Cab Calloway
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.
Known for
Acting65
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024
The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
movieEverything's Fine
2020
Himself (Voice)
movieThe Harlem Renaissance
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieTV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Self (archive footage)
moviePiano Blues
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieGrass
1999
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
Self (archive footage)
movieBetty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
Self (archive footage)
movieSteve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Lionel J. Bigelow
movieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Littlest Angel
1969
Gabriel
movieTriumph Over Violence
1965
Self (archive footage)
movieJazz Ball
1956
Self (archive footage)
movieCaldonia
1945
Himself
movieSensations of 1945
1944
Cab Calloway
movieStormy Weather
1943
Cab Calloway
movieMinnie the Moocher
1942
Himself / Vocals
movieHi-De-Ho
1937
Cab Calloway
movieThe Singing Kid
1936
Cab Calloway
movieCab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
1934
Cab Calloway
movieBetty Boop's Rise to Fame
1934
Old Man / Reporter
movieThe Old Man of the Mountain
1933
Himself & Old Man
movieSnow-White
1933
Koko the Clown (voice)
movieInternational House
1933
Cab Calloway
movieThe Big Broadcast
1932
Cab Calloway
movieMinnie the Moocher
1932
Cab Calloway
movieEbony Parade
(archive footage)
Directing7
Crew1
movieCab Calloway Home Movies
1948
Cinematography