Cab Calloway
Acting1907Rochester, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Acting History
2024
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
as The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
2003
Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Grass
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Great Performances
TVas Self• 3 eps
1982
The Love Boat
TVas Lionel J. Bigelow• 2 eps
1980
The Blues Brothers
as Curtis
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1969
The Littlest Angel
as Gabriel
1967
Kraft Music Hall
TVas Self• 1 eps
1965
The Cincinnati Kid
as Yeller
Triumph Over Violence
as Self (archive footage)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self
1960
Schlager-Raketen
as Self
1958
St. Louis Blues
as Blade
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
1956
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
1955
Rhythm and Blues Revue
as Self
1951
What's My Line?
TVas Self• 1 eps
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
1947
Hi-De-Ho
as Himself
1944
Sensations of 1945
as Cab Calloway
1943
Stormy Weather
as Cab Calloway
1937
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
as Self
Hi-De-Ho
as Cab Calloway
1936
The Singing Kid
as Cab Calloway
1934
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
as Old Man / Reporter
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
as Cab Calloway
1933
The Old Man of the Mountain
as Himself & Old Man
International House
as Cab Calloway
Snow-White
as Koko the Clown (voice)
1932
The Big Broadcast
as Cab Calloway
Minnie the Moocher
as Cab Calloway