Portrait of Cab Calloway

Acting

Cab Calloway

Career

Active from 1932 to 2024, with a break from 1981 to 2023, busiest in 1951 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cab Calloway Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.3, average 4.1
  • Psychological
    2.7, average 5.5
  • Social Commentary
    2.2, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    27
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Ebony Parade
    Ebony Parade

    as (archive footage)

    2020s

    1 title
    Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
    Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024)

    as The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)

    1980s

    1 title ยท average score 74
    The Blues Brothers
    The Blues Brothers (1980)
    GoodWatch score 74

    as Curtis

    1970s

    2 titles ยท average score 58
    The Love Boat
    The Love Boat (1977)
    GoodWatch score 53

    TV show ยท as Lionel J. Bigelow

    Harry O
    Harry O (1974)
    GoodWatch score 64

    TV show

    1960s

    2 titles ยท average score 66
    The Littlest Angel
    The Littlest Angel (1969)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as Gabriel

    The Cincinnati Kid
    The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
    GoodWatch score 75

    as Yeller

    1950s

    7 titles ยท average score 79
    St. Louis Blues
    St. Louis Blues (1958)
    GoodWatch score 74

    as Blade

    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
    GoodWatch score 84

    TV show

    Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
    Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti (1951)

    Director

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
    Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 (1951)

    Director

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
    Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 (1951)

    Director

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
    Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 (1950)

    Director

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
    Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 (1950)

    Director

    1940s

    5 titles ยท average score 65
    Cab Calloway Home Movies
    Cab Calloway Home Movies (1948)

    Director, Cinematography

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
    Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 (1948)

    Director

    Hi-De-Ho
    Hi-De-Ho (1947)
    GoodWatch score 48

    as Cab

    Sensations of 1945
    Sensations of 1945 (1944)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Cab Calloway

    Stormy Weather
    Stormy Weather (1943)
    GoodWatch score 84

    as Cab Calloway

    1930s

    8 titles ยท average score 68
    Hi-De-Ho
    Hi-De-Ho (1937)
    GoodWatch score 73

    as Cab Calloway

    The Singing Kid
    The Singing Kid (1936)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Cab Calloway

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (1934)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Old Man / Reporter

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
    GoodWatch score 68

    as Cab Calloway

    Snow-White
    Snow-White (1933)
    GoodWatch score 71

    as Koko the Clown (voice)

    International House
    International House (1933)
    GoodWatch score 76

    as Cab Calloway

    Minnie the Moocher
    Minnie the Moocher (1932)
    GoodWatch score 69

    as Cab Calloway

    The Big Broadcast
    The Big Broadcast (1932)
    GoodWatch score 65

    as Cab Calloway