Cab Calloway
Actor · Director · CrewCabell "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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- Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024
The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
Everything's Fine
2020
Himself (Voice)
Cab Calloway: Sketches
2012
Himself
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues
2003
Self (archive footage)
Grass
1999
Self (archive footage)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Self
The Blues Brothers
1980
Curtis
- The Great Balloon Race
The Great Balloon Race
1977
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Self (archive footage)
The Littlest Angel
1969
Gabriel
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
Yeller
Triumph Over Violence
1965
Self (archive footage)
Schlager-Raketen
1960
Self
St. Louis Blues
1958
Blade
Jazz Ball
1956
Self (archive footage)
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955
Self
Porgy and Bess in Wien
1953
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
1951
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
1951
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
1951
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
1950
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
1950
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movies
1948
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
1948
Self
Hi-De-Ho
1947
Cab
- Walking with My Honey
Walking with My Honey
1945
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
1945
Himself
Blowtop Blues
1945
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
1945
I Was Here When You Left Me
1945
Caldonia
1945
Himself
Sensations of 1945
1944
Cab Calloway
Stormy Weather
1943
Cab Calloway
The Skunk Song
1942
Blues in the Night
1942
Minnie the Moocher
1942
Himself / Vocals
Hi-De-Ho
1937
Cab Calloway
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937
Self
The Singing Kid
1936
Cab Calloway
- Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
1935
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
1934
Old Man / Reporter
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
1934
Cab Calloway
- Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
1934
Snow-White
1933
Koko the Clown (voice)
The Old Man of the Mountain
1933
Himself & Old Man
International House
1933
Cab Calloway
The Big Broadcast
1932
Cab Calloway
Minnie the Moocher
1932
Cab Calloway
Ebony Parade
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