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Bert Lahr

Bert Lahr

Born: 1895-08-13 • New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Filmography
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To Oz! The Making of a Classic
2009 • Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression poster
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009 • Self (archive footage)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge poster
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008 • Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of the Rainbow poster
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
2000 • 'Zeke' (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults poster
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997 • Self (Archival Footage)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic poster
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990 • Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! poster
That's Entertainment!
1974 • (archive footage)
The Night They Raided Minsky's poster
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968 • Professor Spats
The Fantasticks poster
The Fantasticks
1964 • Ben Hucklebee
The Big Parade of Comedy poster
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • The Commander (archive footage)
The Sound of Laughter poster
The Sound of Laughter
1963 • Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague
A Tale of Old Whiff poster
A Tale of Old Whiff
1960 • voice
The Great Waltz poster
The Great Waltz
1955 • Hans Ebesteder
The Second Greatest Sex poster
The Second Greatest Sex
1955 • Job McClure
Rose Marie poster
Rose Marie
1954 • Barney McCorkle
Anything Goes poster
Anything Goes
1954 • Moonface
Mister Universe poster
Mister Universe
1951 • Joe Pulaski
Always Leave Them Laughing poster
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949 • Eddie Eagen
Meet the People poster
Meet the People
1944 • Commander
Ship Ahoy poster
Ship Ahoy
1942 • Skip Owens
Sing Your Worries Away poster
Sing Your Worries Away
1942 • Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
The Wizard of Oz poster
The Wizard of Oz
1939 • "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion
Zaza poster
Zaza
1938 • Cascart
Just Around the Corner poster
Just Around the Corner
1938 • Gus
Josette poster
Josette
1938 • Barney Barnaby
Love and Hisses poster
Love and Hisses
1937 • Sugar Boles
Merry Go Round of 1938 poster
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937 • Bert
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Whose Baby Are You?
1936 • Bert Halibut
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Boy, Oh Boy
1936 • The Butler
No More West poster
No More West
1934 • Gunpowder Bert
Henry the Ache poster
Henry the Ache
1934 • King Henry VIII
Hizzoner poster
Hizzoner
1933 • Bert Lahr, Cop
Mr. Broadway poster
Mr. Broadway
1933 • Bert Lahr
Flying High poster
Flying High
1931 • Emil 'Rusty' Krouse
Faint Heart poster
Faint Heart
1929 • Rudolf
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Oz
— • Self / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)