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Cab Calloway

Acting Born Dec 25, 1907 Rochester, New York, USA 24 credits

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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Known for

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Great Performances

as Self
Film

The Blues Brothers

as Curtis

Full filmography

  • The Love Boat (1977) as Lionel J. Bigelow
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • Great Performances (1971) as Self
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
  • Harry O (1974)
  • Kraft Music Hall (1958) as Self
  • The Blues Brothers (1980) as Curtis
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
  • The Pearl Bailey Show (1971) as Self
  • The Cincinnati Kid (1965) as Yeller
  • Night of 100 Stars III (1990) as Self
  • Grass (1999) as Self (archive footage)
  • Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self
  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) as Self (archive footage)
  • Piano Blues (2003) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Littlest Angel (1969) as Gabriel
  • Triumph Over Violence (1965) as Self (archive footage)
  • St. Louis Blues (1958) as Blade
  • The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998) as Self (archive footage)
  • Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990) as Self (archive footage)
  • Stormy Weather (1943) as Cab Calloway
  • Snow-White (1933) as Koko the Clown (voice)