Cab Calloway
Known for ActingBorn 1907-12-25 — died 1994-11-18Rochester, 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.
Known for
The Blues Brothers
1980 · as Curtis
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · as Yeller
Grass
1999 · as Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues
2003 · as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · as Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · as Self
Stormy Weather
1943 · as Cab Calloway
St. Louis Blues
1958 · as Blade
Triumph Over Violence
1965 · as Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 · as Self (archive footage)
The Littlest Angel
1969 · as Gabriel
International House
1933 · as Cab Calloway
The Singing Kid
1936 · as Cab Calloway
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990 · as Self (archive footage)
Snow-White
1933 · as Koko the Clown (voice)
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955 · as Self
The Harlem Renaissance
2004 · as Self (archive footage)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998 · as Self (archive footage)