Bobby Short

Sep 15, 1924 - Mar 21, 2005 (80 years old) in Danville, Illinois, USA

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

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Frasier

Warren (voice)

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American Masters

Self

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7th Heaven

Bobby Short

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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

Narrator

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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

Self

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For Love or Money

Himself

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Blue Ice

Buddy

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Hardhat & Legs

Self

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Roots: The Next Generations

Bobby Short (pianist)

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Hannah and Her Sisters

Himself

Credits

Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle Future

★ NR
Man of the Century 1999

Chester

★ 5.8
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood 1998

Self

★ NR
7th Heaven 1996

Bobby Short

★ 6.4
For Love or Money 1993

Himself

★ 6.2
Frasier 1993

Warren (voice)

★ 7.7
Blue Ice 1992

Buddy

★ 5
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story 1990

Narrator

★ NR
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol 1990

Self

★ 7.3
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket 1989

Self

★ 1.3
American Masters 1986

Self

★ 7.4
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986

Himself

★ 7.5
A Night on the Town 1983

★ NR
Hardhat & Legs 1980

Self

★ 4.5
Roots: The Next Generations 1979

Bobby Short (pianist)

★ 7.5