Bert Lahr

Personal Info

Birthday

August 13, 1895

Day of Death

1967-12-04

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Irving Lahrheim

Bert Lahr

Biography

Bert Lahr (born Irving Lahrheim; August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967) was an American actor and comedian. Lahr is remembered today for his roles as the Cowardly Lion and the farmworker Zeke in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, but was also well-known for work in burlesque, vaudeville, and on Broadway. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bert Lahr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Wizard of Oz

Hallmark Hall of Fame

General Electric Theater

The Fantasticks

That's Entertainment!

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Just Around the Corner

Filmography

2009
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive)
2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
as 'Zeke' (archive footage)
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (Archival Footage)
1995
The Dark Side of Oz
as Zeke / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)
1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Professor Spats
1964
The Fantasticks
as Ben Hucklebee
The Big Parade of Comedy
as The Commander (archive footage)
1963
The Sound of Laughter
as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague
1960
A Tale of Old Whiff
as voice
1955
The Great Waltz
as Hans Ebesteder
The Second Greatest Sex
as Job McClure
1954
Rose Marie
as Barney McCorkle
Anything Goes
as Moonface
1951
Mister Universe
as Joe Pulaski
1949
Always Leave Them Laughing
as Eddie Eagen
1944
Meet the People
as Commander
1942
Ship Ahoy
as Skip Owens
Sing Your Worries Away
as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
1939
The Wizard of Oz
as "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion
1938
Zaza
as Cascart
Just Around the Corner
as Gus
Josette
as Barney Barnaby
1937
Love and Hisses
as Sugar Boles
Merry Go Round of 1938
as Bert
1936
Whose Baby Are You?
as Bert Halibut
Boy, Oh Boy
as The Butler
1934
No More West
as Gunpowder Bert
Henry the Ache
as King Henry VIII
1933
Hizzoner
as Bert Lahr, Cop
Mr. Broadway
as Bert Lahr
1931
Flying High
as Emil 'Rusty' Krouse
1929
Faint Heart
as Rudolf