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Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) [1] 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).
Scatman Crothers: 1910–1986 Johnnie Davis: 1910–1983 Slim Gaillard: 1916–1991 Dizzy Gillespie: 1917–1993 Ella Fitzgerald [1] 1917–1996 Eddie Jefferson: 1918–1979 Anita O'Day: 1919–2006 Clark Terry: 1920–2015
It was used as the title song for the 1953 film Walking My Baby Back Home, starring Donald O'Connor, Janet Leigh, Buddy Hackett, and Scatman Crothers. [3] In the film, the song was performed by O'Connor. [4] In 1962, Monica Zetterlund with Georg Riedel's Orchestra recorded a version of this song with Swedish lyrics by Beppe Wolgers entitled ...
During this 1930s era, other famous scat singers included Scatman Crothers [34] —who would go on to movie and television fame [34] —and British dance band trumpeter and vocalist Nat Gonella [35] whose scat-singing recordings were banned [c] in Nazi Germany.
Their nemesis was a cat named Scat Cat (voiced by Scatman Crothers). The live-action sequences featuring The Skatebirds mostly revolved around the nasty Scat Cat perpetually chasing the roller-skating trio and trying to get the best of them.
Scatman may refer to: Scatman John (1942–1999), American vocalist and musician "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)", Scatman John's most famous song; Scatman Crothers ...
This features Scatman Crothers in his final film appearance, released following his death. The film was dedicated to his memory. The film was dedicated to his memory. The film was released on a program of special world premiere matinee screenings of the Los Angeles International Animation Celebration’s opening day gala event.
The songs were orchestrated by Marty Paich, who also provided musical direction; plus devised and arranged that part of the underscoring that was drawn from the musical numbers. The rest of the underscoring was drawn from the vast library of cues that Hanna-Barbera's in-house composer Hoyt Curtin had written for various animated series.