Cab Calloway
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer | The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound) | HIT | |
| 2020 | Everything's Fine | Himself (Voice) | FLOP | |
| 2004 | The Harlem Renaissance | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2003 | Piano Blues | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1999 | Grass | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1998 | The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1995 | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | FLOP | |
| 1990 | Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1986 | WrestleMania 2 (Duplicated) | Self | HIT | |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | HIT | |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | Curtis | HIT | |
| 1977 | The Great Balloon Race | - | FLOP | |
| N/A | Ebony Parade | (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1969 | The Littlest Angel | Gabriel | FLOP | |
| 1965 | Triumph Over Violence | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Yeller | HIT | |
| 1958 | St. Louis Blues | Blade | HIT | |
| 1956 | Jazz Ball | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1955 | Rhythm and Blues Revue | Self | FLOP | |
| 1951 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 | Self | FLOP | |
| 1951 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 | Self | FLOP | |
| 1951 | Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti | Self | FLOP | |
| 1950 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 | Self | FLOP | |
| 1950 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 | Self | FLOP | |
| 1948 | Cab Calloway Home Movies | - | FLOP | |
| 1948 | Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 | Self | FLOP | |
| 1947 | Hi-De-Ho | Himself | FLOP | |
| 1945 | We the Cats Shall Hep Ya | Himself | FLOP | |
| 1945 | Foo a Little Bally-Hoo | - | FLOP | |
| 1945 | I Was Here When You Left Me | - | FLOP | |
| 1945 | Walking with My Honey | - | FLOP | |
| 1944 | Sensations of 1945 | Cab Calloway | FLOP | |
| 1943 | Stormy Weather | Cab Calloway | HIT | |
| 1942 | The Skunk Song | - | HIT | |
| 1942 | Minnie the Moocher | Himself / Vocals | HIT | |
| 1942 | Blues in the Night | - | FLOP | |
| 1937 | Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Self | FLOP | |
| 1937 | Hi-De-Ho | Cab Calloway | HIT | |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid | Cab Calloway | FLOP | |
| 1935 | Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party | - | FLOP | |
| 1934 | Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho | Cab Calloway | FLOP | |
| 1934 | Betty Boop's Rise to Fame | Old Man / Reporter | FLOP | |
| 1934 | Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway | - | FLOP | |
| 1933 | The Old Man of the Mountain | Himself & Old Man | HIT | |
| 1933 | Snow-White | Koko the Clown (voice) | HIT | |
| 1933 | International House | Cab Calloway | FLOP | |
| 1932 | The Big Broadcast | Cab Calloway | HIT | |
| 1932 | Minnie the Moocher | Cab Calloway | HIT |