Cab Calloway
ActingAlso Known 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. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.
Movies
(55 total)
The Blues Brothers
as Curtis
The Cincinnati Kid
as Yeller
Snow-White
as Koko the Clown (voice)
Minnie the Moocher
as Cab Calloway
Triumph Over Violence
as Self (archive footage)
Stormy Weather
as Cab Calloway
The Old Man of the Mountain
as Himself & Old Man
Grass
as Self (archive footage)
International House
as Cab Calloway
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
as Old Man / Reporter
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
as Cab Calloway
Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Hi-De-Ho
as Himself
The Big Broadcast
as Cab Calloway
The Littlest Angel
as Gabriel
Minnie the Moocher
as Himself / Vocals
St. Louis Blues
as Blade
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
Sensations of 1945
as Cab Calloway
TV Shows
(10 total)
The Love Boat
as Lionel J. Bigelow
What's My Line?
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Great Performances
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Kraft Music Hall
as Self