Cast & creator
Bobby Short
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, Frasier, The Love Boat
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.
Also known as: Robert Short
Movies
13
film credits
Series
7
television credits
Career
20
1957–2001 · acting roles
Credit score
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (20)
Showing 20 of 20 credits
Series
★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
★ 7.7
Frasier
Warren (voice)
1993
Series
★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
Series
★ 7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
★ 6.4
7th Heaven
Bobby Short
1996
Series
★ 7.0
American Masters
Self
1986
Series
★ 7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
Bobby Short (pianist)
1979
Movie
★ 7.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
Self
1986
Movie
★ 6.2
For Love or Money
Self
1993
Movie
★ 5.3
Blue Ice
Buddy
1992
Movie
★ 7.2
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self
1990
Movie
★ 6.0
Man of the Century
Chester
1999
Movie
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Narrator
1990
Movie
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Self
2001
Movie
★ 6.5
A Night on the Town
1983
Movie
★ 9.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
1998
Movie
Dr. Pepper
Self
Movie
★ 3.0
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Self
1989
Movie
★ 6.3
Hardhat & Legs
Self
1980
Movie
★ 8.0