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