Actor
Cab Calloway
Born 1907 · 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.
Directed
Acting
The Blues Brothers
Curtis · 1980
The Cincinnati Kid
Yeller · 1965
The Love Boat
Lionel J. Bigelow · 1977
Snow-White
Koko the Clown (voice) · 1933
Triumph Over Violence
Self (archive footage) · 1965
Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway · 1932
Stormy Weather
Cab Calloway · 1943
The Old Man of the Mountain
Himself & Old Man · 1933
What's My Line?
Self · 1950
Grass
Self (archive footage) · 1999
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound) · 2024
Caldonia
Himself · 1945
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1948
Minnie the Moocher
Himself / Vocals · 1942
St. Louis Blues
Blade · 1958
Great Performances
Self · 1971
Schlager-Raketen
Self · 1960
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self (archive footage) · 1995
Night of 100 Stars II
Self · 1985
The Big Broadcast
Cab Calloway · 1932
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · 1957
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Cab Calloway · 1934
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
Old Man / Reporter · 1934
Jazz Ball
Self (archive footage) · 1956