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Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Actor · 1907–1994 · Rochester, New York, USA

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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.

Acted in 25

1950s

  1. 1958

    St. Louis Blues

    Blade

  2. 1953

    Porgy and Bess in Wien

    Movie

  3. 1951

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    TV

1940s

  1. 1948

    Cab Calloway Home Movies

    Movie

  2. 1947

    Hi-De-Ho

    Cab

  3. 1945

    Blowtop Blues

    Movie

  4. Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

    Movie

  5. I Was Here When You Left Me

    Movie

  6. 1944

    Sensations of 1945

    Cab Calloway

  7. 1943

    Stormy Weather

    Cab Calloway

  8. 1942

    Blues in the Night

    Movie

1930s

  1. 1937

    Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway

  2. 1936

    The Singing Kid

    Cab Calloway

  3. 1934

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway

  4. Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    Old Man / Reporter

  5. 1933

    Snow-White

    Koko the Clown (voice)

  6. International House

    Cab Calloway

  7. 1932

    The Big Broadcast

    Cab Calloway

  8. Minnie the Moocher

    Cab Calloway

No release date

  1. Ebony Parade

    (archive footage)

Directed 7

1950s

  1. 1951

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

    Director

  2. Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

    Director

  3. Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

    Director

  4. 1950

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

    Director

  5. Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

    Director

1940s

  1. 1948

    Cab Calloway Home Movies

    Director

  2. Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

    Director

Other crew 1

1940s

  1. 1948

    Cab Calloway Home Movies

    Cinematography

Appearances33

2020s

  1. 2020

    Everything's Fine

    Himself (Voice)

2010s

  1. 2012

    Cab Calloway: Sketches

    Himself

1990s

  1. 1999

    Grass

    Self (archive footage)

    70
  2. 1998

    The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 1995

    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 1990

    Night of 100 Stars III

    Self

  5. Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1985

    Night of 100 Stars II

    Self

1970s

  1. 1975

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 1971

    Great Performances

    Self · 3 episodes

    74

1960s

  1. 1965

    Triumph Over Violence

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 1961

    The Mike Douglas Show

    Self · 2 episodes

    69
  3. 1960

    Schlager-Raketen

    Self

1950s

  1. 1958

    Kraft Music Hall

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 1957

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Self · 1 episode

  3. 1956

    Jazz Ball

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 1955

    Rhythm and Blues Revue

    Self

  5. 1951

    Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

    Self

  6. Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

    Self

  7. Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

    Self

  8. 1950

    What's My Line?

    Self · 1 episode

    81

  9. Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

    Self

  10. Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

    Self

1940s

  1. 1948

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    Self · 9 episodes

    76

  2. Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

    Self

  3. 1945

    We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

    Himself

  4. Caldonia

    Himself

  5. 1942

    Minnie the Moocher

    Himself / Vocals

1930s

  1. 1937

    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    Self

  2. 1933

    The Old Man of the Mountain

    Himself & Old Man