1. – Scatman Crothers, The AristoCats, 1970. Paris jazzcat, Scat Cat was obviously designed for Satchmo – copying his weight, the toothy gap and his way with the trumpet. For reasons never divulged, Armstrong quit (he died a year later) and director Wolfgang Reitherman told Crothers: “Pretend you’re Satchmo.”
Birth year: 1901Death year: 1971Other name: Casting Calls: 0