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Portrait of Bert Lahr

Acting

Bert Lahr

Career

Active from 1929 to 2000, with a break from 1965 to 1999, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bert Lahr Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.4, average 5.5
  • Tension
    3.2, average 6.0
  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Musical 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)

as 'Zeke' (archive footage)

1970s

1 title · average score 84
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
GoodWatch score 84

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

7 titles · average score 61
The Night They Raided Minsky's
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
GoodWatch score 53

as Professor Spats

Summer Fun
Summer Fun (1966)

TV show

The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks (1964)

as Ben Hucklebee

The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as The Commander (archive footage)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show

The Sound of Laughter
The Sound of Laughter (1963)

as Egbert Bunting / Roland Montague

A Tale of Old Whiff
A Tale of Old Whiff (1960)

as voice

1950s

10 titles · average score 67
Startime
Startime (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Tom Hopkins

The Second Greatest Sex
The Second Greatest Sex (1955)

as Job McClure

The Great Waltz
The Great Waltz (1955)

as Hans Ebesteder

MGM Parade
MGM Parade (1955)

TV show

Anything Goes
Anything Goes (1954)

as Moonface

Rose Marie
Rose Marie (1954)
GoodWatch score 43

as Barney McCorkle

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Mr. O'Malley

Omnibus
Omnibus (1952)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

Mister Universe
Mister Universe (1951)

as Joe Pulaski

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Hucklebee

1940s

5 titles · average score 50
Always Leave Them Laughing
Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
GoodWatch score 50

as Eddie Eagen

The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

TV show · as Skid Johnson

Meet the People
Meet the People (1944)
GoodWatch score 45

as Commander

Ship Ahoy
Ship Ahoy (1942)
GoodWatch score 55

as Skip Owens

Sing Your Worries Away
Sing Your Worries Away (1942)

as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster

1930s

13 titles · average score 66
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
GoodWatch score 88

as Cowardly Lion / Zeke

Zaza
Zaza (1939)
GoodWatch score 60

as Cascart

Just Around the Corner
Just Around the Corner (1938)
GoodWatch score 61

as Gus

Josette
Josette (1938)

as Barney Barnaby

Merry Go Round of 1938
Merry Go Round of 1938 (1937)

as Bert

Love and Hisses
Love and Hisses (1937)

as Sugar Boles

Whose Baby Are You?
Whose Baby Are You? (1936)

as Bert Halibut

Henry the Ache
Henry the Ache (1934)

as King Henry VIII

No More West
No More West (1934)

as Gunpowder Bert

Hizzoner
Hizzoner (1933)

as Bert Lahr, Cop

Mr. Broadway
Mr. Broadway (1933)

as Bert Lahr

Flying High
Flying High (1931)
GoodWatch score 57

as Emil 'Rusty' Krouse

1920s

1 title
Faint Heart
Faint Heart (1929)

as Rudolf