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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 Stanley Kubrick film 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 animated Disney film The Aristocats.
Crothers was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1910. He was the son of Benjamin Crothers and Donnie/Donel. He got the name Scatman when he auditioned for a radio show in 1932 at the former WSMK (now WING) in Dayton, Ohio. The director didn't think his given name was catchy enough, so Crothers quickly concocted the handle Scat Man, although this talent, scat singing, would develop later. He continued to enjoy this talent throughout his career, even teaching scat singing to college students. Later, the nickname was condensed to Scatman by Arthur Godfrey. In his early career, he also associated with many Cleveland-based acts and frequently played on the scene in Ohio.
Actors: Vinny Vella (actor), Tom Noonan (actor), Franklin Ojeda Smith (actor), Kevin Interdonato (actor), Daniel Stewart Sherman (actor), Mark Nistico (director), Mark Nistico (writer), Mark Nistico (producer), Tommy Keelen Monahan (producer), Tommy Keelen Monahan (actor), David James Nielsen (composer), Paul Diomede (actor), Michael Pemberton (actor), Adam Buller (actor), Joe Sernio (actor),
Plot: On the nights when the dice don't turn and the cards just won't flop your way, the only refuge is your favorite drink. A romance surrounded by crime, action, and baseball, told with a western feel. Chronicle the rise and fall of Crystal City crime syndicate boss, Daxter Tarta through a mid-life crisis sparked by an unexpected Las Vegas romance and business proposal gone wrong.
Genres: Drama,I went down to St. James Infirmary
Found my baby there
Stretched out on a long white table
Lookin' so cool, so pale and so fair
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
She can search this wide wide world over
But she would never find a good man like me
When I die bury me in straight trousers
Boxback coat, yes, and a Stetson hat
Hang a thousand dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So the boys will know that I died standing pat
I want sixteen, sixteen stalwart white horses
Yeah
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
She may search this wide world over