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Scatman Crothers

1910 - 1986

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Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). He was also a prolific voice actor who provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the Harlem Globetrotters animated TV series, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers and The Transformers: The Movie (1986), the title character in Hong Kong Phooey, and Scat Cat in the Disney animated film The Aristocats (1970). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Scatman Crothers is the 2,109th most popular actor (down from 2,049th in 2019), the 3,741st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,344th in 2019) and the 1,029th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Scatman Crothers ranks 2,109 out of 13,578. Before him are Rachel Kempson, Harry Myers, Paolo Bonacelli, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Lee Young-ae, and Josh Holloway. After him are Charlie Rivel, Zac Efron, Philip Michael Thomas, Tyne Daly, Allison Janney, and Melissa McBride.

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Among people born in 1910, Scatman Crothers ranks 131. Before him are Jane Bell, Heinz Hoffmann, Howlin' Wolf, Richard Conte, Pierre Bézier, and Rachel Kempson. After him are Carmine Coppola, Yusof Ishak, Helene Mayer, Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, Heinrich Sutermeister, and Robert B. Anderson. Among people deceased in 1986, Scatman Crothers ranks 110. Before him are Cheikh Anta Diop, Michael, Prince of Montenegro, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Gardner Fox, Ilmari Salminen, and Thierry Sabine. After him are Vitaly Abalakov, Raúl Prebisch, Valentin Kataev, Ruth Teitelbaum, John Bagot Glubb, and Artur London.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scatman Crothers ranks 3,741 out of 20,380. Before him are Josh Holloway (1969), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Marie Smith Jones (1918), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Curtis Mayfield (1942), and Steven Wright (1955). After him are Wesley Clark (1944), Zac Efron (1987), J. J. Abrams (1966), Philip Michael Thomas (1949), Tyne Daly (1946), and James Rosenquist (1933).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Scatman Crothers ranks 1,029. Before him are John P. Ryan (1936), Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979), Brent Spiner (1949), Harry Myers (1882), Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963), and Josh Holloway (1969). After him are Zac Efron (1987), Philip Michael Thomas (1949), Tyne Daly (1946), Allison Janney (1959), Melissa McBride (1965), and Catherine Keener (1959).

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