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Cab Calloway

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1907-12-25

Deathday: 1994-11-18 (86 years old)

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.

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Filmography

all 76

Movies 66

self 63

TV Shows 10

Voice 1

The Old Man of the Mountain

Cab Calloway

Biography

Filmography

all 76

Movies 66

self 63

TV Shows 10

Voice 1

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024)

Everything's Fine (2020)

Cab Calloway: Sketches (2012)

The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles (2010)

My Music: The Big Band Years (2009)

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (2008)

Jazz Giants of the 20th Century (2007)

The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)

The Harlem Renaissance (2004)

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)

Piano Blues (2003)

Grass (1999)

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)

Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (1995)

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)

The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance (1992)

Sunday in Paris (1991)

Sunday in Paris (1991)

Night of 100 Stars III (1990)

Janet Jackson: The Rhythm Nation Compilation (1990)

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)

That's Black Entertainment (1989)

Night of 100 Stars II (1985)

Beat This!: A Hip Hop History (1984)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Uptown: A Tribute to the Apollo Theatre (1980)

The Love Boat (1977)

The Great Balloon Race (1977)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)

Harry O (1974)

Great Performances (1971)

The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)

The Littlest Angel (1969)

Triumph Over Violence (1965)

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

Kraft Music Hall (1958)

St. Louis Blues (1958)

Jazz Ball (1956)

Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti (1951)

Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 (1951)

Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 (1951)

What's My Line? (1950)

Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 (1950)

Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 (1950)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

Cab Calloway Home Movies (1948)

Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 (1948)

Hi-De-Ho (1947)

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya (1945)

Foo a Little Bally-Hoo (1945)

Blowtop Blues (1945)

I Was Here When You Left Me (1945)

Walking with My Honey (1945)

Caldonia (1945)

Sensations of 1945 (1944)

Stormy Weather (1943)

The Skunk Song (1942)

Blues in the Night (1942)

Minnie the Moocher (1942)

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)

Hi-De-Ho (1937)

The Singing Kid (1936)

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (1934)

Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway (1934)

The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)

Snow-White (1933)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1907-12-25

Deathday
1994-11-18 (86 years old)

Birth Name
Cabell Calloway III

Birth Place
Rochester, United States

Children
Camay Calloway Murphy, Chris Calloway

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Cabell Calloway III

Awards
National Medal of Arts, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame