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:
- 30
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Faint Heart 1929-12-21
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow 2000-07-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow | Zeke, The Cowardly Lion | 2000-07-02 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
| Movie | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Professor Spats | 1968-12-22 |
| Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | The Commander (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
| Movie | The Fantasticks | Ben Hucklebee | 1964-10-17 |
| Movie | The Second Greatest Sex | Job McClure | 1955-09-30 |
| Movie | The Great Waltz | Hans Ebesteder | 1955-11-04 |
| Movie | Rose Marie | Barney McCorkle | 1954-03-03 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | Mister Universe | Joe Pulaski | 1951-01-10 |
| 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 Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Meet the People | Commander | 1944-06-01 |
| Movie | Sing Your Worries Away | Clarence 'Chow' Brewster | 1942-03-06 |
| Movie | Ship Ahoy | Skip Owens | 1942-04-16 |
| 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 | Mr. Broadway | Bert Lahr | 1933-09-12 |
| Movie | Flying High | Emil 'Rusty' Krouse | 1931-11-14 |
| Movie | Faint Heart | Rudolf | 1929-12-21 |