| Movie | 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Orderly Turkle | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Shining | Hallorann | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Aristocats | Scat Cat (voice) | |
| Movie | 1976 | Stay Hungry | William | |
| Movie | 1980 | Bronco Billy | Doc Lynch | |
| Movie | 1976 | Silver Streak | Ralston | |
| Movie | 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Sam | |
| Movie | 1982 | Zapped! | Dexter Jones | |
| Movie | 1975 | Linda Lovelace for President | Super Black | |
| Movie | 1970 | Bloody Mama | Moses | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Shootist | Moses | |
| Movie | 1983 | Two of a Kind | Earl | |
| Movie | 1975 | Coonskin | Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Sherman | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Cheap Detective | Tinker | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Lorax | Singer | |
| Movie | 1982 | Deadly Eyes | George Faskins | |
| Movie | 1974 | Black Belt Jones | Pop Byrd | |
| Movie | 1980 | Making 'The Shining' | Self | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Fortune | Fisherman | |
| Movie | 1972 | The King of Marvin Gardens | Lewis | |
| Movie | 1961 | The Sins of Rachel Cade | Musinga | |
| Movie | 1975 | Friday Foster | Reverend Noble Franklin | |
| Movie | 1979 | Banjo the Woodpile Cat | Crazy Legs (voice) | |
| Movie | 1973 | Detroit 9000 | Reverend Markham | |
| Movie | 1971 | Chandler | Smoke | |
| Movie | 1976 | Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | Ben Benson | |
| Movie | 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Mudcat | |
| Movie | 1953 | Walking My Baby Back Home | Smiley Gordon | |
| Movie | 1953 | East of Sumatra | Baltimore (as Scat Man Crothers) | |
| Movie | 1987 | Rock Odyssey | Jukebox (voice) | |
| Movie | 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Mr. Bloom | |
| Movie | 1975 | Man on the Outside | Ruben Hammer | |
| Movie | 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues | Big Ben | |
| Movie | 1969 | Hello, Dolly! | Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Great White Hope | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1974 | Truck Turner | Duke | |
| Movie | 1958 | Tarzan and the Trappers | Tyana | |
| Movie | 1953 | Meet Me at the Fair | Enoch Jones | |
| Movie | 1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Mose Wheeler | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Dewey Stevens | |
| Movie | 1973 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | Cleveland | |
| Movie | 2024 | Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event | Jazz (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1978 | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self | |
| Movie | 1954 | Johnny Dark | Himself | |
| Movie | 1969 | Hook, Line and Sinker | The Corpse (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1959 | Alias Jesse James | Railroad Porter (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye | Jazz (voice) | |
| Movie | 1976 | Joys | Self | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Transformers: The Movie | Jazz (voice) | |
| Movie | 1956 | Between Heaven and Hell | George (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1975 | Win, Place or Steal | Attendant | |
| Movie | 1964 | Lady in a Cage | Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1951 | Yes Sir, Mr. Bones | Scatman | |
| Movie | 1982 | Working | Parking Attendant | |
| Movie | 1974 | Sty of the Blind Pig | Doc | |
| Movie | 1973 | Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters | (voices) | |
| Movie | 2011 | Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates | (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1964 | The Patsy | Shoeshine Boy | |
| Movie | 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Crabman | |
| Movie | 1983 | Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? | Self - Sketch Performer | |
| Movie | 1958 | Tarzan and the Trappers | Tyana (as Sherman Crothers) | |
| Movie | 1987 | Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime | Jazz | |
| TV Show | 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Tickler | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | Joe | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 8 |
| TV Show | 1977 | Scooby's Laff-A Lympics | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | 94 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | The Odd Couple | Blind Man | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Love Boat | Virgil Gibson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Chico and the Man | Louie | 88 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Mannix | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | Sanford and Son | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1981 | Hill Street Blues | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Hotel | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | The Super Globetrotters | Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice) | 13 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | | 2 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Kojak | Gaylord Fuller | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | The Transformers | Jazz (voice) | 92 |
| TV Show | 1964 | Bewitched | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Uncle Filemon | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Timothy | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Harlem Globetrotters | | 22 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Vega$ | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | Temperatures Rising | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Hong Kong Phooey | Hong Kong Phooey (voice) | 31 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Johnson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Paw Paws | | 21 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Matt Houston | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | One of the Boys | | 13 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Flying High | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Morningstar/Eveningstar | | 5 |
| TV Show | 1982 | It Takes Two | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Casablanca | Sam | 5 |
| TV Show | 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1960 | Johnny Midnight | Train Attendant (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 5 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Nichols | Jack | 1 |
| TV Show | 1983 | This Is Your Life | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Meadowlark Lemon (voice) | 3 |
| TV Show | 1968 | Adam-12 | George Strothers | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Taxi | Walt | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | Roots | Mingo | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Floyd | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Love, American Style | One-Man Band | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo | (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Madame's Place | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Griff | Joe Rawls | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Ironside | Jason | 1 |
