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
Piano Blues (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
as Yeller
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Grass (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
The Littlest Angel (1969)
as Gabriel
Stormy Weather (1943)
as Cab Calloway
Hi-De-Ho (1947)
as Cab
Snow-White (1933)
as Koko the Clown (voice)
Triumph Over Violence (1965)
as Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Ebony Parade (—)
as (archive footage)
St. Louis Blues (1958)
as Blade
Minnie the Moocher (1932)
as Cab Calloway
Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955)
as Self
The Harlem Renaissance (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
International House (1933)
as Cab Calloway
Sensations of 1945 (1944)
as Cab Calloway
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (1934)
as Old Man / Reporter
Schlager-Raketen (1960)
as Self
Hi-De-Ho (1937)
as Cab Calloway
Porgy and Bess in Wien (1953)
Actor
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
The Singing Kid (1936)
as Cab Calloway
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
as Self
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya (1945)
as Himself
The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)
as Himself & Old Man
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Broadcast (1932)
as Cab Calloway
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Caldonia (1945)
as Himself
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)
Actor
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo (1945)
Actor
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 (1951)
as Self
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
as Cab Calloway
Walking with My Honey (1945)
Actor
The Skunk Song (1942)
Actor
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024)
as The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 (1950)
as Self
Blowtop Blues (1945)
Actor
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 (1948)
as Self
Minnie the Moocher (1942)
as Himself / Vocals
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti (1951)
as Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 (1950)
as Self
Cab Calloway: Sketches (2012)
as Himself
Jazz Ball (1956)
as Self (archive footage)
Cab Calloway Home Movies (1948)
Actor
Blues in the Night (1942)
Actor
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 (1951)
as Self
Everything's Fine (2020)
as Himself (Voice)
I Was Here When You Left Me (1945)
Actor
Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway (1934)
Actor
The Great Balloon Race (1977)
Actor