Bert Lahr

★ Acting #9,826

1895 - 1967 (age 72) • Acting

Born: 8/13/1895 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 12/4/1967 (age 72)

Known for: Acting

Bert Lahr

★ Acting #9,826

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.

Known For

The Wizard of Oz

76%

Cowardly Lion / Zeke

1939

What's My Line?

70%

Self

1950

The Ed Sullivan Show

68%

Self

1948

The Colgate Comedy Hour

69%

Self

1950

Just Around the Corner

58%

Gus

1938

The Merv Griffin Show

68%

Self

1962

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

83%

Self (archive footage)

1990

Ship Ahoy

63%

Skip Owens

1942

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere

Zeke (archive footage)

2025

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 footage)

2009

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

Self (archive footage)

2008

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

87%

'Zeke' (archive footage)

2000

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

77%

Self (Archival Footage)

1997

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

83%

Self (archive footage)

1990

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment!

74%

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1974

Oz

Self / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)

The Night They Raided Minsky's

55%

Professor Spats

1968

Summer Fun

Unknown

1966

The Fantasticks

60%

Ben Hucklebee

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

72%

The Commander (archive footage)

1964

The Hollywood Palace

50%

Self

1964

The Sound of Laughter

50%

Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague

1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

59%

Unknown

1963

The Merv Griffin Show

68%

Self

1962

A Tale of Old Whiff

85%

voice

1960

The Steve Allen Show

62%

Self

1956

The Great Waltz

100%

Hans Ebesteder

1955

The Second Greatest Sex

78%

Job McClure

1955

MGM Parade

75%

Unknown

1955

Rose Marie

45%

Barney McCorkle

1954

Anything Goes

64%

Moonface

1954

General Electric Theater

68%

Mr. O'Malley

1953

Omnibus

70%

Unknown

1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame

88%

Hucklebee

1951