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Cab Calloway (1907–1994)
Actor, Music Department, Director
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Show Time at the Apollo
(TV Series) - Self - Orchestra Leader / Self - Singer (4 episodes), Music: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode), Performer: "Calloway Boogie" (1 episode), Performer: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (1 episode), Performer: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode), … See more —
Basin Street Revue
Self - Orchestra Leader (uncredited),
Performer: "Calloway Boogie",
Writer: "Calloway Boogie"
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$150MM
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$352MM
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$788K
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$7MM
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$2.2MM
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Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)
(Video) - Actor, Performer: "Minnie The Moocher", Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" |
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$8.1MM
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$48MM
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$48MM
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The Cotton Club (1984)
Lyrics: "Minnie The Moocher", "Lady With The Fan", "Jitterbug", Music: "Minnie The Moocher", "Lady With The Fan", "Jitterbug" |
$58MM
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$2.9MM
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$26MM
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$26MM
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Betty Boop for President (1980)
(Video) - Performer: "Minnie The Moocher", "St. James Infirmary Blues", Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" |
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Curtis, Performer: "Minnie The Moocher", "Jailhouse Rock" (uncredited), Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" |
$28MM
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$4.9MM
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$57MM
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$115MM
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Basin Street Revue (1956)
Performer: "Calloway Boogie" (uncredited), Writer: "Calloway Boogie" (uncredited) |
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Hi De Ho (1947)
Cab Calloway, Performer: "MINNIE'S A HEPCAT NOW", "AT DAWN TIME", "BOP BOP", "HEY, NOW!", "THE HI-DE-HO MAN, THAT'S ME", "ST. JAMES INFIRMARY BLUES", "I GOT A GAL NAMED NETTIE", "DON'T FALTER AT THE ALTAR", Writer: "MINNIE'S A HEPCAT NOW", "HEY, NOW!", "THE HI-DE-HO MAN, THAT'S ME", "I GOT A GAL NAMED NETTIE", "DON'T FALTER AT THE ALTAR" |
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We the Cats Shall Hep Ya (1945)
(Short) - Performer: "We The Cats Shall Hep Ya", Writer: "We The Cats Shall Hep Ya" |
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I Was Here When You Left Me (1945)
(Short) - Performer: "I Was Here When You Left Me (I'll Be Here When You Get Back)" |
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Foo a Little Bally-Hoo (1945)
(Short) - Performer: "Foo A Little Bally-Hoo", Writer: "Foo A Little Bally-Hoo" |
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Walking with My Honey (1945)
(Short) - Performer: "I'll Be Walking With My Honey (Soon, Soon, Soon)" |
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Stormy Weather (1943)
Cab Calloway, Soundtrack ("There's No Two Ways About Love" (1943)) (uncredited), Writer: "Rhythm Cocktail", "Geechy Joe" (1940), "The Jumpin' Jive" (1939) (uncredited) |
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Virginia, Georgia and Caroline (1942)
(Short) - Performer: "Virginia, Georgia And Caroline", Writer: "Virginia, Georgia And Caroline" |
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Meet the Maestros (1938)
(Short) - Band Leader, ZaZuZaz number, Performer: "Zaz Zuh Zaz", Writer: "Zaz Zuh Zaz" |
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
Cotton Club Orchestra Leader (uncredited), Performer: "Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm" (uncredited), Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (uncredited) |
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Hi De Ho (1937)
(Short) - Performer: "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" (1932), "Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man" (1936), "Frisco Flo" (1936), "Some Of These Days" (uncredited) |
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The Singing Kid (1936)
Cotton Club Band Leader, Soundtrack ("I Love to Sing-a", "You're the Cure for What Ails Me"), Performer: "I Love To Sing-a", "The Swingin'est Man In Town", "Save Me, Sister", "You Gotta Have That Hi-Di-Ho In Your Soul" (uncredited), Lyrics: "You Gotta Have That Hi-Di-Ho In Your Soul" (uncredited), Music: "You Gotta Have That Hi-Di-Ho In Your Soul" (uncredited) |
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Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)
(Short) - Lyrics: "Jitter Bug" (uncredited), Performer: "Jitter Bug", "Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz", "'Long About Midnight" (uncredited) |
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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
