Portrait of Bert Lahr

Bert Lahr

Acting

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.

Born: August 13, 1895

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2000
The Dark Side of the Rainbow

as 'Zeke' (archive footage)

1974
That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1968
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
1954
Rose Marie

as Barney McCorkle

1954
Anything Goes

as Moonface

1953
1951
1951
Mister Universe

as Joe Pulaski

1950
1949
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

1939
Zaza

as Cascart

1938
Josette

as Barney Barnaby

1937
Love and Hisses

as Sugar Boles

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