Bobby Short
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.
Known For
Frasier
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
7th Heaven
American Masters
Roots: The Next Generations
Hannah and Her Sisters
For Love or Money
All Movies (12)
- Man of the Century1999 · as Chester
- Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood1998 · as Self
- For Love or Money1993 · as Self
- Blue Ice1992 · as Buddy
- You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story1990 · as Narrator
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol1990 · as Self
- James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket1989 · as Self
- Hannah and Her Sisters1986 · as Self
- A Night on the Town1983
- Hardhat & Legs1980 · as Self
- Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle—
- Dr. Pepper— · as Self
All TV Shows (7)
- 7th Heaven1996 · as Bobby Short
- Frasier1993 · as Warren (voice)
- American Masters1986 · as Self
- Roots: The Next Generations1979 · as Bobby Short (pianist)
- The Love Boat1977
- The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self