(Short) - Cab Calloway, Lyrics: "Lady With The Fan" (uncredited), Performer: "Zaz Zuh Zaz", "Lady With The Fan", "I Love A Parade" (uncredited), Writer: "Zaz Zuh Zaz" (uncredited) |
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Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (1934)
(Short) - Old Man (voice) (uncredited), Performer: "The Old Man Of The Mountain", "You Gotta Ho-De-Ho (to Get Along With Me)" (uncredited) |
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The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)
(Short) - Cab Calloway & Old Man, Performer: "Minnie The Moocher" (uncredited), "The Old Man Of The Mountain", "You Gotta Ho-De-Ho (to Get Along With Me)" (uncredited), "The Scat Song" (uncredited), Music: "The Scat Song" (uncredited), Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (uncredited) |
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Snow-White (1933)
(Short) - Koko the Clown (voice) (uncredited), Performer: "St. James Infirmary Blues" |
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The Big Broadcast (1932)
Cab Calloway (uncredited), Performer: "Hot Toddy", "Kickin' The Gong Around", Performer: "Minnie The Moocher", Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" |
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Minnie the Moocher (1932)
(Short) - Performer: "Prohibition Blues" (uncredited), "St. James Infirmary Blues", "Minnie The Moocher", "Tiger Rag" (uncredited), Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" |
| Past Television (41 titles) | Episodes |
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Sicko-Psychotic's Super Shock Show (2021)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode, 2021)
Sicko-Psychotic's Halloween Music Marathon: Side B (Oct
29,
2021)
Season 1,
Episode 6
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Writer: "Minnie The Moocher"
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1
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MellVerse: Movie Reactions (2021)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Minnie The Moocher", "Jailhouse Rock" (1 episode, 2021)
THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) Movie Reaction *FIRST TIME WATCHING* | THE GREATEST OF MUSICALS I'VE SEEN! (Apr
26,
2021)
Performer: "Minnie The Moocher", "Jailhouse Rock"
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Hip-Hop Evolution (2016)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode, 2016), Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode, 2016)
The Foundation (Sep
4,
2016)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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Performer: "Minnie The Moocher",
Writer: "Minnie The Moocher"
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1
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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2013)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode, 2013), Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode, 2013)
Blood at the Wheel (Oct
18,
2013)
Season 2,
Episode 7
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Performer: "Minnie The Moocher",
Writer: "Minnie The Moocher"
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1
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Family Guy (2007–2013)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (2 episodes, 2007), Performer: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode, 2013)
Finders Keepers (Sep
29,
2013)
Season 12,
Episode 1
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Writer: "Minnie The Moocher",
Performer: "Minnie The Moocher"
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2
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Dancing with the Stars (2009–2011)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode, 2011), Writer: "Calloway Boogie" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2009) |
2
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1
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Cab Calloway, le dandy de Harlem (2010)
(TV Movie) - Writer: "Calloway Boogie", "Geechy Joe", "Minnie The Moocher", "The Scat Song" |
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My Music: The Big Band Years (2009)
(TV Movie) - Performer: "Minnie The Moocher", Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" |
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1
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1
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Independent Lens (2005)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz", "Jitterbug", "At The Clambake Carnival", "Mr. Hepster's Dictionary", "Willow Weep For Me", "Copper Colored Gal", "Make Yourself At Home" (1 episode, 2005), Writer: "Jitterbug", "Mr. Hepster's Dictionary", "Make Yourself At Home" (1 episode, 2005)
Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton (Apr
12,
2005)
Season 6,
Episode 19
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Performer: "Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz", "Jitterbug", "At The Clambake Carnival", "Mr. Hepster's Dictionary", "Willow Weep For Me", "Copper Colored Gal", "Make Yourself At Home",
Writer: "Jitterbug", "Mr. Hepster's Dictionary", "Make Yourself At Home"
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1
