Cab Calloway
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Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.
Known for
Credits
The Blues Brothers (1980)
as Curtis
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
as Yeller
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Grass (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
as Self
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Stormy Weather (1943)
as Cab Calloway
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Littlest Angel (1969)
as Gabriel
Triumph Over Violence (1965)
as Self (archive footage)
St. Louis Blues (1958)
as Blade
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955)
as Self
Porgy and Bess in Wien (1953)
Actor
Snow-White (1933)
as Koko the Clown (voice)
Blowtop Blues (1945)
Actor
International House (1933)
as Cab Calloway
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo (1945)
Actor
The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)
as Himself & Old Man
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024)
as The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
The Singing Kid (1936)
as Cab Calloway
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (1934)
as Old Man / Reporter
Caldonia (1945)
as Himself
The Great Balloon Race (1977)
Actor
Sensations of 1945 (1944)
as Cab Calloway
Ebony Parade (—)
as (archive footage)
Hi-De-Ho (1947)
as Cab
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
as Cab Calloway
Schlager-Raketen (1960)
as Self
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya (1945)
as Himself
The Big Broadcast (1932)
as Cab Calloway
Blues in the Night (1942)
Actor
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)
Actor
Jazz Ball (1956)
as Self (archive footage)
Minnie the Moocher (1932)
as Cab Calloway
Hi-De-Ho (1937)
as Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti (1951)
as Self
I Was Here When You Left Me (1945)
Actor
Walking with My Honey (1945)
Actor
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 (1951)
as Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 (1948)
as Self
Minnie the Moocher (1942)
as Himself / Vocals
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 (1951)
as Self
Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway (1934)
Actor
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 (1950)
as Self
Cab Calloway Home Movies (1948)
Actor
Cab Calloway: Sketches (2012)
as Himself
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 (1950)
as Self
Everything's Fine (2020)
as Himself (Voice)
The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)
as Self (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage)