Cab Calloway
Known for Acting
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
1980
as Curtis
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as Yeller
Triumph Over Violence
1965
as Self (archive footage)
Grass
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Self (archive footage)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
as Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Littlest Angel
1969
as Gabriel
Piano Blues
2003
as Self (archive footage)
St. Louis Blues
1958
as Blade
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self (archive footage)
The Singing Kid
1936
as Cab Calloway
Stormy Weather
1943
as Cab Calloway
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937
as Self
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955
as Self
International House
1933
as Cab Calloway
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
as Self (archive footage)