
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 Cowardly Lion / Zeke

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

The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
as Professor Spats

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

Mister Universe (1951)
as Joe Pulaski

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
as Job McClure

Rose Marie (1954)
as Barney McCorkle

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

Ship Ahoy (1942)
as Skip Owens

Zaza (1939)
as Cascart

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

Meet the People (1944)
as Commander

Love and Hisses (1937)
as Sugar Boles

Faint Heart (1929)
as Rudolf

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

Hizzoner (1933)
as Bert Lahr, Cop

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

Flying High (1931)
as Emil 'Rusty' Krouse

Mr. Broadway (1933)
as Bert Lahr

Josette (1938)
as Barney Barnaby

Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
as Eddie Eagen

The Fantasticks (1964)
as Ben Hucklebee

Just Around the Corner (1938)
as Gus

Henry the Ache (1934)
as King Henry VIII

Anything Goes (1954)
as Moonface

Sing Your Worries Away (1942)
as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster

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

No More West (1934)
as Gunpowder Bert

Merry Go Round of 1938 (1937)
as Bert
Oz (—)
as Self / Cowardly Lion (archive footage)
To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
as Self

The Great Waltz (1955)
as Hans Ebesteder

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (2025)
as Zeke (archive footage)
Boy, Oh Boy (1936)
as The Butler
Whose Baby Are You? (1936)
as Bert Halibut

A Tale of Old Whiff (1960)
as voice





