Actor
Bert Lahr
August 13, 1895 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Ray Bolger
3 titles together
The Wizard of Oz, That's Entertainment!, The Dark Side of the Rainbow
Frank Sinatra
3 titles together
That's Entertainment!, Ship Ahoy, Anything Goes
Judy Garland
2 titles together
The Wizard of Oz, The Dark Side of the Rainbow
Jack Haley
2 titles together
The Wizard of Oz, The Dark Side of the Rainbow
Frank Morgan
2 titles together
The Wizard of Oz, The Dark Side of the Rainbow
Margaret Hamilton
2 titles together
The Wizard of Oz, The Dark Side of the Rainbow
Full filmography · 36
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere
as Zeke (archive footage)
2025
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
as 'Zeke' (archive footage)
2000
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
19747.4
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Professor Spats
19685.5
The Fantasticks
as Ben Hucklebee
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as The Commander (archive footage)
1964
The Sound of Laughter
as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague
1963
A Tale of Old Whiff
as voice
1960
The Great Waltz
as Hans Ebesteder
1955
The Second Greatest Sex
as Job McClure
1955
Rose Marie
as Barney McCorkle
1954
Anything Goes
as Moonface
1954