Bert Lahr
Acting • Born 1895-08-13 – Died 1967-12-04
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.
Filmography
49 credits
The Wizard of Oz
Movie • 1939
"Zeke" / Cowardly Lion
The Sound of Laughter
Movie • 1963
Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Movie • 1968
Professor Spats
Just Around the Corner
Movie • 1938
Gus
Ship Ahoy
Movie • 1942
Skip Owens
Mr. Broadway
Movie • 1933
Bert Lahr
Meet the People
Movie • 1944
Commander
Always Leave Them Laughing
Movie • 1949
Eddie Eagen
Flying High
Movie • 1931
Emil 'Rusty' Krouse
Sing Your Worries Away
Movie • 1942
Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
Henry the Ache
Movie • 1934
King Henry VIII
Rose Marie
Movie • 1954
Barney McCorkle
A Tale of Old Whiff
Movie • 1960
voice
Merry Go Round of 1938
Movie • 1937
Bert
Zaza
Movie • 1938
Cascart
The Second Greatest Sex
Movie • 1955
Job McClure
Josette
Movie • 1938
Barney Barnaby
Love and Hisses
Movie • 1937
Sugar Boles
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
Whose Baby Are You?
Movie • 1936
Bert Halibut
The Fantasticks
Movie • 1964
Ben Hucklebee
Mister Universe
Movie • 1951
Joe Pulaski
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
Movie • 2000
'Zeke' (archive footage)
Faint Heart
Movie • 1929
Rudolf
The Great Waltz
Movie • 1955
Hans Ebesteder
Hizzoner
Movie • 1933
Bert Lahr, Cop
No More West
Movie • 1934
Gunpowder Bert
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
Movie • 2009
Self
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
The Commander (archive footage)
Anything Goes
Movie • 1954
Moonface
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Boy, Oh Boy
Movie • 1936
The Butler
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Movie • 1997
Self (Archival Footage)
Oz
Movie
Self / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Omnibus
TV • 1952
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Mr. O'Malley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Hucklebee
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Skid Johnson
Summer Fun
TV • 1966
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955