Scatman Crothers: movies and TV shows
Scatman Crothers has 117 credits in the archive: 66 films and 51 TV series, from 1950 to 2024. Highest rated: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2024 · busiest year: 1982 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event | Jazz (archive audio) | Film | 7.1 | 114 |
| 2024 | Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 114 |
| 2011 | Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates | (voice) (archive footage) | Film | 9.6 | 101 |
| 1987 | Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime | Jazz | Film | 7.5 | 77 |
| 1987 | Rock Odyssey | Jukebox (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 77 |
| 1986 | The Transformers: The Movie | Jazz (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 76 |
| 1986 | Morningstar/Eveningstar | TV | 8.5 | 76 | |
| 1986 | The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye | Jazz (voice) | Film | 8.7 | 76 |
| 1985 | Paw Paws | Eugene the Genie (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 75 |
| 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Sherman | Film | 6.8 | 75 |
| 1984 | The Transformers | Jazz (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 74 |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Mr. Bloom | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 1983 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 7.0 | 73 |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Earl | Film | 5.9 | 73 |
| 1983 | Casablanca | Sam | TV | 6.0 | 73 |
| 1983 | Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? | Self - Sketch Performer | Film | — | 73 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Parking Attendant | TV | 6.6 | 72 |
| 1982 | Hotel | Garland Fisk | TV | 6.8 | 72 |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | TV | 6.3 | 72 | |
| 1982 | Madame's Place | Self | TV | 7.9 | 72 |
| 1982 | It Takes Two | TV | 6.0 | 72 | |
| 1982 | Zapped! | Dexter Jones | Film | 5.2 | 72 |
| 1982 | One of the Boys | Bernard Soloman | TV | 5.5 | 72 |
| 1982 | Deadly Eyes | George Faskins | Film | 5.7 | 72 |
| 1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Mose Wheeler | Film | 7.5 | 72 |
| 1982 | Working | Parking Attendant | Film | 4.8 | 72 |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | TV | 7.6 | 71 | |
| 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Dewey Stevens | Film | 5.2 | 71 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Tickler | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 1980 | The Shining | Hallorann | Film | 8.2 | 70 |
| 1980 | Bronco Billy | Doc Lynch | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1980 | Making 'The Shining' | Self | Film | 7.1 | 70 |
| 1980 | The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White | Nate (voice) | Film | — | 70 |
| 1979 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo | (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 69 |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Sam | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 1979 | The Super Globetrotters | Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 69 |
| 1979 | Banjo the Woodpile Cat | Crazy Legs (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1978 | Taxi | Walt | TV | 7.3 | 68 |
| 1978 | Vega$ | TV | 6.9 | 68 | |
| 1978 | Flying High | TV | 6.3 | 68 | |
| 1978 | The Cheap Detective | Tinker | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Mudcat | Film | 4.8 | 68 |
| 1978 | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Virgil Gibson | TV | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | TV | 7.2 | 67 | |
| 1977 | Roots | Mingo | TV | 7.4 | 67 |
| 1977 | Scooby's All-Stars | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 67 |
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | TV | 7.1 | 66 | |
| 1976 | Silver Streak | Ralston | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 1976 | The Shootist | Moses | Film | 7.1 | 66 |
| 1976 | Stay Hungry | William | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1976 | Joys | Self | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1976 | Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | Ben Benson | Film | 4.3 | 66 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | TV | 7.3 | 65 | |
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Orderly Turkle | Film | 8.4 | 65 |
| 1975 | The Fortune | Fisherman | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 1975 | Coonskin | Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 1975 | Coonskin | Film | 6.1 | 65 | |
| 1975 | Friday Foster | Reverend Noble Franklin | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 1975 | Win, Place or Steal | Attendant | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1975 | Man on the Outside | Ruben Hammer | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1975 | Linda Lovelace for President | Super Black | Film | 4.2 | 65 |
| 1974 | Chico and the Man | Louie | TV | 6.1 | 64 |
| 1974 | Hong Kong Phooey | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Uncle Filemon | TV | 7.7 | 64 |
| 1974 | Truck Turner | Duke | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1974 | Black Belt Jones | Pop Byrd | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1974 | Sty of the Blind Pig | Doc | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Gaylord Fuller | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | TV | 5.4 | 63 |
| 1973 | Griff | Joe Rawls | TV | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1973 | Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters | (voices) | Film | 9.1 | 63 |
| 1973 | Detroit 9000 | Reverend Markham | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 1973 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | Cleveland | Film | 4.8 | 63 |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son | TV | 7.5 | 62 | |
| 1972 | The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Meadowlark Lemon (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 62 |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising | TV | 7.5 | 62 | |
| 1972 | The Lorax | Singer | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues | Big Ben | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1972 | The King of Marvin Gardens | Lewis | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Floyd | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1971 | Nichols | Jack | TV | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1971 | Chandler | Smoke | Film | 4.6 | 61 |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Blind Man | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1970 | The Aristocats | Scat Cat (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1970 | Harlem Globetrotters | TV | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 1970 | Bloody Mama | Moses | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | One-Man Band | TV | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1969 | Hello, Dolly! | Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1969 | Hook, Line and Sinker | The Corpse (uncredited) | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | George Strothers | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1967 | Ironside | Jason | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 1964 | Bewitched | Handler | TV | 7.9 | 54 |
| 1964 | Lady in a Cage | Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1964 | The Patsy | Shoeshine Boy | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1961 | The Sins of Rachel Cade | Musinga | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1960 | Johnny Midnight | Train Attendant (uncredited) | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Jud | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | Joe | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James | Railroad Porter (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Crabman | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1958 | Tarzan and the Trappers | Tyana | Film | 4.2 | 48 |
| 1958 | Tarzan and the Trappers | Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) | Film | 4.2 | 48 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | TV | 5.3 | 46 | |
| 1956 | Between Heaven and Hell | George (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Timothy | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 1954 | Johnny Dark | Himself | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1953 | Walking My Baby Back Home | Smiley | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1953 | East of Sumatra | Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1953 | Meet Me at the Fair | Enoch Jones | Film | 8.5 | 43 |
| 1951 | Yes Sir, Mr. Bones | Scatman | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Johnson | TV | 6.7 | 40 |