Bobby Short
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday15 September 1924
Died21 March 2005 (age 80)
Place of birthDanville, Illinois, USA
Known credits20
Biography
Robert Waltrip Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) was an American cabaret singer and pianist who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Richard A. Whiting, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward and George and Ira Gershwin.
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self
Man of the Century
1999 · Chester
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998 · Self
7th Heaven
1996 · Bobby Short
For Love or Money
1993 · Self
Frasier
1993 · Warren (voice)
Blue Ice
1992 · Buddy
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Narrator
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990 · Self
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989 · Self
American Masters
1986 · Self
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Self
A Night on the Town
1983
Hardhat & Legs
1980 · Self
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Bobby Short (pianist)
The Love Boat
1977
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle
Dr. Pepper
Self
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