‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Introduces a Younger Version of Scatman Crothers’s Dick Hallorann: “He’s Not the Man You Meet in ‘The Shining’”

IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 2 confirms that Perry Mason star Chris Chalk is playing a younger version of Dick Hallorann, the ...
Dayton Daily News

How an actor in this legendary horror movie got his nickname in Dayton

The actor who taught the world and little Danny Torrance about shining got his legendary nickname right here in Dayton. Scatman Crothers was born Benjamin Sherman Crothers in 1910 in Terre Haute, Ind.
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‘Doctor Sleep’ Gets Carl Lumbly For Dick Halloran, Alex Essoe For Wendy Torrance

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is setting Carl Lumbly to play Dick Halloran and Alex Essoe to play Wendy Torrance in Doctor Sleep, the continuation of the storyline from The Shining. Those are the roles that ...
The Nation

The Shining

Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett CollectionJack Nicholson, Danny Lloyd in The Shining, 1980. Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers. Director: Stanley Kubrick Screenplay: ...