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Bert Lahr (1895–1967)

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Fittingly known to be a "Leo" for his horoscope, Bert Lahr is always remembered as the Cowardly Lion in (and the farmer "Zeke") The Wizard of Oz. But during his acting career, he has been known for being in burlesque, vaudeville, and Broadway. Dropped out of high school at the age of fifteen for a juvenile vaudeville act... See full bio »

Born:

Irving Lahrheim
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 72) in New York City, New York, USA
Frank Sinatra and Bert Lahr circa 1954 Still of Bert Lahr in The Night They Raided Minsky's Still of Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz Still of Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz Still of Harry Andrews and Bert Lahr in The Night They Raided Minsky's
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1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's
Professor Spats
 
1967 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
King Foul-Up I
– Episode #17.5 (1967) … King Foul-Up I
 
1966 Summer Fun (TV series)
Henry Thompson
– Thompson's Ghost (1966) … Henry Thompson
 
1966 Thompson's Ghost (TV movie)
Henry Thompson
 
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Cesare
– Cops and Robbers (1965) … Cesare
 
1964 The Fantasticks (TV movie)
Hucklebee
 
1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Go-Go Garrity
– Is Mr. Martian Coming Back? (1963) … Go-Go Garrity
 
1960 The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (TV movie)
Postman
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Tom Hopkins
– The Greatest Man Alive (1960) … Tom Hopkins
 
1960 A Tale of Old Whiff (short)
Old Whiff (voice)
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Mr. O'Malley
– Mr. O'Malley (1959) … Mr. O'Malley
 
1958-1959 Rendezvous (TV series)
Alfie / Sam
– Alfy's Tulip (1959) … Alfie
– A Very Fine Deal (1958) … Sam
 
1953-1958 Omnibus (TV series)
Androcles / Arnolphe / Painter
– The Suburban Review (1958)
– School for Wives (1957) … Arnolphe
– Androcles and the Lion (1956) … Androcles
– Androcles and the Lion: Part 2/The Silent World (1956) … Androcles
– Vive! (1953) … Painter
 
1957 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Frank Mooner
– You Can't Win (1957) … Frank Mooner
 
1957 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Big Heist (1957)
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Comedian-Skit Appearences
– Episode #2.31 (1957) … Comedian-Skit Appearences
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Host / The Cowardly Lion / Zeke
– The Wizard of Oz (1956) … Zeke (also archive footage) / The Cowardly Lion (also archive footage) / Host (also archive footage)
 
1955 The Great Waltz (TV movie)
Hans Ebesteder
 
1955 The Second Greatest Sex
Job McClure
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Aunt Pamela Burns / Frankie Burns / Moonface Martin / …
– Let's Face It (1954) … Frankie Burns/Aunt Pamela Burns
– Anything Goes (1954) … Moonface Martin / Reverend Dr. Moon
 
1954 The Best of Broadway (TV series)
Banjo
– The Man Who Came to Dinner (1954) … Banjo
 
1954 Rose Marie
Barney McCorkle
 
1951 Musical Comedy Time (TV series)
'Rusty' Krause
– Flying High (1951) … 'Rusty' Krause
 
1951 Mister Universe
Joe Pulaski
 
1951 The Prudential Family Playhouse (TV series)
Skid Johnson
– Burlesque (1951) … Skid Johnson
 
1949 Always Leave Them Laughing
Eddie Eagen
 
1949 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Skid
– Burlesque (1949) … Skid
 
1944 Meet the People
The Commander
 
1942 Ship Ahoy
Skip Owens
 
1942 Sing Your Worries Away
Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz
Zeke / The 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
 
1937 Montague the Magnificent (short)
Egbert Bunting/Roland Montague
 
1937 Off the Horses (short)
Chester Twitt
 
1936 Whose Baby Are You? (short)
 
1936 Boy, Oh Boy (short)
The Butler
 
1936 Gold Bricks (short)
Bert
 
1934 No More West (short)
 
1934 Henry the Ache (short)
 
1933 Hizzoner (short)
 
1931 Flying High
Emil 'Rusty' Krouse
 
1929 Faint Heart (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (15 titles)
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (TV movie) (performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard")
 
1998 Quest for Camelot Sing-Alongs (video short) (performer: "We're Off To See The Wizard")
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard" 1938 - uncredited, "If I Only Had the Nerve" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1964 The Fantasticks (TV movie) (performer: "Never Say No" - uncredited, "Happy Ending" - uncredited, "Plant a Raddish" - uncredited)
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary) (performer: "Heave Ho" 1944 - uncredited)
 
