Bert Lahr

Bert Lahr

Known for
Acting
Born
August 13, 1895
Died
December 4, 1967 (aged 72)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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

Photos

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Filmography

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Oz

Oz

Movie · as Self / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)

2009
To Oz! The Making of a Classic

To Oz! The Making of a Classic

Movie · as Self

2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression poster

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge poster

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
The Dark Side of the Rainbow poster

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

Movie · as 'Zeke' (archive footage)

1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults poster

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

Movie · as Self (Archival Footage)

1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic poster

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1974
That's Entertainment! poster

That's Entertainment!

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's poster

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Movie · as Professor Spats

1966
Summer Fun

Summer Fun

TV · 1 ep

1964
The Fantasticks poster

The Fantasticks

Movie · as Ben Hucklebee

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy poster

The Big Parade of Comedy

Movie · as The Commander (archive footage)

1964
The Hollywood Palace poster

The Hollywood Palace

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1963
The Sound of Laughter poster

The Sound of Laughter

Movie · as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1960
A Tale of Old Whiff poster

A Tale of Old Whiff

Movie · as voice

1959
Startime poster

Startime

TV · as Tom Hopkins · 1 ep

1956
The Steve Allen Show poster

The Steve Allen Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1955
The Second Greatest Sex poster

The Second Greatest Sex

Movie · as Job McClure

1955
The Great Waltz poster

The Great Waltz

Movie · as Hans Ebesteder

1955
MGM Parade poster

MGM Parade

TV · 1 ep

1954
Rose Marie poster

Rose Marie

Movie · as Barney McCorkle

1954
Anything Goes poster

Anything Goes

Movie · as Moonface

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Mr. O'Malley · 1 ep

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 4 eps

1951
Mister Universe poster

Mister Universe

Movie · as Joe Pulaski

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Hucklebee · 1 ep

1951
The Ezio Pinza Show

The Ezio Pinza Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1949
Always Leave Them Laughing poster

Always Leave Them Laughing

Movie · as Eddie Eagen

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Skid Johnson · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 7 eps

1944
Meet the People poster

Meet the People

Movie · as Commander

1942
Ship Ahoy poster

Ship Ahoy

Movie · as Skip Owens

1942
Sing Your Worries Away poster

Sing Your Worries Away

Movie · as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster

1939
The Wizard of Oz poster

The Wizard of Oz

Movie · as Cowardly Lion / Zeke

1939
Zaza poster

Zaza

Movie · as Cascart

1938
Just Around the Corner poster

Just Around the Corner

Movie · as Gus

1938
Josette poster

Josette

Movie · as Barney Barnaby

1937
Merry Go Round of 1938 poster

Merry Go Round of 1938

Movie · as Bert

1937
Love and Hisses poster

Love and Hisses

Movie · as Sugar Boles

1936
Whose Baby Are You?

Whose Baby Are You?

Movie · as Bert Halibut

1936
Boy, Oh Boy

Boy, Oh Boy

Movie · as The Butler

1934
Henry the Ache poster

Henry the Ache

Movie · as King Henry VIII

1934
No More West poster

No More West

Movie · as Gunpowder Bert

1933
Mr. Broadway poster

Mr. Broadway

Movie · as Bert Lahr

1933
Hizzoner poster

Hizzoner

Movie · as Bert Lahr, Cop

1931
Flying High poster

Flying High

Movie · as Emil 'Rusty' Krouse

1929
Faint Heart poster

Faint Heart

Movie · as Rudolf