Cab Calloway: movies and TV shows
Cab Calloway has 73 credits in the archive: 63 films and 10 TV series, from 1932 to 2024. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1932 – 2024 · busiest year: 1951 (7 credits)
Advertisement
Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer | The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound) | Film | 10.0 | 116 |
| 2020 | Everything's Fine | Himself (Voice) | Film | — | 112 |
| 2012 | Cab Calloway: Sketches | Himself | Film | — | 104 |
| 2004 | The Harlem Renaissance | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 96 |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.3 | 96 |
| 2003 | Piano Blues | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 95 |
| 1999 | Grass | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 91 |
| 1998 | The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 90 |
| 1995 | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 1990 | Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 82 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 82 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 77 |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | Curtis | Film | 7.7 | 72 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Lionel J. Bigelow | TV | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1977 | The Great Balloon Race | Film | — | 69 | |
| 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 67 |
| 1974 | Harry O | TV | 5.2 | 66 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1971 | The Pearl Bailey Show | Self | TV | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1969 | The Littlest Angel | Gabriel | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Yeller | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1965 | Triumph Over Violence | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1960 | Schlager-Raketen | Self | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | Self | TV | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1958 | St. Louis Blues | Blade | Film | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1956 | Jazz Ball | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1955 | Rhythm and Blues Revue | Self | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1953 | Porgy and Bess in Wien | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | TV | 8.8 | 43 | |
| 1951 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1951 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1951 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1951 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1951 | Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1951 | Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1950 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 1950 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1950 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 1950 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1948 | Cab Calloway Home Movies | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1948 | Cab Calloway Home Movies | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1948 | Cab Calloway Home Movies | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1948 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 1948 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1947 | Hi-De-Ho | Cab | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1945 | Caldonia | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1945 | We the Cats Shall Hep Ya | Himself | Film | 3.0 | 37 |
| 1945 | Blowtop Blues | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1945 | I Was Here When You Left Me | Film | 2.0 | 37 | |
| 1945 | Foo a Little Bally-Hoo | Film | 2.0 | 37 | |
| 1945 | Walking with My Honey | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1944 | Sensations of 1945 | Cab Calloway | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1943 | Stormy Weather | Cab Calloway | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1942 | Minnie the Moocher | Himself / Vocals | Film | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1942 | Blues in the Night | Film | 5.5 | 34 | |
| 1942 | The Skunk Song | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1937 | Hi-De-Ho | Cab Calloway | Film | 7.8 | 29 |
| 1937 | Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Self | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid | Cab Calloway | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party | Film | 6.1 | 27 | |
| 1934 | Betty Boop's Rise to Fame | Old Man / Reporter | Film | 6.1 | 26 |
| 1934 | Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho | Cab Calloway | Film | 6.4 | 26 |
| 1934 | Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1933 | Snow-White | Koko the Clown (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1933 | International House | Cab Calloway | Film | 5.5 | 25 |
| 1933 | The Old Man of the Mountain | Himself & Old Man | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1932 | Minnie the Moocher | Cab Calloway | Film | 6.6 | 24 |
| 1932 | The Big Broadcast | Cab Calloway | Film | 7.1 | 24 |
| Ebony Parade | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | — |