Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

12/25/1907 – 11/18/1994Rochester, 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.

Filmography (65 titles)

10.0Movie

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound) · 2024

Everything's FineMovie

Everything's Fine

Himself (Voice) · 2020

Cab Calloway: SketchesMovie

Cab Calloway: Sketches

Himself · 2012

The Harlem Renaissance6.0Movie

The Harlem Renaissance

Self (archive footage) · 2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years5.3Movie

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage) · 2004

Piano Blues6.5Movie

Piano Blues

Self (archive footage) · 2003

Grass6.6Movie

Grass

Self (archive footage) · 1999

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'6.5Movie

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Self (archive footage) · 1998

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons8.0Movie

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Self (archive footage) · 1995

Night of 100 Stars III4.0Movie

Night of 100 Stars III

Self · 1990

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge7.0Movie

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Self (archive footage) · 1990

Night of 100 Stars II6.8Movie

Night of 100 Stars II

Self · 1985

The Blues Brothers7.7Movie

The Blues Brothers

Curtis · 1980

The Love Boat6.3Show

The Love Boat

Lionel J. Bigelow · 1977

Movie

The Great Balloon Race

1977

Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenMovie

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Self (archive footage) · 1975

Harry O5.2Show

Harry O

1974

Great Performances6.1Show

Great Performances

Self · 1971

8.0Show

The Pearl Bailey Show

Self · 1971

The Littlest Angel5.6Movie

The Littlest Angel

Gabriel · 1969

Triumph Over Violence7.5Movie

Triumph Over Violence

Self (archive footage) · 1965

The Cincinnati Kid7.0Movie

The Cincinnati Kid

Yeller · 1965

The Mike Douglas Show5.8Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

Schlager-Raketen9.0Movie

Schlager-Raketen

Self · 1960

Kraft Music Hall5.4Show

Kraft Music Hall

Self · 1958

St. Louis Blues7.7Movie

St. Louis Blues

Blade · 1958

7.5Show

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Self · 1957

Jazz Ball8.0Movie

Jazz Ball

Self (archive footage) · 1956

Rhythm and Blues Revue6.8Movie

Rhythm and Blues Revue

Self · 1955

Porgy and Bess in WienMovie

Porgy and Bess in Wien

1953