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Carnivà le (2003–2005)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (uncredited) (2 episodes, 2003), Performer: "Minnie The Moocher" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2005)
Old Cherry Blossom Road (Jan
30,
2005)
Season 2,
Episode 4
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Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (uncredited),
Performer: "Minnie The Moocher" (uncredited)
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2
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Spuren der Zeit (2003)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Hoy Hoy" (1 episode, 2003), Writer: "Hoy Hoy" (1 episode, 2003)
50 Jahre Schweizer Fernsehen - Vom Schmuddelkind zum Leitmedium (May
26,
2003)
Performer: "Hoy Hoy",
Writer: "Hoy Hoy"
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1
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Ed (2003)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Everybody Eats When They Come To My House" (1 episode, 2003), Writer: "Everybody Eats When They Come To My House" (1 episode, 2003)
Frankie (Jan
8,
2003)
Season 3,
Episode 11
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Performer: "Everybody Eats When They Come To My House",
Writer: "Everybody Eats When They Come To My House"
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1
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1
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What? Where? When? (2001)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (1 episode, 2001)
2001 Summer Series. The Third Game (Jun
2,
2001)
Season 27,
Episode 3
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Writer: "Minnie The Moocher"
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1
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Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000)
(TV Movie) - Performer: "The Jumpin' Jive", Writer: "The Jumpin' Jive" |
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Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness (1999)
(TV Movie) - Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" |
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1
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1995)
(TV Series) - Writer: "The Hi-De-Ho Man" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1995) |
1
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1
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The Love Boat (1982)
(TV Series) - Lionel J. Bigelow (2 episodes, 1982), Performer: "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" (1 episode, 1982)
The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 2 (Feb
27,
1982)
Season 5,
Episode 21
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Lionel J. Bigelow
The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 1 (Feb
27,
1982)
Season 5,
Episode 20
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Lionel J. Bigelow,
Performer: "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You"
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2
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1
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1
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Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
(TV Movie) - Lyrics: "The Jumpin' Jive", Music: "The Jumpin' Jive", Performer: "The Jumpin' Jive" |
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1
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1
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That Girl (1969)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1969), Music: "Minnie The Moocher"
My Part Belongs to Daddy (Oct
2,
1969)
Season 4,
Episode 3
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Writer: "Minnie The Moocher" (uncredited)
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1
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Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers (1968)
(TV Series) - Writer: "The Jumpin' Jive" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1968) |
1
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1964)
(TV Series) - Performer: "St. James Infirmary", "Ol' Man River" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1964)
Something New From The Beatles (Feb
23,
1964)
Season 17,
Episode 21
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Performer: "St. James Infirmary", "Ol' Man River" (uncredited)
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1
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| Self (101 titles) |
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Zaina Juliette & Friends (2020–2021)
(TV Series) - Self - Role 1 Performers / Role 2 self / Self - Role 1 Performer / Role 2 Self (2 episodes, 2020)
Zaina's Tribute to Classic Entertainers Part 3 (Jan
3,
2021)
Season 6,
Episode 5
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Self - Role 1 Performers / Role 2 self
Juneteenth BLM & Classic Entertainers (Jun
7,
2020)
Season 5,
Episode 8
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Self - Role 1 Performer / Role 2 Self
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Great Performances (1983–1998)
(TV Series) - Self / Self - Sportin' Life / Self - Remembering Duke (4 episodes, 1983) |
The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1978)
(TV Series) - Self - Bandleader / Self - Musician / Self - Jazz Vocalist (10 episodes, 1963) |
Vaudeville (1975)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1975)
