Bobby Short
Actor
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.
Filmography
For Love or Money
as Himself 1993
Blue Ice
as Buddy 1992
Man of the Century
as Chester 1999
Man of the Century
1999
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Self 1989
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self 1990
Hardhat & Legs
as Self 1980
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Narrator 1990
Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle
TBA
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self 1998