Bert Lahr
Birthday
1895/08/13
Day of death
1967/12/04 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Irving Lahrheim
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) The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Professor Spats
(1938) Just Around the Corner
as Gus
(1942) Ship Ahoy
as Skip Owens
(1933) Mr. Broadway
as Bert Lahr
(1944) Meet the People
as Commander
(1949) Always Leave Them Laughing
as Eddie Eagen
(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
(1960) A Tale of Old Whiff
as voice
(1937) Merry Go Round of 1938
as Bert
(1938) Zaza
as Cascart
(1955) The Second Greatest Sex
as Job McClure
(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
(2008) Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) To Oz! The Making of a Classic
as Self
(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy
as The Commander (archive footage)
(1954) Anything Goes
as Moonface
(1990) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive)
(1995) The Dark Side of Oz
as Zeke / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)
(1936) Boy, Oh Boy
as The Butler
(1939) Harold Arlen's Home Movies on set of The Wizard of Oz
as ---
(2023) Lynch/Oz
as Cowardly Lion (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1997) Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (Archival Footage)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Mr. O'Malley
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Hucklebee
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Skid Johnson
(1966) Summer Fun
as ---
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self