
Bert Lahr
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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
Credits

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
as "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion

That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
as Self (archive footage)

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997)
as Self (Archival Footage)

Rose Marie (1954)
as Barney McCorkle

The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
as Professor Spats
Oz (—)
as Self / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)

Love and Hisses (1937)
as Sugar Boles
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as The Commander (archive footage)

Flying High (1931)
as Emil 'Rusty' Krouse

Mister Universe (1951)
as Joe Pulaski

Ship Ahoy (1942)
as Skip Owens

The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
as Job McClure

Mr. Broadway (1933)
as Bert Lahr
To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
as Self

Just Around the Corner (1938)
as Gus

Zaza (1939)
as Cascart

The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)
as 'Zeke' (archive footage)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
as Self (archive footage)

Meet the People (1944)
as Commander

No More West (1934)
as Gunpowder Bert

Merry Go Round of 1938 (1937)
as Bert

Josette (1938)
as Barney Barnaby

The Fantasticks (1964)
as Ben Hucklebee

Anything Goes (1954)
as Moonface

The Great Waltz (1955)
as Hans Ebesteder

The Sound of Laughter (1963)
as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague

Faint Heart (1929)
as Rudolf

A Tale of Old Whiff (1960)
as voice

Hizzoner (1933)
as Bert Lahr, Cop

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (2008)
as Self (archive footage)

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (2025)
as Zeke (archive footage)

Sing Your Worries Away (1942)
as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
Boy, Oh Boy (1936)
as The Butler

Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
as Eddie Eagen
Whose Baby Are You? (1936)
as Bert Halibut

Henry the Ache (1934)
as King Henry VIII





