% The Shootist
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76% 71% Silver Streak
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75% 49% Bronco Billy
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72% 58% The King of Marvin Gardens
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71% 86% Lady Sings the Blues
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69% 40% Stay Hungry
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Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers EAST OF SUMATRA, Scatman Crothers, 1953 TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE, Scatman Crothers, 1983, (c) Warner Bros SILVER STREAK, Scatman Crothers, 1976, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. ZAPPED!, Scatman Crothers, Lawanda Page, 1982, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved MEET ME AT THE FAIR, Dan Dailey, Chet Allen, Scatman Crothers, 1953 THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS, from left: Scatman Crothers, Jack Nicholson, 1972. WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME, Scatman Crothers, 1953 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Jack Nicholson, Scatman Crothers, 1975. MEET ME AT THE FAIR, Scatman Crothers, Dan Dailey, Diana Lynn, Hugh O'Brian, Carole Mathews, Chet Allen, 1953 View more photos

Filmography

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91% 77% The Journey of Natty Gann Sherman (Character) $8.5M 1985
59% 55% Twilight Zone: The Movie Mr. Bloom (Character) - 1983
18% 37% Two of a Kind Earl (Character) - 1983
33% 28% Deadly Eyes George Foskins (Character) - 1982
7% 39% Zapped! Dexter Jones (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rats George Foskins (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 79% Banjo the Woodpile Cat Unknown (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Missing Children: A Mother's Story Mose Wheeler (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 43% The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island Dewey Stevens (Character) - 1981
75% 49% Bronco Billy Doc Lynch (Character) - 1980
83% 93% The Shining Dick Hallorann (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 74% Scavenger Hunt Sam (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vegas Rosey (Character) - 1978
53% 57% The Cheap Detective Tinker (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mean Dog Blues Mudcat (Character) - 1978
76% 71% Silver Streak Ralston (Character) - 1976
81% 88% The Shootist Moses Brown (liveryman) (Character) - 1976
69% 40% Stay Hungry William (Character) - 1976
40% 34% The Fortune Fisherman (Character) - 1975
93% 96% One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Orderly Turkle (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 41% Friday Foster Noble Franklin (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 79% Coonskin Pappy/Old Man Bone (Voice) - 1975
No Score Yet 81% Streetfight Unknown (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man on the Outside Ruben Hammer (Character) - 1975
60% 73% Truck Turner Duke (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 69% Black Belt Jones Pop Byrd (Character) - 1974
25% 49% Detroit 9000 Reverend Markham (Character) $2.1K 1973
71% 86% Lady Sings the Blues Big Ben (Character) - 1972
72% 58% The King of Marvin Gardens Lewis (Character) - 1972
43% 67% The Great White Hope Carnival Barker (Character) - 1970
64% 70% The Aristocats Scat Cat (Voice) $17.3M 1970
13% 41% Bloody Mama Moses (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 62% Three on a Couch Party Guest (Character) - 1966
20% 64% Lady in a Cage Junkyard Proprietor's Assistant (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 14% The Sins of Rachel Cade Musinga (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 37% Alias Jesse James Railroad Porter (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 59% Between Heaven and Hell George (uncredited) (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet East of Sumatra Baltimore (Character) - 1953
100% No Score Yet Meet Me at the Fair Enoch Jones (Character) - 1953

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No Score Yet 86% Transformers Jazz (Voice) 1984-1986
97% 85% Hill Street Blues Lionel "Train" Talbot (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet 67% Taxi Walt (Guest Star) 1983
40% No Score Yet One of the Boys Bernard Solomon (Character) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laverne & Shirley Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet 74% Incredible Hulk Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chico and the Man Louie Wilson (Character) 1974-1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Starsky and Hutch Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sanford and Son Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hong Kong Phooey Unknown (Voice) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Odd Couple Blind Man (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Mudcat (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet McMillan and Wife Floyd (Guest Star) 1974
100% 83% Kolchak: The Night Stalker Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kojak Gaylord Fuller (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet 45% Bewitched Handler (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Life Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Governor & J.J. Rupert (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Timothy (Character) 1958