Bert Lahr

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

The Wizard of Oz
"Zeke" / Cowardly Lion
The Sound of Laughter
Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Professor Spats
Just Around the Corner
Gus
Ship Ahoy
Skip Owens
Mr. Broadway
Bert Lahr
Meet the People
Commander
Always Leave Them Laughing
Eddie Eagen
Flying High
Emil 'Rusty' Krouse
Sing Your Worries Away
Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
Henry the Ache
King Henry VIII
Rose Marie
Barney McCorkle
A Tale of Old Whiff
voice
Merry Go Round of 1938
Bert
Zaza
Cascart
The Second Greatest Sex
Job McClure
Josette
Barney Barnaby
Love and Hisses
Sugar Boles
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
Whose Baby Are You?
Bert Halibut
The Fantasticks
Ben Hucklebee
Mister Universe
Joe Pulaski
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
'Zeke' (archive footage)
Faint Heart
Rudolf
The Great Waltz
Hans Ebesteder
Hizzoner
Bert Lahr, Cop
No More West
Gunpowder Bert
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
Self (archive footage)
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
Self
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Commander (archive footage)
Anything Goes
Moonface
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive)
Boy, Oh Boy
The Butler
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (Archival Footage)
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere
Zeke/The Cowardly Lion (archive footage)