1955 The Second Greatest Sex (performer: "THE SECOND GREATEST SEX")
 
1954 Rose Marie (performer: "I'm A Mountie Who Never Got His Man" - uncredited)
 
1949 Always Leave Them Laughing (performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" 1909 - uncredited)
 
1944 Meet the People (performer: "Heave Ho" 1944)
 
1942 Ship Ahoy (performer: "How About You?" 1941 / "A Life on the Ocean Wave" 1838 - uncredited, "The Last Call for Love" 1942, "I'll Take Tallulah" 1942)
 
1942 Sing Your Worries Away (performer: "Sally" / "Cindy Lou McWilliams" 1942, "Nothing Can Change My Mind" 1942)
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz (performer: "If I Only Had the Nerve/We're Off To See The Wizard" 1939 - uncredited, "The Merry Old Land of Oz" 1939 - uncredited, "If I Were King of the Forest" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1938 Just Around the Corner (performer: "This Is a Happy Little Ditty" - uncredited)
 
1937 Merry Go Round of 1938 (performer: "Song of the Woodman")
 
1931 Flying High (performer: "It'll Be the First Time for Me" 1931 / "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1939 The Wizard of Oz (additional dialogue - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
1967 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode #2.35 (1967) … Guest Appearance
– Episode #2.34 (1967) … Guest Appearance
– Episode #2.33 (1967) … Guest Appearance
– Episode #2.32 (1967) … Guest Appearance
– Episode #2.31 (1967) … Guest Appearance
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.10 (1967) … Himself
 
1950-1967 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #20.33 (1967) … Himself
– Episode #19.10 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #18.35 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #18.24 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #17.42 (1964) … Himself
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1965 The 19th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1965 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #2.21 (1965) … Himself - Sketch Actor
 
1951-1964 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 23 February 1964 (1964) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 6 January 1963 (1963) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 30 December 1956 (1956) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 22 April 1951 (1951) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 8 April 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1963 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.110 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 January 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1957-1959 The Arthur Murray Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 November 1959 (1959) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 May 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1958 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.12 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Patrice Munsel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The 11th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1956 Washington Square (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1956) … Himself
 
1956 The NBC Comedy Hour (TV series)
Comic Actor / Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.8 (1956) … Himself - Singer/Comic Actor
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #5.21 (1955) … Himself - Comic Actor
 
1954 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.3 (1954) … Himself
 
1954 The Dave Garroway Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.28 (1954) … Himself
 
1953 The Buick Circus Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 June 1953 (1953) … Himself
 
1952 The U.S. Royal Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1952) … Himself
 
1951 The Ezio Pinza Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1951) … Himself
 
1951 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.35 (1951) … Himself
 
1949 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.13 (1949) … Himself
 
1949 Cavalcade of Stars (TV series)
Himself - Guest Comedian
– Episode #1.21 (1949) … Himself - Guest Comedian
 
1949 The Lamb's Gambol (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 March 1949 (1949) … Himself
 
1939 Houston Post Contest Winners (short)
Himself
 
1933 Mr. Broadway
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (20 titles)
2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
 
2009 To Oz! The Making of a Classic (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (video documentary)
Himself/Cowardly Lion
 
2009 Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Zeke/The Cowardly Lion (uncredited)
 
2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (video documentary short)
Zeke/ The Cowardly Lion
 
2005 The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz (video documentary short)
The Cowardly Lion
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
1997 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Himself/Cowardly Lion
 
1985 The Whimsical World of Oz (TV documentary)
The Cowardly Lion
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clip from 'The Wizard of Oz'
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Actor in 'Meet the People'
 
1963 The Sound of Laughter (documentary)
Egbert, alias Roland Montague (edited from: Montague the Magnificent)
 
1947 It Pays to Be Funny
(edited from: Off the Horses)
 

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(1927) Stage Play: Harry Delmar's Revels. Musical revue. Music by James V. Monaco, Jesse Greer and Lester Lee. Book by William K. Wells. Lyrics by Billy Rose and Ballard MacDonald. Shubert Theatre: 28 Nov 1927- Mar 1928 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Hugh Cameron, Glen Dale, Helyn Eby Rock, Frank Fay, William Gaxton, Janne Hackett, The Chester Hale Girls, Dorothea James, Patsy Kelly, Bert Lahr [Broadway debut], Dick Lancaster, Artie Leeming, Winnie Lightner, E. Mercedes, Carolyn Nolte, The Patterson Sisters, The Trado Twins, Ivan Triesault. Produced by Sam Baerwitz and Harry Delmar. See more »

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Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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If you want to be a success in Hollywood, be sure and go to New York. See more »

Trivia:

Actor Tommy Bond who was also "Butch" in the "Little Rascals" and "Jimmy Olsen" in the original Atom Man vs. Superman serials, was a regular on Lahr's radio show in the 1930's, and played his son. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo