Person

Cab Calloway

Acting · 1907–1994 · 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.

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  The Mike Douglas Show

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  The Love Boat

  Lionel J. Bigelow

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  Great Performances

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  The Ed Sullivan Show

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  What's My Line?

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• Tonight Starring Jack Paar

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  Kraft Music Hall

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  Harry O

  1974

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  The Blues Brothers

  Curtis

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  Hallmark Hall of Fame

  1951

• 2024Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max FleischerThe Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
• 2020Everything's FineHimself (Voice)
• 2012Cab Calloway: SketchesHimself
• 2004The Harlem RenaissanceSelf (archive footage)
• 2004TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)
• 2003Piano BluesSelf (archive footage)
• 1999GrassSelf (archive footage)
• 1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'Self (archive footage)
• 1995Betty Boop: Queen of the CartoonsSelf (archive footage)
• 1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
• 1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf (archive footage)
• 1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
• 1980The Blues BrothersCurtis
• 1977The Love BoatLionel J. Bigelow
• 1977The Great Balloon Race
• 1975Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)
• 1974Harry O
• 1971Great PerformancesSelf
• 1971The Pearl Bailey ShowSelf
• 1969The Littlest AngelGabriel
• 1965Triumph Over ViolenceSelf (archive footage)
• 1965The Cincinnati KidYeller
• 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
• 1960Schlager-RaketenSelf
• 1958Kraft Music HallSelf
• 1958St. Louis BluesBlade
• 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
• 1956Jazz BallSelf (archive footage)
• 1955Rhythm and Blues RevueSelf
• 1953Porgy and Bess in Wien
• 1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
• 1951Cab Calloway Home Movie: HaitiSelf
• 1951Cab Calloway Home Movie #1Self
• 1951Cab Calloway Home Movie #3Self
• 1950What's My Line?Self
• 1950Cab Calloway Home Movie #2Self
• 1950Cab Calloway Home Movie #4Self
• 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
• 1948Cab Calloway Home Movies
• 1948Cab Calloway Home Movie #5Self
• 1947Hi-De-HoCab
• 1945We the Cats Shall Hep YaHimself
• 1945Blowtop Blues
• 1945Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
• 1945I Was Here When You Left Me
• 1945Walking with My Honey
• 1945CaldoniaHimself
• 1944Sensations of 1945Cab Calloway
• 1943Stormy WeatherCab Calloway
• 1942The Skunk Song
• 1942Blues in the Night
• 1942Minnie the MoocherHimself / Vocals
• 1937Manhattan Merry-Go-RoundSelf
• 1937Hi-De-HoCab Calloway
• 1936The Singing KidCab Calloway
• 1935Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
• 1934Cab Calloway's Hi-De-HoCab Calloway
• 1934Betty Boop's Rise to FameOld Man / Reporter
• 1934Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
• 1933The Old Man of the MountainHimself & Old Man
• 1933Snow-WhiteKoko the Clown (voice)
• 1933International HouseCab Calloway
• 1932The Big BroadcastCab Calloway
• 1932Minnie the MoocherCab Calloway
• —Ebony Parade(archive footage)