Bobby Short
Birthday
1924/09/15
Day of death
2005/03/21 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Danville, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Robert 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.
Acting
(1986) Hannah and Her Sisters
as Himself
(1990) You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Narrator
(1992) Blue Ice
as Buddy
(1980) Hardhat & Legs
as Self
Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle
as ---
(1999) Man of the Century
as Chester
(1989) James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Self
(1990) Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self
(1993) For Love or Money
as Himself
(1998) Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
(1983) A Night on the Town
as ---
(1999) Man of the Century
as ---
(1996) 7th Heaven
as Bobby Short
(1993) Frasier
as Warren (voice)
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1986) American Masters
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1979) Roots: The Next Generations
as Bobby Short (pianist)