Bobby Short
September 15, 1924 (101 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
Credits
- 1999 · Man of the Century as Chester
- 1999 · Man of the Century as
- 1998 · Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Bobby Short
- 1993 · For Love or Money as Himself
- 1993 · Frasier as Warren (voice)
- 1992 · Blue Ice as Buddy
- 1990 · You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Narrator
- 1990 · Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
- 1989 · James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket as Self
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1986 · Hannah and Her Sisters as Himself
- 1983 · A Night on the Town as
- 1980 · Hardhat & Legs as Self
- 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Bobby Short (pianist)
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- Future · Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle as