Credits

• 2024 · Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event as Jazz (voice) (archive footage)
• 2015 · The Chickening as Dick (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2011 · Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates as (voice) (archive footage)
• 1987 · Rock Odyssey as Jukebox (voice)
• 1986 · The Transformers: The Movie as Jazz (voice)
• 1986 · Morningstar/Eveningstar as
• 1986 · The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye as Jazz
• 1985 · The Journey of Natty Gann as Sherman
• 1985 · Paw Paws as
• 1984 · The Transformers as Jazz (voice)
• 1983 · Two of a Kind as Earl
• 1983 · This Is Your Life as Self
• 1983 · Twilight Zone: The Movie as Mr. Bloom
• 1983 · Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? as Self - Sketch Performer
• 1983 · Casablanca as Sam
• 1982 · Missing Children: A Mother's Story as Mose Wheeler
• 1982 · Deadly Eyes as George Faskins
• 1982 · It Takes Two as
• 1982 · Matt Houston as
• 1982 · Madame's Place as Self
• 1982 · Hotel as
• 1982 · Zapped! as Dexter Jones
• 1982 · Working as Parking Attendant
• 1982 · One of the Boys as
• 1981 · The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Dewey Stevens
• 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
• 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
• 1980 · Making 'The Shining' as Self
• 1980 · Bronco Billy as Doc Lynch
• 1980 · The Shining as Hallorann
• 1979 · Scavenger Hunt as Sam
• 1979 · Banjo the Woodpile Cat as Crazy Legs (voice)
• 1979 · Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as (voice)
• 1979 · The Super Globetrotters as Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)
• 1978 · Flying High as
• 1978 · Vega$ as
• 1978 · NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self
• 1978 · Taxi as Walt
• 1978 · The Cheap Detective as Tinker
• 1978 · Mean Dog Blues as Mudcat
• 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as
• 1977 · The Love Boat as Virgil Gibson
• 1977 · Scooby's All-Stars as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
• 1977 · Roots as Mingo
• 1976 · Silver Streak as Ralston
• 1976 · Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy as Ben Benson
• 1976 · The Shootist as Moses
• 1976 · Stay Hungry as William
• 1976 · Joys as Self
• 1976 · Laverne & Shirley as
• 1975 · Friday Foster as Reverend Noble Franklin
• 1975 · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Orderly Turkle
• 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
• 1975 · Coonskin as Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)
• 1975 · Man on the Outside as Ruben Hammer
• 1975 · The Fortune as Fisherman
• 1975 · Linda Lovelace for President as Super Black
• 1975 · Win, Place or Steal as Attendant
• 1974 · Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Uncle Filemon
• 1974 · Chico and the Man as Louie
• 1974 · Hong Kong Phooey as Hong Kong Phooey (voice)
• 1974 · Truck Turner as Duke
• 1974 · Sty of the Blind Pig as Doc
• 1974 · Black Belt Jones as Pop Byrd
• 1973 · Kojak as Gaylord Fuller
• 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
• 1973 · Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters as (voices)
• 1973 · Slaughter's Big Rip Off as Cleveland
• 1973 · Detroit 9000 as Reverend Markham
• 1972 · The King of Marvin Gardens as Lewis
• 1972 · Lady Sings the Blues as Big Ben
• 1972 · Temperatures Rising as
• 1972 · The New Scooby-Doo Movies as Meadowlark Lemon (voice)
• 1972 · The Lorax as Singer
• 1972 · Sanford and Son as
• 1971 · Chandler as Smoke
• 1971 · McMillan and Wife as Floyd
• 1971 · Nichols as Jack
• 1970 · The Aristocats as Scat Cat (voice)
• 1970 · The Great White Hope as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
• 1970 · The Odd Couple as Blind Man
• 1970 · Harlem Globetrotters as
• 1970 · Bloody Mama as Moses
• 1969 · Hello, Dolly! as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
• 1969 · Love, American Style as One-Man Band
• 1969 · Hook, Line and Sinker as The Corpse (uncredited)
• 1968 · Adam-12 as George Strothers
• 1967 · Mannix as
• 1967 · Ironside as
• 1964 · Bewitched as
• 1964 · The Patsy as Shoeshine Boy
• 1964 · Lady in a Cage as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
• 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
• 1961 · The Sins of Rachel Cade as Musinga
• 1960 · Johnny Midnight as Train Attendant (uncredited)
• 1959 · Bourbon Street Beat as Joe
• 1959 · Porgy and Bess as Crabman
• 1959 · Alias Jesse James as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
• 1958 · Tarzan and the Trappers as Tyana
• 1958 · Tarzan and the Trappers as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
• 1956 · Between Heaven and Hell as George (uncredited)
• 1956 · The Adventures of Jim Bowie as
• 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Timothy
• 1954 · Johnny Dark as Himself
• 1953 · Walking My Baby Back Home as Smiley Gordon
• 1953 · East of Sumatra as Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers)
• 1953 · Meet Me at the Fair as Enoch Jones
• 1951 · Yes Sir, Mr. Bones as Scatman
• 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Johnson
• 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self