Bert Lahr
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.
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- Born:
- Aug 13, 1895 In New York City, New York, United States
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 34
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Faint Heart 1929-12-21
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Dark Side of Oz 1995-08-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Dark Side of Oz | Zeke / Cowardly Lion (archive footage) | 1995-08-15 |
| Movie | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic | Self (archive footage) | 1990-02-20 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
| Movie | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Professor Spats | 1968-12-22 |
| Series | The Hollywood Palace | Unknown | 1964-01-04 |
| Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | The Commander (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
| Movie | The Fantasticks | Ben Hucklebee | 1964-10-17 |
| Series | The Steve Allen Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
| Movie | The Second Greatest Sex | Job McClure | 1955-09-30 |
| Movie | Anything Goes | Moonface | 1954-02-28 |
| Movie | Rose Marie | Barney McCorkle | 1954-03-03 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
| Movie | Mister Universe | Joe Pulaski | 1951-01-10 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Series | The Arthur Murray Party | 1950-07-20 | |
| Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
| Movie | Always Leave Them Laughing | Eddie Eagen | 1949-11-26 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Meet the People | Commander | 1944-06-01 |
| Movie | Ship Ahoy | Skip Owens | 1942-04-16 |
| Movie | Sing Your Worries Away | Clarence 'Chow' Brewster | 1942-03-06 |
| Movie | The Wizard of Oz | "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion | 1939-08-15 |
| Movie | Josette | Barney Barnaby | 1938-06-03 |
| Movie | Just Around the Corner | Gus | 1938-11-11 |
| Movie | Zaza | Cascart | 1938-12-29 |
| Movie | Merry Go Round of 1938 | Bert | 1937-11-14 |
| Movie | Love and Hisses | Sugar Boles | 1937-12-21 |
| Movie | Henry the Ache | King Henry VIII | 1934-01-25 |
| Movie | No More West | Gunpowder Bert | 1934-03-29 |
| Movie | Mr. Broadway | Bert Lahr | 1933-09-12 |
| Movie | Hizzoner | Bert Lahr, Cop | 1933-11-17 |
| Movie | Flying High | Emil 'Rusty' Krouse | 1931-11-14 |
| Movie | Faint Heart | Rudolf | 1929-12-21 |