Cab Calloway
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-12-25
Day of Death
1994-11-18 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
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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Known For
Acting
Ebony Parade
as (archive footage)
(2024)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
as The Old Man of the Mountain / Additional (voice)
(2020)
Everything's Fine
as Himself (Voice)
(2012)
Cab Calloway: Sketches
as Himself
(2004)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Grass
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
as Self (archive footage)
(1995)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1990)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1980)
The Blues Brothers
as Curtis
(1977)
(1975)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Littlest Angel
as Gabriel
(1965)
The Cincinnati Kid
as Yeller
(1960)
Schlager-Raketen
as Self
(1958)
St. Louis Blues
as Blade
(1956)
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
(1955)
Rhythm and Blues Revue
as Self
(1951)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
as Self
(1951)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
as Self
(1951)
(1950)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
as Self
(1950)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
as Self
(1948)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
as Self
(1948)
(1947)
Hi-De-Ho
as Himself
(1945)
Caldonia
as Himself
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
as Himself
(1945)
(1944)
Sensations of 1945
as Cab Calloway
(1943)
Stormy Weather
as Cab Calloway
(1942)
(1942)
Minnie the Moocher
as Himself / Vocals
(1942)
(1937)
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
as Self
(1937)
Hi-De-Ho
as Cab Calloway
(1936)
The Singing Kid
as Cab Calloway
(1935)
(1934)
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
as Cab Calloway
(1934)
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
as Old Man / Reporter
(1934)
(1933)
Snow-White
as Koko the Clown (voice)
(1933)
International House
as Cab Calloway
(1933)
The Old Man of the Mountain
as Himself & Old Man
(1932)
The Big Broadcast
as as Cab Calloway Band
(1932)
Minnie the Moocher
as Cab Calloway
Crew
(1951)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
Director
(1951)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
Director
(1951)
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
Director
(1950)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
Director
(1950)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
Director
(1948)
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
Director
(1948)
Cab Calloway Home Movies
Director, Cinematography