Most Recent Role: Wildman on The Beany and Cecil Show
Alias Name(s): Sherman "Scatman" Crothers
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Birthday: 5-23-1910
Birth Name: Benjamin Sherman Crothers
Date of Death: 11-22-1986
Cause of Death: Lung cancer
Alias Name(s): Sherman "Scatman" Crothers
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Birthday: 5-23-1910
Birth Name: Benjamin Sherman Crothers
Date of Death: 11-22-1986
Cause of Death: Lung cancer
Most Recent Appearance
The Courtship of Cecilia
Saturday 8 October 1988 on ABC
Dishonest John tries to sabotage Cecil's romance with Cecilia by disguising himself as her.
Scatman was the voice of Jazz, on both The Transformers and Transformers: The Movie (1986).
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Scatman was the the voice of Scat, the Panther, in The Aristocats (1970).
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Scatman got his stage name when he auditioned at a radio show in 1932 in Dayton, Ohio. The director thought his name wasn't catchy enough, so he told the director to call him "Scat Man" because of his talent for scat singing.
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Scatman did a soul music album, Big Ben Sings in 1973.
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Scatman was friends with Barry White, who always teased him about not being able to sing, to which he constantly replied saying Barry "had no voice."
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Other Appearances
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Casablanca (1983)
Sam |
Chico and the Man
Louie Wilson |
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Hong Kong Phooey
(voice) Penrod "Penry" Pooch / Hong Kong Phooey |
One of the Boys
Bernard Solomon |
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Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics
Hong Kong Phooey |
The Beany and Cecil Show
Wildman |
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Don't Interrupt Timothy, the waiter |
American Playhouse
Working Parking Attendant |
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Barefoot In The Park
Something Fishy |
Benson
In the Red Mr. Thomkins |
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Bewitched
Three Men and a Witch on a Horse Handler |
Bonanza
The Smiler Jud |
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