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Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Acting

Born: December 25, 1907Rochester, New York, USA

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
Filmography

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)

2024
Everything's Fine

Everything's Fine

Himself (Voice)

2020
Cab Calloway: Sketches

Cab Calloway: Sketches

Himself

2012
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage)

2004
The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance

Self (archive footage)

2004
Piano Blues

Piano Blues

Self (archive footage)

2003
Grass

Grass

Self (archive footage)

1999
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Self (archive footage)

1998
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Self (archive footage)

1995
Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

Self

1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Self (archive footage)

1990
Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

1985
The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers

Curtis

1980

The Great Balloon Race

1977
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Self (archive footage)

1975
The Littlest Angel

The Littlest Angel

Gabriel

1969
Triumph Over Violence

Triumph Over Violence

Self (archive footage)

1965
The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid

Yeller

1965
Schlager-Raketen

Schlager-Raketen

Self

1960
St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

Blade

1958
Jazz Ball

Jazz Ball

Self (archive footage)

1956
Rhythm and Blues Revue

Rhythm and Blues Revue

Self

1955
Porgy and Bess in Wien

Porgy and Bess in Wien

1953
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

Self

1951
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

Self

1951
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

Self

1951
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

Self

1950
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

Self

1950
Cab Calloway Home Movies

Cab Calloway Home Movies

1948
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

Self

1948
Hi-De-Ho

Hi-De-Ho

Himself

1947
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

Himself

1945
I Was Here When You Left Me

I Was Here When You Left Me

1945
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

1945
Blowtop Blues

Blowtop Blues

1945

Walking with My Honey

1945
Caldonia

Caldonia

Himself

1945
Sensations of 1945

Sensations of 1945

Cab Calloway

1944
Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather

Cab Calloway

1943
The Skunk Song

The Skunk Song

1942
Minnie the Moocher

Minnie the Moocher

Himself / Vocals

1942
Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night

1942
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Self

1937
Hi-De-Ho

Hi-De-Ho

Cab Calloway

1937
The Singing Kid

The Singing Kid

Cab Calloway

1936

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

1935
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Cab Calloway

1934
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

Old Man / Reporter

1934

Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway

1934
The Old Man of the Mountain

The Old Man of the Mountain

Himself & Old Man

1933
Snow-White

Snow-White

Koko the Clown (voice)

1933
International House

International House

Cab Calloway

1933
The Big Broadcast

The Big Broadcast

Cab Calloway

1932
Minnie the Moocher

Minnie the Moocher

Cab Calloway

1932