
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.

For Love or Money
1993 · as Self

Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · as Self

Blue Ice
1992 · as Buddy

Hardhat & Legs
1980 · as Self

Dr. Pepper
as Self

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990 · as Self

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · as Narrator

Man of the Century
1999 · as Chester

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998 · as Self

A Night on the Town
1983

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989 · as Self

Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · as Self