Bert Lahr

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-08-13 (72 years old)

Deathday

1967-12-04

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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.

Acting

1939

The Wizard of Oz

as "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion

1963

The Sound of Laughter

as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague

1968

1942

Ship Ahoy

as Skip Owens

1933

Mr. Broadway

as Bert Lahr

1944

Meet the People

as Commander

1949

1931

Flying High

as Emil 'Rusty' Krouse

1942

Sing Your Worries Away

as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster

1934

Henry the Ache

as King Henry VIII

1954

Rose Marie

as Barney McCorkle

1938

Zaza

as Cascart

1955

1938

Josette

as Barney Barnaby

1937

Love and Hisses

as Sugar Boles

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1936

Whose Baby Are You?

as Bert Halibut

1964

The Fantasticks

as Ben Hucklebee

1951

Mister Universe

as Joe Pulaski

2000

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

as 'Zeke' (archive footage)

1929

Faint Heart

as Rudolf

1955

The Great Waltz

as Hans Ebesteder

1933

Hizzoner

as Bert Lahr, Cop

1934

No More West

as Gunpowder Bert

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as The Commander (archive footage)

1954

Anything Goes

as Moonface

1995

The Dark Side of Oz

as Zeke / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)

1936

Boy, Oh Boy

as The Butler

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