Person
Cab Calloway
Actor · Crew· Rochester, New York, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
21 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Piano Blues | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1999 | Grass | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | Curtis | Film |
| 1969 | The Littlest Angel | Gabriel | Film |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Yeller | Film |
| 1965 | Triumph Over Violence | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1958 | St. Louis Blues | Blade | Film |
| 1955 | Rhythm and Blues Revue | Self | Film |
| 1947 | Hi-De-Ho | Cab | Film |
| 1944 | Sensations of 1945 | Cab Calloway | Film |
| 1943 | Stormy Weather | Cab Calloway | Film |
| 1937 | Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Self | Film |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid | Cab Calloway | Film |
| 1935 | Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party | Film | |
| 1934 | Betty Boop's Rise to Fame | Old Man / Reporter | Film |
| 1934 | Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho | Cab Calloway | Film |
| 1933 | The Old Man of the Mountain | Himself & Old Man | Film |
| 1933 | International House | Cab Calloway | Film |
| 1933 | Snow-White | Koko the Clown (voice) | Film |
| 1932 | The Big Broadcast | Cab Calloway | Film |
| 1932 | Minnie the Moocher | Cab Calloway | Film |
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