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Cab Calloway

Known for acting · Born 25 December 1907 · Died 18 November 1994 · aged 86 · Rochester, New York, USA

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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

The Blues Brothers

1980

Snow-White

1933

Minnie the Moocher

1932

Stormy Weather

1943

The Old Man of the Mountain

1933

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

1934

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

1934

The Cincinnati Kid

1965

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

Hi-De-Ho

1947

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

1935

The Littlest Angel

1969

Acting (65)

2024Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max FleischerThe Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)Film
2020Everything's FineHimself (Voice)Film
2012Cab Calloway: SketchesHimselfFilm
2005The Great Man: W.C. FieldsSelf (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage)Film
2004TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)Film
2004The Harlem RenaissanceSelf (archive footage)Film
2003Piano BluesSelf (archive footage)Film
1999GrassSelf (archive footage)Film
1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'Self (archive footage)Film
1995Betty Boop: Queen of the CartoonsSelf (archive footage)Film
1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelfFilm
1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf (archive footage)Film
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelfFilm
1980The Blues BrothersCurtisFilm
1977The Love BoatLionel J. Bigelow · 2 episodesSeries
1977The Great Balloon RaceFilm
1975Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)Film
1974Harry OSeries
1971Great PerformancesSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1971The Pearl Bailey ShowSelfSeries
1969The Littlest AngelGabrielFilm
1965The Cincinnati KidYellerFilm
1965Triumph Over ViolenceSelf (archive footage)Film
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1960Schlager-RaketenSelfFilm
1958St. Louis BluesBladeFilm
1958Kraft Music HallSelfSeries
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelfSeries
1956Jazz BallSelf (archive footage)Film
1955Rhythm and Blues RevueSelfFilm
1953Porgy and Bess in WienFilm
1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries
1951Cab Calloway Home Movie #1SelfFilm
1951Cab Calloway Home Movie #3SelfFilm
1951Cab Calloway Home Movie: HaitiSelfFilm
1950What's My Line?SelfSeries
1950Cab Calloway Home Movie #2SelfFilm
1950Cab Calloway Home Movie #4SelfFilm
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 9 episodesSeries
1948Cab Calloway Home MoviesFilm
1948Cab Calloway Home Movie #5SelfFilm
1947Hi-De-HoCabFilm
1945We the Cats Shall Hep YaHimselfFilm
1945Foo a Little Bally-HooFilm
1945I Was Here When You Left MeFilm
1945CaldoniaHimselfFilm
1945Walking with My HoneyFilm
1945Blowtop BluesFilm
1944Sensations of 1945Cab CallowayFilm
1943Stormy WeatherCab CallowayFilm
1942Minnie the MoocherHimself / VocalsFilm
1942Blues in the NightFilm
1937Manhattan Merry-Go-RoundSelfFilm
1937Hi-De-HoCab CallowayFilm
1936The Singing KidCab CallowayFilm
1935Cab Calloway's Jitterbug PartyFilm
1934Betty Boop's Rise to FameOld Man / ReporterFilm
1934Cab Calloway's Hi-De-HoCab CallowayFilm
1934Jazz Icons: Cab CallowayFilm
1933Snow-WhiteKoko the Clown (voice)Film
1933The Old Man of the MountainHimself & Old ManFilm
1933International HouseCab CallowayFilm
1932Minnie the MoocherCab CallowayFilm
1932The Big BroadcastCab CallowayFilm
—Ebony Parade(archive footage)Film

Directing (7)

1951Cab Calloway Home Movie #1DirectorFilm
1951Cab Calloway Home Movie #3DirectorFilm
1951Cab Calloway Home Movie: HaitiDirectorFilm
1950Cab Calloway Home Movie #2DirectorFilm
1950Cab Calloway Home Movie #4DirectorFilm
1948Cab Calloway Home Movie #5DirectorFilm
1948Cab Calloway Home MoviesDirector, CinematographyFilm