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:
- 40
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Faint Heart 1929-12-21
- Latest Project:
- Movie To Oz! The Making of a Classic 2009-09-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | To Oz! The Making of a Classic | Self | 2009-09-23 |
| Movie | Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge | Self (archive footage) | 2008-03-18 |
| Movie | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic | Self (archive footage) | 1990-02-20 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
| Movie | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Professor Spats | 1968-12-22 |
| Series | Summer Fun | Unknown | 1966-07-22 |
| Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | The Commander (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
| Series | The Hollywood Palace | Unknown | 1964-01-04 |
| Movie | The Fantasticks | Ben Hucklebee | 1964-10-17 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
| Movie | The Sound of Laughter | Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague | 1963-12-17 |
| Series | The Steve Allen Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Anything Goes | Moonface | 1954-02-28 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
| Movie | Mister Universe | Joe Pulaski | 1951-01-10 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| 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 Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
| 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 | Zaza | Cascart | 1938-12-29 |
| Movie | Just Around the Corner | Gus | 1938-11-11 |
| 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 | No More West | Gunpowder Bert | 1934-03-29 |
| Movie | Mr. Broadway | Bert Lahr | 1933-09-12 |
| Movie | Hizzoner | Bert Lahr, Cop | 1933-11-17 |
| Movie | Flying High | Emil 'Rusty' Krouse | 1931-11-14 |
| Movie | Faint Heart | Rudolf | 1929-12-21 |