Credits

• 2018 · Always at The Carlyle as Self (archive footage)
• 1999 · Man of the Century as Chester
• 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 Pianist
• 1977 · The Love Boat as Bobby Short
• 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
• 2024 · Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle as