Cab Calloway

Acting·Dec 25, 1907·Rochester, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
FFleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer2024 · The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)	The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
Everything's Fine2020 · Himself (Voice)	Himself (Voice)
Cab Calloway: Sketches2012 · Himself	Himself
The Harlem Renaissance2004 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years2004 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues2003 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Grass1999 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'1998 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons1995 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III1990 · Self	Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge1990 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II1985 · Self	Self
The Blues Brothers1980 · Curtis	Curtis
TThe Great Balloon Race1977 · Actor	Actor
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen1975 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Littlest Angel1969 · Gabriel	Gabriel
Triumph Over Violence1965 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Cincinnati Kid1965 · Yeller	Yeller
Schlager-Raketen1960 · Self	Self
St. Louis Blues1958 · Blade	Blade
Jazz Ball1956 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Rhythm and Blues Revue1955 · Self	Self
Porgy and Bess in Wien1953 · Actor	Actor
Cab Calloway Home Movie #11951 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Cab Calloway Home Movie #31951 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti1951 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Cab Calloway Home Movie #21950 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Cab Calloway Home Movie #41950 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Cab Calloway Home Movies1948 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Cab Calloway Home Movie #51948 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Hi-De-Ho1947 · Cab	Cab
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya1945 · Himself	Himself
Blowtop Blues1945 · Actor	Actor
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo1945 · Actor	Actor
I Was Here When You Left Me1945 · Actor	Actor
WWalking with My Honey1945 · Actor	Actor
Caldonia1945 · Himself	Himself
Sensations of 19451944 · Cab Calloway	Cab Calloway
Stormy Weather1943 · Cab Calloway	Cab Calloway
The Skunk Song1942 · Actor	Actor
Blues in the Night1942 · Actor	Actor
Minnie the Moocher1942 · Himself / Vocals	Himself / Vocals
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round1937 · Self	Self
Hi-De-Ho1937 · Cab Calloway	Cab Calloway
The Singing Kid1936 · Cab Calloway	Cab Calloway
CCab Calloway's Jitterbug Party1935 · Actor	Actor
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho1934 · Cab Calloway	Cab Calloway
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame1934 · Old Man / Reporter	Old Man / Reporter