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Bert Lahr

1895 - 1967

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Irving Lahrheim (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967), known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American stage and screen actor and comedian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939). He was well known for his quick-witted humor and his work in burlesque and vaudeville and on Broadway. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bert Lahr is the 3,841st most popular actor (up from 4,899th in 2019), the 6,223rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,167th in 2019) and the 1,798th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Bert Lahr ranks 3,841 out of 13,578. Before him are Horst Frank, Kate Nelligan, Colleen Moore, Jon Hamm, Harry Baur, and Wu Ma. After him are Gerald McRaney, James Norton, Ross Martin, Neda Arnerić, Sofie Gråbøl, and Theodore Bikel.

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Among people born in 1895, Bert Lahr ranks 202. Before him are Egon Pearson, Giuseppe Bottai, Ruth Fischer, Hans Rosbaud, Ayna Sultanova, and Yellapragada Subbarow. After him are Karel Pešek, Paavo Johansson, Nikolay Shchors, Pauline Pfeiffer, Geo Milev, and Virginia Rappe. Among people deceased in 1967, Bert Lahr ranks 182. Before him are Percy Hodge, Erick-Oskar Hansen, Väinö Kokkinen, Mischa Auer, Gigi Meroni, and Eugénie Cotton. After him are Franz Babinger, Arthur Ransome, Óscar Diego Gestido, Ciro Alegría, Fausto Acke, and Stanley Bruce.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bert Lahr ranks 6,224 out of 20,380. Before him are Florence Bascom (1862), Edward Binns (1916), Colleen Moore (1899), Carlos Hathcock (1942), Mike Huckabee (1955), and Jon Hamm (1971). After him are Francis Davis Millet (1848), Robert W. Floyd (1936), Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926), Gerald McRaney (1947), Beals Wright (1879), and Arlo Guthrie (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bert Lahr ranks 1,798. Before him are Steven Williams (1949), Shelley Long (1949), John Agar (1921), Edward Binns (1916), Colleen Moore (1899), and Jon Hamm (1971). After him are Gerald McRaney (1947), Maurice Costello (1877), Kim Manners (1951), Ron Silver (1946), Stephen Root (1951), and Richard Burgi (1958).

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