Bert Lahr

Bert Lahr

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

13/08/1895

Day of Death

04/12/1967
(72) years old

Place of Birth

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.... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2008

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original ...

as Self (archive footage)

2000

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

as 'Zeke' (archive footage)

1997

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20t...

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 ...

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

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as The Commander (archive footage)

1963

The Sound of Laughter

as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague

1955

The Great Waltz

as Hans Ebesteder

1955

The Second Greatest Sex

as Job McClure

1954

Rose Marie

as Barney McCorkle

1954

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

1942

Sing Your Worries Away

as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster

1939

The Wizard of Oz

as "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion

1938

Zaza

as Cascart

1938

Josette

as Barney Barnaby

1937

Love and Hisses

as Sugar Boles

1936

Whose Baby Are You?

as Bert Halibut

1936

Boy, Oh Boy

as The Butler

1934

No More West

as Gunpowder Bert

1934

Henry the Ache

as King Henry VIII

1933

Hizzoner

as Bert Lahr, Cop

1933

Mr. Broadway

as Bert Lahr

1931

Flying High

as Emil 'Rusty' Krouse

1929

Faint Heart

as Rudolf