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.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Blues Brothers (1980) — Curtis
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The Cincinnati Kid (1965) — Yeller
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The Love Boat (1977) — Lionel J. Bigelow
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Snow-White (1933) — Koko the Clown (voice)
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Minnie the Moocher (1932) — Cab Calloway
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Triumph Over Violence (1965) — Self (archive footage)
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Stormy Weather (1943) — Cab Calloway
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The Old Man of the Mountain (1933) — Himself & Old Man
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Grass (1999) — Self (archive footage)
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self
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Great Performances (1971) — Self
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
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International House (1933) — Cab Calloway
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Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (1934) — Old Man / Reporter
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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934) — Cab Calloway
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Harry O (1974)
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Piano Blues (2003) — Self (archive footage)
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The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
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Hi-De-Ho (1947) — Cab
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The Big Broadcast (1932) — Cab Calloway
- Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) — Self
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Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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St. Louis Blues (1958) — Blade
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The Littlest Angel (1969) — Gabriel
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Minnie the Moocher (1942) — Himself / Vocals
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Kraft Music Hall (1958) — Self
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) — Self
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Sensations of 1945 (1944) — Cab Calloway
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Night of 100 Stars II (1985) — Self
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Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995) — Self (archive footage)
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Hi-De-Ho (1937) — Cab Calloway
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Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955) — Self
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) — Self (archive footage)
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The Singing Kid (1936) — Cab Calloway
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Night of 100 Stars III (1990) — Self
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Blues in the Night (1942)
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Jazz Ball (1956) — Self (archive footage)
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The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998) — Self (archive footage)
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The Skunk Song (1942)
Directed
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 (1951) — Director
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 (1950) — Director
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 (1951) — Director
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 (1950) — Director
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 (1948) — Director
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Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti (1951) — Director
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Cab Calloway Home Movies (1948) — Director