Cab Calloway
Biography
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.
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Movies (40)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
as The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
2024
Everything's Fine
as Himself (Voice)
2020
Cab Calloway: Sketches
as Himself
2012
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Grass
as Self (archive footage)
1999
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
1990
WrestleMania 2
as Self
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
The Blues Brothers
as Curtis
1980
The Great Balloon Race
1977
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Littlest Angel
as Gabriel
1969
Triumph Over Violence
as Self (archive footage)
1965
The Cincinnati Kid
as Yeller
1965
Schlager-Raketen
as Self
1960
St. Louis Blues
as Blade
1958
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
1956
Rhythm and Blues Revue
as Self
1955
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
as Self
1951
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
as Self
1951
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
as Self
1951
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
as Self
1950
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
as Self
1950
Cab Calloway Home Movies
1948
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
as Self
1948
Hi-De-Ho
as Himself
1947
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
as Himself
1945
Blowtop Blues
1945
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
1945
I Was Here When You Left Me
1945
Walking with My Honey
1945
Caldonia
as Himself
1945
Sensations of 1945
as Cab Calloway
1944
Stormy Weather
as Cab Calloway
1943
The Skunk Song
1942
TV Shows (10)
The Love Boat
as Lionel Bigelow
1977
Harry O
1974
Great Performances
as Self
1971
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
1971
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948