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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 15, 1924
Died
March 21, 2005
Place of Birth
Danville, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Robert Short
Bobby Short
0.4 Popularity
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
5.8
Chester
Man of the Century
1999
5.8
Man of the Century
1999
0.0
Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
6.4
Bobby Short
7th Heaven
1996
6.2
Himself
For Love or Money
1993
7.7
Warren (voice)
Frasier
1993
5.0
Buddy
Blue Ice
1992
0.0
Narrator
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
7.3
Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
1.3
Self
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989
Credits
Man of the Century
as Chester
1999
5.8
Man of the Century
1999
5.8
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
1998
0.0
7th Heaven
as Bobby Short
1996
6.4
For Love or Money
as Himself
1993
6.2
Frasier
as Warren (voice)
1993
7.7
Blue Ice
as Buddy
1992
5.0
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Narrator
1990
0.0
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self
1990
7.3
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Self
1989
1.3
American Masters
as Self
1986
7.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Himself
1986
7.5
A Night on the Town
1983
0.0
Hardhat & Legs
as Self
1980
4.5
Roots: The Next Generations
as Bobby Short (pianist)
1979
7.5
The Love Boat
1977
6.3
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle
N/A
0.0