Norm Crosby, Cab Calloway, Vito Scotti, Chris Calloway, The Aketys, Loving Couple (May
19,
1975)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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Self
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1967)
(TV Series) - Self - Singer (11 episodes, 1948)
The Lovin' Spoonful, Johnny Rivers, Cab Calloway, Chris Calloway, Jane Powell, Stiller & Meara, George Carlin (Mar
19,
1967)
Season 20,
Episode 28
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Self - Singer
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To Tell the Truth (1966)
(TV Series) - Self - Guest celebrity (1 episode, 1966)
Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle - day 4, guest celebrity Cab Calloway (Sep
15,
1966)
Season 11,
Episode 30
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Self - Guest celebrity
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Missing Links (1964)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1964)
Dorothy Kilgallen/Nipsey Russell/Tom Poston/guest Cab Calloway (May
4,
1964)
Season 1,
Episode 161
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Self
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The Mike Wallace Interview (1959)
(TV Series) - Self - Bandleader / Self - Songwriter (1 episode, 1959) |
The Tonight Show (1955)
(TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 1955)
Alicia Alonso, Cab Calloway, the stars of Broadway show "Seventh Heaven" (Apr
25,
1955)
Season 1,
Episode 148
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Self
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All Star Revue (1953)
(TV Series) - Self - Guest Vocalist (1 episode, 1953)
Host: Tallulah Bankhead Guests: Fred MacMurray, Wally Cox, Cab Calloway, Patsy Kelly, Phil Foster, The Ron Fletcher Dancers, Meredith Willson and his Orchestra (Mar
14,
1953)
Season 3,
Episode 28
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Self - Guest Vocalist
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The Milton Berle Show (1949–1951)
(TV Series) - Self - Singer (2 episodes, 1949)
Cab Calloway, Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green (Jan
4,
1949)
Season 1,
Episode 31
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Self - Singer
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Cavalcade of Stars (1949–1951)
(TV Series) - Self - Guest Big Band Vocalist / Self - Guest Bandleader (2 episodes, 1949) |
The Buddy Rogers Show (1951)
(TV Series) - Self - singer / Self - bandleader (2 episodes, 1951)
Cab Calloway, Frank Yankovic, Red Ingle, Phil Ohman (Apr
27,
1951)
Season 1,
Episode 13
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Self - singer / Self - bandleader
Miquelito Valdes, Cab Calloway, Frank Yankovic (Apr
12,
1951)
Season 1,
Episode 4
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Self - singer / Self - bandleader
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The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950–1951)
(TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 1950)
Jack Carter, Cab Calloway, Marie MacDonald, Donald Richards, Benny Baker, The Step Brothers (Mar
11,
1950)
Season 1,
Episode 3
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Self
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We, the People (1949)
(TV Series) - Self - Musician (1 episode, 1949)
Buddy Baer, Cab Calloway, Ben Hogan, James Michener, Shirley W. Smith, Toni Harper (Jun
28,
1949)
Season 1,
Episode 55
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Self - Musician
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| Archive Footage (58 titles) |
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Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024)
The Old Man of the Mountain / Additional Voices (archive footage) |
Special Collector's Edition (2011)
(TV Series) - Curtis (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 episode, 2011)
Comparativa: Granujas a todo ritmo (Feb
1,
2011)
Season 2,
Episode 3
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Curtis (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Irish Mob (2008)
(TV Mini-series) - Self - Band Leader (archive footage) (1 episode, 2008)
Owney Madden: Duke of the Westside/John 'Red' Hamilton and the Dillinger Gang (May
16,
2008)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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Self - Band Leader (archive footage)
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American Masters (2008)
(TV Series) - Self - Clip from 'Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party' (archive footage) (1 episode, 2008)
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (Apr
9,
2008)
Season 22,
Episode 2
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Self - Clip from 'Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party' (archive footage)
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The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)
(Video) - Self (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage) |
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
(TV Movie) - Self (archive footage) |
| Other (7 titles) |
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Mafia II (2010)
(Video Game) - Soundtrack ("HAPPY FEET") (uncredited), Performer: "EVERYBODY EATS WHEN THEY COME TO MY HOUSE" (uncredited) |
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