Actor
Cab Calloway
Born December 25, 1907 in Rochester, New York, USADied November 18, 199424 films
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.
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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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First watchThe Blues Brothers19807.7as CurtisJake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
24 films as actor- 2024Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max FleischerThe Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
- 1980The Blues BrothersCurtis
- 1977The Great Balloon Race
- 1969The Littlest AngelGabriel
- 1965The Cincinnati KidYeller
- 1958St. Louis BluesBlade
- 1947Hi-De-HoCab
- 1945Blowtop Blues
- 1945Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
- 1945I Was Here When You Left Me
- 1945Walking with My Honey
- 1944Sensations of 1945Cab Calloway
- 1943Stormy WeatherCab Calloway
- 1942Blues in the Night
- 1937Hi-De-HoCab Calloway
- 1936The Singing KidCab Calloway
- 1935Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
- 1934Cab Calloway's Hi-De-HoCab Calloway
- 1934Betty Boop's Rise to FameOld Man / Reporter
- 1934Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
- 1933Snow-WhiteKoko the Clown (voice)
- 1933International HouseCab Calloway
- 1932The Big BroadcastCab Calloway
- 1932Minnie the MoocherCab Calloway