Tarzan and the Trappers

Born Benjamin Sherman Crothers in Terre Haute, Indiana. Songwriter, actor, composer, singer, comedian and guitarist who, after high school, appeared in nightclubs, hotels, films and on television. He joined ASCAP in 1959, and his popular-song compositions also include "The Gal Looks Good", "Nobody Knows Why", "I Was There", "A Man's Gotta Eat" and "When, Oh When". Scatman Crothers died at age 76 of pneumonia and lung cancer at his home in Van Nuys, California on November 22, 1986.

Credits include: The Crimson Pirate, Attack of the Crab Monsters, Teenage Caveman, Man in the Attic and Judgment Night

Credits include: The Sword in the Stone, Tarzan and the Trappers, Tarzan's Fight for Life, The Safe House and A Lust to Kill

Credits include: On the Waterfront, The Old Man and the Sea, Scream Blacula Scream, Tarzan and the Trappers and Bomba and the Jungle Girl

Credits include: Danger!! Death Ray, Tarzan's Greatest Adventure, Duel of the Titans, Tarzan and the Trappers and Tarzan the Magnificent

Credits include: Garfield, Forty Guns, Fade to Black, Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style and Racing with the Moon

Credits include: How to Marry a Millionaire, What a Way to Go!, Against All Flags, Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory and Caprice

The daughter of freed slaves, she began her career in entertainment touring the east coast with various theatrical companies and then moved to California. She became known as a character actress, appeared in a few high profile films and easily navigated the transition to the "talkies". In an age when film roles for African Americans were limited, Madame was consistently employed in the industry as stereotypical slaves, mammies, and native witch women.