Actor
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. ...

Known For
Acting
2023 -- Lynch/Oz | Cowardly Lion (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009 -- To Oz! The Making of a Classic | Self
2009 -- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive)
2008 -- Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge | Self (archive footage)
2000 -- The Dark Side of the Rainbow | 'Zeke' (archive footage)
1997 -- Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | Self (Archival Footage)
1995 -- The Dark Side of Oz | Zeke / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)
1990 -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic | Self (archive footage)
1974 -- That's Entertainment! | (archive footage)
1968 -- The Night They Raided Minsky's | Professor Spats
1964 -- The Fantasticks | Ben Hucklebee
1964 -- The Big Parade of Comedy | The Commander (archive footage)
1963 -- The Sound of Laughter | Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague
1960 -- A Tale of Old Whiff | voice
1955 -- The Great Waltz | Hans Ebesteder
1955 -- The Second Greatest Sex | Job McClure
1954 -- Rose Marie | Barney McCorkle
1954 -- Anything Goes | Moonface
1951 -- Mister Universe | Joe Pulaski
1949 -- Always Leave Them Laughing | Eddie Eagen
1944 -- Meet the People | Commander
1942 -- Ship Ahoy | Skip Owens
1942 -- Sing Your Worries Away | Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
1939 -- Harold Arlen's Home Movies on set of The Wizard of Oz |
1939 -- The Wizard of Oz | "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion
1938 -- Zaza | Cascart
1938 -- Just Around the Corner | Gus
1938 -- Josette | Barney Barnaby
1937 -- Love and Hisses | Sugar Boles
1937 -- Merry Go Round of 1938 | Bert
1936 -- Whose Baby Are You? | Bert Halibut
1936 -- Boy, Oh Boy | The Butler
1934 -- No More West | Gunpowder Bert
1934 -- Henry the Ache | King Henry VIII
1933 -- Hizzoner | Bert Lahr, Cop
1933 -- Mr. Broadway | Bert Lahr
1931 -- Flying High | Emil 'Rusty' Krouse
1929 -- Faint Heart | Rudolf
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