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- Category: Motion pictures
- Unveiled: 08 Apr 1981
- Star rank: 478
- Address:
6710 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101442, -118.336563
Scatman Crothers
Biography
Benjamin Sherman “Scatman” Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor, singer, dancer and musician known for his work as Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and as Dick Hallorann in The Shining in 1980. He was also a prolific voiceover artist, and provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the animated TV version of The Harlem Globetrotters, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers, the title character in Hong Kong Phooey, and Scat Cat in the 1970 film The Aristocats.
Fact file
- Born: Benjamin Sherman Crothers May 23, 1910 Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
- Died: November 22, 1986 (aged 76) Van Nuys, California, United States
- Occupation: Actor, dancer, musician, singer
- Years active: 1932–1986
- Spouse: Helen Sullivan (1937–1986)
Read more about Scatman Crothers at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between McCadden and Las Palmas
Nearby you will also find Diana Ross, Cass Daley, Cate Blanchett, Lauren Shuler Donner, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Richard Donner, Dolly Parton, Cameron Diaz, Mel Brooks, and many others.