Cab Calloway
Acting • Born 1907-12-25 – Died 1994-11-18
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.
Filmography
65 credits
The Cincinnati Kid
Movie • 1965
Yeller
The Blues Brothers
Movie • 1980
Curtis
Stormy Weather
Movie • 1943
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway Home Movies
Movie • 1948
St. Louis Blues
Movie • 1958
Blade
Hi-De-Ho
Movie • 1947
Himself
Snow-White
Movie • 1933
Koko the Clown (voice)
The Old Man of the Mountain
Movie • 1933
Himself & Old Man
The Singing Kid
Movie • 1936
Cab Calloway
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Movie • 1995
Self (archive footage)
Sensations of 1945
Movie • 1944
Cab Calloway
The Big Broadcast
Movie • 1932
Cab Calloway
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
Movie • 1934
Old Man / Reporter
The Littlest Angel
Movie • 1969
Gabriel
The Skunk Song
Movie • 1942
Walking with My Honey
Movie • 1945
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Movie • 1934
Cab Calloway
Hi-De-Ho
Movie • 1937
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
Movie • 1935
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
Movie • 1948
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
Movie • 1950
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
Movie • 1951
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
Movie • 1951
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
Movie • 1950
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
Movie • 1951
Self
Minnie the Moocher
Movie • 1932
Cab Calloway
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Movie • 1937
Self
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
Movie • 2024
The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
The Harlem Renaissance
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Everything's Fine
Movie • 2020
Himself (Voice)
Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
Movie • 1934
International House
Movie • 1933
Cab Calloway
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
Movie • 1945
Himself
Ebony Parade
Movie
(archive footage)
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Movie • 1955
Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Blues in the Night
Movie • 1942
Minnie the Moocher
Movie • 1942
Himself / Vocals
The Great Balloon Race
Movie • 1977
Jazz Ball
Movie • 1956
Self (archive footage)
Cab Calloway: Sketches
Movie • 2012
Himself
Piano Blues
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Blowtop Blues
Movie • 1945
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
Movie • 1945
I Was Here When You Left Me
Movie • 1945
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
Caldonia
Movie • 1945
Himself
Grass
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Schlager-Raketen
Movie • 1960
Self
Triumph Over Violence
Movie • 1965
Self (archive footage)
Porgy and Bess in Wien
Movie • 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Harry O
TV • 1974
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV • 1971
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Lionel J. Bigelow
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self