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Home/People/Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr profile photo
Born
Aug 13, 1895Died: Dec 4, 1967
Lived 72 years
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

37
Movies
13
TV Shows
Also Known As
Irving Lahrheim
IMDb Profile

Bert Lahr

Acting

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.
To Oz! The Making of a Classic poster

To Oz! The Making of a Classic

as Self
2009
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

as Self (archive footage)
2009
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge poster

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

as Self (archive footage)
2008
The Dark Side of the Rainbow poster

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

as 'Zeke' (archive footage)
2000
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults poster

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

as Self (Archival Footage)
1997
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic poster

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

as Self (archive footage)
1990
Bob Hope's World of Comedy poster

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment! poster

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)
1974
The Night They Raided Minsky's poster

The Night They Raided Minsky's

as Professor Spats
1968
The Fantasticks poster

The Fantasticks

as Ben Hucklebee
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy poster

The Big Parade of Comedy

as The Commander (archive footage)
1964
The Sound of Laughter poster

The Sound of Laughter

as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague
1963
A Tale of Old Whiff poster

A Tale of Old Whiff

as voice
1960
The Great Waltz poster

The Great Waltz

as Hans Ebesteder
1955
The Second Greatest Sex poster

The Second Greatest Sex

as Job McClure
1955
Rose Marie poster

Rose Marie

as Barney McCorkle
1954
Anything Goes poster

Anything Goes

as Moonface
1954
Mister Universe poster

Mister Universe

as Joe Pulaski
1951
Always Leave Them Laughing poster

Always Leave Them Laughing

as Eddie Eagen
1949
Meet the People poster

Meet the People

as Commander
1944