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.
Born: December 25, 1907 · Rochester, New York, USA
Filmography (25)
Piano Blues
2003
Actor: Self (archive foot…
Grass
1999
Actor: Self (archive foot…
The Blues Brothers
1980
Actor: Curtis
TV
The Love Boat
1977
Actor: Lionel J. Bigelow
TV
Harry O
1974
Actor
TV
Great Performances
1971
Actor
The Littlest Angel
1969
Actor: Gabriel
Triumph Over Violence
1965
Actor: Self (archive foot…
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
Actor: Yeller
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Actor
TV
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Actor
TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Actor
TV
What's My Line?
1950
Actor
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Actor
Hi-De-Ho
1947
Actor: Himself
Stormy Weather
1943
Actor: Cab Calloway
Minnie the Moocher
1942
Actor: Himself / Vocals
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937
Actor
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
1934
Actor: Cab Calloway
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
1934
Actor: Old Man / Reporter
The Old Man of the Mountain
1933
Actor: Himself & Old Man
Snow-White
1933
Actor: Koko the Clown (vo…
International House
1933
Actor: Cab Calloway
The Big Broadcast
1932
Actor: Cab Calloway
Minnie the Moocher
1932
Actor: Cab Calloway