Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-08-13

Deathday

1967-12-04 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Irving Lahrheim

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.

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Known For

7.6%

The Wizard of Oz

Aug 15, 1939

7.3%

That's Entertainment!

Jun 21, 1974

6.8%

What's My Line?

Feb 2, 1950

7.2%

Lynch/Oz

May 15, 2023

6.6%

The Ed Sullivan Show

Jun 20, 1948

5.6%

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Dec 22, 1968

7.0%

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Sep 10, 1950

5.5%

Just Around the Corner

Nov 11, 1938

8.3%

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

Feb 20, 1990

5.9%

Ship Ahoy

Apr 16, 1942

4.0%

Rose Marie

Mar 3, 1954

5.6%

The Merv Griffin Show

Oct 1, 1962

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Acting

2023

Lynch/Oz as Cowardly Lion (archive footage) (uncredited)

2009		To Oz! The Making of a Classic as Self
2009		Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self (archive)

2008

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge as Self (archive footage)

2000

The Dark Side of the Rainbow as 'Zeke' (archive footage)

1997

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults as Self (Archival Footage)

1995

The Dark Side of Oz as Zeke / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)

1990

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic as Self (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)

1968

The Night They Raided Minsky's as Professor Spats

1966

Summer Fun

1964		The Fantasticks as Ben Hucklebee
1964		The Big Parade of Comedy as The Commander (archive footage)
1964		The Hollywood Palace as Self

1963		The Sound of Laughter as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1960

A Tale of Old Whiff as voice

1956

The Steve Allen Show as Self

1955		The Great Waltz as Hans Ebesteder
1955		The Second Greatest Sex as Job McClure

1954		Rose Marie as Barney McCorkle
1954		Anything Goes as Moonface

1953

General Electric Theater as Mr. O'Malley

1952

Omnibus

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Hucklebee
1951		Mister Universe as Joe Pulaski

1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		What's My Line? as Self

1949

Always Leave Them Laughing as Eddie Eagen

1948		The Philco Television Playhouse as Skid Johnson
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1944

Meet the People as Commander

1942		Ship Ahoy as Skip Owens
1942		Sing Your Worries Away as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster

1939		Harold Arlen's Home Movies on set of The Wizard of Oz
1939		The Wizard of Oz as "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion

1938		Zaza as Cascart
1938		Just Around the Corner as Gus
1938		Josette as Barney Barnaby

1937		Love and Hisses as Sugar Boles
1937		Merry Go Round of 1938 as Bert

1936		Whose Baby Are You? as Bert Halibut
1936		Boy, Oh Boy as The Butler

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