Acting

2015

as Dick (archive footage) (uncredited)

2011

as (voice) (archive footage)

1987

as Jukebox (voice)

1986		The Transformers: The Movie as Jazz (voice)
1986		The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye as Jazz

1985

as Sherman

1983		Two of a Kind as Earl
1983		Twilight Zone: The Movie as Mr. Bloom
1983		Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? as Self - Sketch Performer

1982		Missing Children: A Mother's Story as Mose Wheeler
1982		Deadly Eyes as George Faskins
1982		Zapped! as Dexter Jones
1982		Working as Parking Attendant

1981

as Dewey Stevens

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)

1978		The Cheap Detective as Tinker
1978		Mean Dog Blues as Mudcat

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

1975		Friday Foster as Reverend Noble Franklin
1975		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Orderly Turkle
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		Truck Turner as Duke
1974		Sty of the Blind Pig as Doc
1974		Black Belt Jones as Pop Byrd

1973		Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters as (voices)
1973		Slaughter's Big Rip Off as Cleveland
1973		Detroit 9000 as Reverend Markham

1972		Lady Sings the Blues as Big Ben
1972		The King of Marvin Gardens as Lewis
1972		The Lorax as Singer

1971

as Smoke

1970		The Aristocats as Scat Cat (voice)
1970		The Great White Hope as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1970		Bloody Mama as Moses

1969		Hello, Dolly! as Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
1969		Hook, Line and Sinker as The Corpse (uncredited)

1964		The Patsy as Shoeshine Boy
1964		Lady in a Cage as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)

1961

as Musinga

1959		Porgy and Bess as Crabman
1959		Alias Jesse James as Railroad Porter (uncredited)

1958

as Tyana as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)

1956

as George (uncredited)

1954

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

as Scatman

Sound

1975

… Songs