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