Scatman Crothers
E194801
Scatman Crothers was an American actor, singer, and voice artist known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable roles in film and television, including his appearance in Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic "The Shining."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scatman Crothers canonical | 11 |
| Scatman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1725452 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scatman Crothers Context triple: [The Shining (1980 film), starring, Scatman Crothers]
-
A.
Guy Lewis
Guy Lewis was a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for building the University of Houston into a national powerhouse and popularizing the high-flying "Phi Slama Jama" teams of the 1980s.
-
B.
Dan Quagmire
Dan Quagmire is a minor character in the animated television series "Family Guy," known primarily as the father of Glenn Quagmire.
-
C.
Harry Karl
Harry Karl was an American shoe magnate and businessman best known for his high-profile marriages to Hollywood actresses, including Debbie Reynolds.
-
D.
Joe Trippi
Joe Trippi is an American political strategist and media consultant best known for pioneering online fundraising and digital organizing in Democratic campaigns, notably during Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential bid.
-
E.
Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers was an American comedian and actor best known for his fast-talking, scheming persona, especially in the classic TV series "The Phil Silvers Show" where he played Sergeant Bilko.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scatman Crothers Target entity description: Scatman Crothers was an American actor, singer, and voice artist known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable roles in film and television, including his appearance in Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic "The Shining."
-
A.
Guy Lewis
Guy Lewis was a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for building the University of Houston into a national powerhouse and popularizing the high-flying "Phi Slama Jama" teams of the 1980s.
-
B.
Dan Quagmire
Dan Quagmire is a minor character in the animated television series "Family Guy," known primarily as the father of Glenn Quagmire.
-
C.
Harry Karl
Harry Karl was an American shoe magnate and businessman best known for his high-profile marriages to Hollywood actresses, including Debbie Reynolds.
-
D.
Joe Trippi
Joe Trippi is an American political strategist and media consultant best known for pioneering online fundraising and digital organizing in Democratic campaigns, notably during Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential bid.
-
E.
Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers was an American comedian and actor best known for his fast-talking, scheming persona, especially in the classic TV series "The Phil Silvers Show" where he played Sergeant Bilko.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ singer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1986 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| birthName | Benjamin Sherman Crothers ⓘ |
| castMemberOf |
Chico and the Man
ⓘ
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ⓘ The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Shining
The Transformers (1984 TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
Transformers (1984 TV series)
|
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Dick Hallorann
ⓘ
surface form:
Dick Hallorann in The Shining
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-05-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1986-11-22 ⓘ |
| employer |
Hanna-Barbera
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| endTimeOfSpouse | 1986 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Crothers ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
scat singing ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor | distinctive gravelly voice ⓘ |
| nickname |
Scatman Crothers
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Scatman
|
| notableWork |
Chico and the Man
ⓘ
Hong Kong Phooey ⓘ Lady and the Tramp ⓘ
surface form:
Lady and the Tramp (1975 TV sequel voice role, Scat Cat)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ⓘ The Aristocats ⓘ The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Shining
The Transformers (1984 TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
Transformers (1984 TV series)
|
| occupation |
comedian
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ singer ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Terre Haute, Indiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Van Nuys, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| spouse | Helen Sullivan Crothers ⓘ |
| startTimeOfSpouse | 1937 ⓘ |
| voiceRole |
Hong Kong Phooey
ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong Phooey in Hong Kong Phooey
The Aristocats ⓘ
surface form:
Scat Cat in The Aristocats
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Scatman Crothers Description of subject: Scatman Crothers was an American actor, singer, and voice artist known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable roles in film and television, including his appearance in Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic "The Shining."
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Scatman