- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 25, 1907
- Place of Birth
- Rochester, New York, USA
- Died
- November 18, 1994
Cab Calloway
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.
Filmography
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
movieFleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024 · The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
movieEverything's Fine
2020 · Himself (Voice)
movieCab Calloway: Sketches
2012 · Himself
movieThe Harlem Renaissance
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieTV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Self (archive footage)
moviePiano Blues
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieGrass
1999 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieBetty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieNight of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
movieSteve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieNight of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
movieThe Blues Brothers
1980 · Curtis
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Lionel J. Bigelow
The Great Balloon Race
movieThe Great Balloon Race
1977
movieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · Self (archive footage)
tvHarry O
1974
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
tvThe Pearl Bailey Show
1971 · Self
movieThe Littlest Angel
1969 · Gabriel
movieTriumph Over Violence
1965 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Yeller
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieSchlager-Raketen
1960 · Self
tvKraft Music Hall
1958 · Self
movieSt. Louis Blues
1958 · Blade
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
movieJazz Ball
1956 · Self (archive footage)
movieRhythm and Blues Revue
1955 · Self
moviePorgy and Bess in Wien
1953
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
movieCab Calloway Home Movie #1
1951 · Self, Director
movieCab Calloway Home Movie #3
1951 · Self, Director
movieCab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
1951 · Self, Director
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieCab Calloway Home Movie #2
1950 · Self, Director
movieCab Calloway Home Movie #4
1950 · Self, Director
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieCab Calloway Home Movies
1948 · , Director, Cinematography
movieCab Calloway Home Movie #5
1948 · Self, Director
movieHi-De-Ho
1947 · Cab
movieWe the Cats Shall Hep Ya
1945 · Himself
movieBlowtop Blues
1945
movieI Was Here When You Left Me
1945
movieFoo a Little Bally-Hoo
1945
Walking with My Honey
movieWalking with My Honey
1945
movieCaldonia
1945 · Himself
movieSensations of 1945
1944 · Cab Calloway
movieStormy Weather
1943 · Cab Calloway
movieThe Skunk Song
1942
movieBlues in the Night
1942
movieMinnie the Moocher
1942 · Himself / Vocals
movieManhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937 · Self
movieHi-De-Ho
1937 · Cab Calloway
movieThe Singing Kid
1936 · Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
movieCab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
1935
movieCab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
1934 · Cab Calloway
movieBetty Boop's Rise to Fame
1934 · Old Man / Reporter
Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
movieJazz Icons: Cab Calloway
1934
movieThe Old Man of the Mountain
1933 · Himself & Old Man
movieSnow-White
1933 · Koko the Clown (voice)
movieInternational House
1933 · Cab Calloway
movieThe Big Broadcast
1932 · Cab Calloway
movieMinnie the Moocher
1932 · Cab Calloway
movieEbony Parade
— · (archive footage)