Cab Calloway
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.
Filmography
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Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024
as The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
Everything's Fine
2020
as Himself (Voice)
Cab Calloway: Sketches
2012
as Himself
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
as Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Grass
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
The Blues Brothers
1980
as Curtis
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The Great Balloon Race
1977
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Littlest Angel
1969
as Gabriel
Triumph Over Violence
1965
as Self (archive footage)
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as Yeller
Schlager-Raketen
1960
as Self
St. Louis Blues
1958
as Blade
Jazz Ball
1956
as Self (archive footage)
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955
as Self
Porgy and Bess in Wien
1953
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
1951
as Self