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Bald, wide-eyed character player with a raspy voice whose career reached its peak in the 1970s and early 80s with several memorable screen roles (e.g. Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" 1980) and the popular TV show "Chico and the Man" (1974-1978).
Full Bio & Milestones

Filmography

Detroit 9000 - ( Reverend Markham / 1998 / Released / )
Transformers - The Movie - ( of Jazz / 1986 / Released / )
The Journey of Natty Gann - ( Sherman / 1985 / Released / )
Twilight Zone - the Movie - ( Mr Bloom / 1983 / Released / )
Two of A Kind - ( Earl / 1983 / Released / )
The Rats - ( George Fosk / 1982 / Released / )
Zapped! - ( Dexter Jones / 1982 / Released / )
Bronco Billy - ( "Doc" Lynch / 1980 / Released / )
The Shining - ( Halloran / 1980 / Released / )
Scavenger Hunt - ( Sam / 1979 / Released / )
Mean Dog Blues - ( Mudcat / 1978 / Released / AIP )
The Cheap Detective - ( Tinker / 1978 / Released / )
Silver Streak - ( Ralston / 1976 / Released / )
Stay Hungry - ( Butler / 1976 / Released / )
The Shootist - ( Moses / 1976 / Released / )
Chesty Anderson - U.S. Navy - ( / 1975 / Released / Coast Films )
Coonskin - ( Pappy / 1975 / Released / Bryanston Pictures )
Coonskin - ( Old Man Bone / 1975 / Released / Bryanston Pictures )
Friday Foster - ( Reverend Noble Franklin / 1975 / Released / AIP )
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - ( Turkle / 1975 / Released / )
Win, Place or Steal - ( Attendant / 1975 / Released / Cinema National )
Black Belt Jones - ( Pop / 1974 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Truck Turner - ( / 1974 / Released / )
Lady Sings the Blues - ( Big Ben / 1972 / Released / )
The King of Marvin Gardens - ( Lewis / 1972 / Released / )
Chandler - ( Smoke / 1971 / Released / )
Bloody Mama - ( Moses / 1970 / Released / )
The Aristocats - ( of Scatcat / 1970 / Released / )
The Great White Hope - ( Barker / 1970 / Released / )
Three on a Couch - ( / 1966 / Released / )
Lady in a Cage - ( Proprietor's Assistant / 1964 / Released / )
The Patsy - ( / 1964 / Released / )
The Sins of Rachel Cade - ( Musinga / 1961 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Between Heaven and Hell - ( / 1956 / Released / 20th Century Fox Studios )
Johnny Dark - ( Himself / 1954 / Released / Universal )
East of Sumatra - ( Baltimore / 1953 / Released / )
East of Sumatra - ( Song(- songs) / 1953 / Released / )
Walking My Baby Back Home - ( / 1953 / Released / Universal )
TV Credits
The 85-Year-Old Swinger ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Morningstar/Eveningstar ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Casablanca ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Grandpa, Will You Run With Me? ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Banjo, the Woodpile Cat ( 1982 / Released ): Voice
Missing Children: A Mother's Story ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
One of the Boys ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
Working ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
Revenge of the Gray Gang ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
The Super Globetrotters ( 1979 / Released ): Voice
Vega$ ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Roots ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics ( 1977 / Released ): Voice
Jonathan Winters Presents 200 Years of American Humor ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
Man on the Outside ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
Chico and the Man ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
Hong Kong Phooey ( 1974 / Released ): Voice
Kolchak: The Night Stalker ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
The Harlem Globetrotters ( 1970 / Released ): Voice
The Paw Paws ( Released ): Voice
The Transformers ( Released ): Voice
Full Biography (Back to top)

Bald, wide-eyed character player with a raspy voice whose career reached its peak in the 1970s and early 80s with several memorable screen roles (e.g. Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" 1980) and the popular TV show "Chico and the Man" (1974-1978).

Profession(s):
Actor, singer, musician, comedian
Sometimes Credited As:
Benjamin Sherman Crothers
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Family
wife:Helen Crothers (married c. 1937 until his death)
Milestones (Back to top)
1975 TV movie debut in "Man on the Outside"
1970 - 1978 First TV appearance in a series, "Chico and the Man"
1952 Film acting debut in "Meet Me at the Fair"
1950 TV acting debut as one of the voices on "Time for Beany"

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