Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Acting

Birthday

1907/12/25

Day of death

1994/11/18 (86 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

Also know as

Cabell Calloway III

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. Call...Read more

Acting
The Cincinnati Kid
7.0

(1965) The Cincinnati Kid

as Yeller

The Blues Brothers
7.7

(1980) The Blues Brothers

as Curtis

Stormy Weather
6.9

(1943) Stormy Weather

as Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway Home Movies
0.0

(1948) Cab Calloway Home Movies

as ---

St. Louis Blues
7.8

(1958) St. Louis Blues

as Blade

Hi-De-Ho
5.7

(1947) Hi-De-Ho

as Himself

Snow-White
6.8

(1933) Snow-White

as Koko the Clown (voice)

The Old Man of the Mountain
6.6

(1933) The Old Man of the Mountain

as Himself & Old Man

The Singing Kid
4.0

(1936) The Singing Kid

as Cab Calloway

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
8.0

(1995) Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

as Self (archive footage)

Sensations of 1945
6.2

(1944) Sensations of 1945

as Cab Calloway

The Big Broadcast
7.1

(1932) The Big Broadcast

as as Cab Calloway Band

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
5.7

(1934) Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

as Old Man / Reporter

The Littlest Angel
5.3

(1969) The Littlest Angel

as Gabriel

The Skunk Song
10.0

(1942) The Skunk Song

as ---

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
6.6

(1934) Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

as Cab Calloway

5.2

(1935) Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

as ---

Hi-De-Ho
8.0

(1937) Hi-De-Ho

as Cab Calloway

0.0

(1945) Walking with My Honey

as ---

Night of 100 Stars III
4.0

(1990) Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
0.0

(1990) Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

as Self (archive footage)

Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
0.0

(1950) Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

as Self

Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
0.0

(1951) Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

as Self

Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
0.0

(1951) Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

as Self

Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
0.0

(1950) Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

as Self

Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
0.0

(1948) Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

as Self

Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
0.0

(1951) Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

as Self

Minnie the Moocher
6.6

(1932) Minnie the Moocher

as Cab Calloway

Night of 100 Stars II
8.0

(1985) Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
5.8

(1937) Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

as Self

10.0

(2024) Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

as The Old Man of the Mountain / Additional (voice)

The Harlem Renaissance
6.0

(2004) The Harlem Renaissance

as Self (archive footage)

Everything's Fine
0.0

(2020) Everything's Fine

as Himself (Voice)

0.0

(1934) Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway

as ---

International House
5.3

(1933) International House

as Cab Calloway

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
3.0

(1945) We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

as Himself

Ebony Parade
0.0

Ebony Parade

as (archive footage)

Rhythm and Blues Revue
6.0

(1955) Rhythm and Blues Revue

as Self

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
4.0

(2004) TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as Self (archive footage)

Blues in the Night
5.5

(1942) Blues in the Night

as ---

Minnie the Moocher
8.0

(1942) Minnie the Moocher

as Himself / Vocals

0.0

(1977) The Great Balloon Race

as ---

Jazz Ball
7.0

(1956) Jazz Ball

as Self (archive footage)

Cab Calloway: Sketches
0.0

(2012) Cab Calloway: Sketches

as Himself

Piano Blues
6.5

(2003) Piano Blues

as Self (archive footage)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
0.0

(1975) Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

Blowtop Blues
0.0

(1945) Blowtop Blues

as ---

I Was Here When You Left Me
2.0

(1945) I Was Here When You Left Me

as ---

Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
2.0

(1945) Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

as ---

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
5.0

(1998) The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

as Self (archive footage)

Caldonia
0.0

(1945) Caldonia

as Himself

Grass
6.5

(1999) Grass

as Self (archive footage)

Schlager-Raketen
0.0

(1960) Schlager-Raketen

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as ---

Harry O
4.6

(1974) Harry O

as ---

The Mike Douglas Show
5.1

(1961) The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.6

(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

0.0

(1971) The Pearl Bailey Show

as Self

The Love Boat
6.3

(1977) The Love Boat

as Lionel Bigelow

What's My Line?
6.8

(1950) What's My Line?

as Self

Great Performances
5.4

(1971) Great Performances

as Self

Kraft Music Hall
4.4

(1958) Kraft Music Hall

as Self

6.5

(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self