Cab Calloway
Actor
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
The Blues Brothers
as Curtis 1980
The Cincinnati Kid
as Yeller 1965
Snow-White
as Koko the Clown (voice) 1933
Minnie the Moocher
as Cab Calloway 1932
Triumph Over Violence
as Self (archive footage) 1965
Stormy Weather
as Cab Calloway 1943
The Old Man of the Mountain
as Himself & Old Man 1933
Grass
as Self (archive footage) 1999
International House
as Cab Calloway 1933
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
as Old Man / Reporter 1934
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
as Cab Calloway 1934
Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage) 2003
Hi-De-Ho
as Himself 1947
The Big Broadcast
as Cab Calloway 1932
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
as Self 1937
The Littlest Angel
as Gabriel 1969
Minnie the Moocher
as Himself / Vocals 1942