- Birthday: 1910-05-22
- Deathday: 1986-11-21
- Place of Birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
- Age: 76
- Average Role Age: 63.17
Movie | Release Date | Character | Age at Release | |
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Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event | 04/10/24 | Jazz (voice) (archive footage) | 76 | |
The Chickening | 09/10/15 | Dick (archive footage) (uncredited) | 76 | |
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates | 08/30/11 | (voice) (archive footage) | 76 | |
Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime | 11/17/87 | Jazz | 76 | |
Rock Odyssey | 07/13/87 | Jukebox (voice) | 76 | |
The Transformers: The Movie | 08/08/86 | Jazz (voice) | 76 | |
The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye | 01/01/86 | Jazz | 75 | |
The Journey of Natty Gann | 09/27/85 | Sherman | 75 | |
Two of a Kind | 12/13/83 | Earl | 73 | |
Twilight Zone: The Movie | 06/24/83 | Mr. Bloom | 73 | |
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? | 05/01/83 | Self - Sketch Performer | 72 | |
Missing Children: A Mother's Story | 12/01/82 | Mose Wheeler | 72 | |
Deadly Eyes | 10/23/82 | George Faskins | 72 | |
Zapped! | 07/23/82 | Dexter Jones | 72 | |
Working | 04/13/82 | Parking Attendant | 71 | |
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | 05/15/81 | Dewey Stevens | 70 | |
Making 'The Shining' | 10/04/80 | Self | 70 | |
Bronco Billy | 06/11/80 | Doc Lynch | 70 | |
The Shining | 05/23/80 | Hallorann | 70 | |
Scavenger Hunt | 12/21/79 | Sam | 69 | |
Banjo the Woodpile Cat | 11/16/79 | Crazy Legs (voice) | 69 | |
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | 09/13/78 | Self | 68 | |
The Cheap Detective | 06/23/78 | Tinker | 68 | |
Mean Dog Blues | 03/03/78 | Mudcat | 67 | |
Silver Streak | 12/03/76 | Ralston | 66 | |
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | 11/01/76 | Ben Benson | 66 | |
The Shootist | 07/21/76 | Moses | 66 | |
Stay Hungry | 04/23/76 | William | 65 | |
Joys | 03/05/76 | Self | 65 | |
Friday Foster | 12/25/75 | Reverend Noble Franklin | 65 | |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 11/19/75 | Orderly Turkle | 65 | |
Coonskin | 08/20/75 | Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) | 65 | |
Man on the Outside | 06/29/75 | Ruben Hammer | 65 | |
The Fortune | 05/20/75 | Fisherman | 64 | |
Linda Lovelace for President | 03/01/75 | Super Black | 64 | |
Win, Place or Steal | 02/01/75 | Attendant | 64 | |
Truck Turner | 06/26/74 | Duke | 64 | |
Sty of the Blind Pig | 05/29/74 | Doc | 64 | |
Black Belt Jones | 01/28/74 | Pop Byrd | 63 | |
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters | 09/08/73 | (voices) | 63 | |
Slaughter's Big Rip Off | 08/31/73 | Cleveland | 63 | |
Detroit 9000 | 08/01/73 | Reverend Markham | 63 | |
The King of Marvin Gardens | 10/12/72 | Lewis | 62 | |
Lady Sings the Blues | 10/12/72 | Big Ben | 62 | |
The Lorax | 02/14/72 | Singer | 61 | |
Chandler | 12/01/71 | Smoke | 61 | |
The Aristocats | 11/13/70 | Scat Cat (voice) | 60 | |
The Great White Hope | 10/11/70 | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | 60 | |
Bloody Mama | 03/24/70 | Moses | 59 | |
Hello, Dolly! | 12/12/69 | Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) | 59 | |
Hook, Line and Sinker | 06/06/69 | The Corpse (uncredited) | 59 | |
The Patsy | 06/24/64 | Shoeshine Boy | 54 | |
Lady in a Cage | 06/10/64 | Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited) | 54 | |
The Sins of Rachel Cade | 04/02/61 | Musinga | 50 | |
Porgy and Bess | 06/24/59 | Crabman | 49 | |
Alias Jesse James | 03/20/59 | Railroad Porter (uncredited) | 48 | |
Tarzan and the Trappers | 01/01/58 | Tyana | 47 | |
Tarzan and the Trappers | 01/01/58 | Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) | 47 | |
Between Heaven and Hell | 10/11/56 | George (uncredited) | 46 | |
Johnny Dark | 06/25/54 | Himself | 44 | |
Walking My Baby Back Home | 12/06/53 | Smiley Gordon | 43 | |
East of Sumatra | 09/23/53 | Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) | 43 | |
Meet Me at the Fair | 01/01/53 | Enoch Jones | 42 | |
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones | 07/13/51 | Scatman | 41 |