---
name: "Bert Lahr"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bert-lahr"
fi1m_id: "bert-lahr"
imdb_id: "nm0481618"
tmdb_id: 9069
wikidata_id: "Q827411"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 August 1895"
died: "4 December 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:24:18.048278+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bert Lahr

## Identity

Bert Lahr

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bert-lahr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bert-lahr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0481618
- **TMDB ID:** 9069
- **Wikidata ID:** Q827411
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Lahr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q827411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9069

Actor. Born 13 August 1895 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 4 December 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 August 1895, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 4 December 1967
- **Also known as:** Irving Lahrheim
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Lahr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q827411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9069

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wizard of Oz*](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md) (91)

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## Biography

Bert Lahr, born Irving Lahrheim on 13 August 1895 in New York City, was an American actor and comedian. He died on 4 December 1967 in New York City. He is best known for his roles as the Cowardly Lion and the Kansas farmworker Zeke in the 1939 film *The Wizard of Oz*.

Lahr began performing in burlesque and vaudeville around 1910. He made his Broadway debut in *Harry Delmar's Revels* in 1927 and appeared in musicals including *Hold Everything* (1928) and *Flying High* (1930). His film work was limited, though he had appeared in adaptations such as *Flying High* (1931) before focusing on screen roles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Fi1m 91, as Cowardly Lion / Zeke — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Dark Side of the Rainbow* (2000), as 'Zeke' (archive footage)
- *That's Entertainment!* (1974), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Night They Raided Minsky's* (1968), as Professor Spats
- *Summer Fun* (1966), series, Actor
- *The Fantasticks* (1964), as Ben Hucklebee
- *The Big Parade of Comedy* (1964), as The Commander (archive footage)
- *The Sound of Laughter* (1963), as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague
- *A Tale of Old Whiff* (1960), as voice
- *Startime* (1959), series, as Tom Hopkins
- *The Great Waltz* (1955), as Hans Ebesteder
- *The Second Greatest Sex* (1955), as Job McClure
- *MGM Parade* (1955), series, Actor
- *Rose Marie* (1954), as Barney McCorkle
- *Anything Goes* (1954), as Moonface
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Mr. O'Malley
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Hucklebee
- *Mister Universe* (1951), as Joe Pulaski
- *Always Leave Them Laughing* (1949), as Eddie Eagen
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Skid Johnson
- *Meet the People* (1944), as Commander
- *Ship Ahoy* (1942), as Skip Owens
- *Sing Your Worries Away* (1942), as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), as Cowardly Lion / Zeke — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)
- *Zaza* (1939), as Cascart
- *Just Around the Corner* (1938), as Gus
- *Josette* (1938), as Barney Barnaby
- *Love and Hisses* (1937), as Sugar Boles
- *Merry Go Round of 1938* (1937), as Bert
- *Whose Baby Are You?* (1936), as Bert Halibut
- *Boy, Oh Boy* (1936), as The Butler
- *No More West* (1934), as Gunpowder Bert
- *Henry the Ache* (1934), as King Henry VIII
- *Hizzoner* (1933), as Bert Lahr, Cop
- *Mr. Broadway* (1933), as Bert Lahr
- *Flying High* (1931), as Emil 'Rusty' Krouse
- *Faint Heart* (1929), as Rudolf

## Gallery

- ![Bert Lahr](https://film.one/media/person/104614/gallery-d4ae21d1f23a.jpg) Bert Lahr — It is difficult to trace the history of the image to a single author, as various versions of this image (or others from the same photo-session) appear to have been distributed numerous times by numerous publicity agencies.  However, the earliest record of distribution of an alternate image from the same photo-session appears to have been by Bill Doll & Company for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (see bottom image of original upload), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Bert_Lahr_Circa_1940s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bert Lahr - Radio Guide July 1937](https://film.one/media/person/104614/gallery-0b969bc716cf.jpg) Bert Lahr - Radio Guide July 1937 — Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Bert_Lahr%2C_NBC_1937.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Bert Lahr. (1936)](https://film.one/media/person/104614/gallery-18d413c6bb82.jpg) Photo of Bert Lahr. (1936) — Photo by Vandamm, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Bert_Lahr_1936.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lobby card from the original 1939 release of The Wizard of Oz.](https://film.one/media/person/104614/gallery-636f2d2da310.jpg) Lobby card from the original 1939 release of The Wizard of Oz. — MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wizard_of_Oz_Lobby_card_1939.JPG/1280px-Wizard_of_Oz_Lobby_card_1939.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bert Lahr](https://film.one/media/person/104614/gallery-c84627aec3a1.jpg) Bert Lahr — Image via TMDB
- ![Lobby card from the original 1939 release of The Wizard of Oz.](https://film.one/media/person/104614/gallery-363231afc657.jpg) Lobby card from the original 1939 release of The Wizard of Oz. — MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Wizard_of_Oz_lobby_card_2.jpg/1280px-Wizard_of_Oz_lobby_card_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1964: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 1963: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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