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