Personal Info
Cabell Calloway III
Cab Calloway
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
as The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
Everything's Fine
as Himself (Voice)
Cab Calloway: Sketches
as Himself
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Grass
as Self (archive footage)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
as Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
TV Shows
The Love Boat
as Lionel J. Bigelow · 2 ep.
Harry O
1 ep.
Great Performances
as Self · 3 ep.
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self · 1 ep.
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 2 ep.
Kraft Music Hall
as Self · 1 ep.
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 1 ep.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1 ep.
What's My Line?
as Self · 1 ep.
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 9 ep.