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Bert Lahr

Cast & creator

Bert Lahr

1895-08-13 (died at 72) New York City, New York, USAIMDb

Best known for What's My Line?, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse

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.

Also known as: Irving Lahrheim

Movies

36

film credits

Series

14

television credits

Career

50

1929–2009 · acting roles

Credit score

7.1

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

Self · 1950

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Acting · 1963

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Skid Johnson · 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self · 1948

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self · 1950

Across film & television

Filmography (50)

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What's My Line?

What's My Line?

Self

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Skid Johnson

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

Self

Omnibus

Omnibus

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

Cowardly Lion / Zeke

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Startime

Startime

Tom Hopkins

The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace

Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hucklebee

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Mr. O'Malley

The Ezio Pinza Show

Self

Summer Fun

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

Self (archive footage)

Faint Heart

Faint Heart

Rudolf

The Night They Raided Minsky's

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Professor Spats

Mister Universe

Mister Universe

Joe Pulaski

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Commander (archive footage)

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

'Zeke' (archive footage)

The Second Greatest Sex

The Second Greatest Sex

Job McClure

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Self (archive footage)

Always Leave Them Laughing

Always Leave Them Laughing

Eddie Eagen

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

Barney McCorkle

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

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

Self (Archival Footage)

Just Around the Corner

Just Around the Corner

Gus

Merry Go Round of 1938

Merry Go Round of 1938

Bert

Love and Hisses

Love and Hisses

Sugar Boles

The Sound of Laughter

The Sound of Laughter

Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague

Sing Your Worries Away

Sing Your Worries Away

Clarence 'Chow' Brewster

Meet the People

Meet the People

Commander

No More West

No More West

Gunpowder Bert

To Oz! The Making of a Classic

Self

Hizzoner

Hizzoner

Bert Lahr, Cop

A Tale of Old Whiff

A Tale of Old Whiff

voice

Josette

Josette

Barney Barnaby

Whose Baby Are You?

Bert Halibut

Ship Ahoy

Ship Ahoy

Skip Owens

Zaza

Zaza

Cascart

Henry the Ache

Henry the Ache

King Henry VIII

Oz

Self / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)

Anything Goes

Anything Goes

Moonface

The Great Waltz

The Great Waltz

Hans Ebesteder

Flying High

Flying High

Emil 'Rusty' Krouse

Mr. Broadway

Mr. Broadway

Bert Lahr

The Fantasticks

The Fantasticks

Ben Hucklebee

Boy, Oh Boy

The Butler