ACTOR

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bert Lahr has received more than 2,256,817 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Bert Lahr is the 4,898th most popular actor (down from 4,833rd in 2019), the 7,167th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,202nd in 2019) and the 2,199th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bert Lahrs by language

Over the past year Bert Lahr has had the most page views in the with 333,302 views, followed by Spanish (17,629), and Italian (8,325). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (243.38%), Simple English (40.19%), and Armenian (37.46%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bert Lahr ranks 4,898 out of 13,578. Before him are Frances Bay, Cecilia Cheung, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Hahn, Tress MacNeille, and André Hennicke. After him are Phyllis Coates, Rachel Chagall, Robert Goulet, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Hanns Kräly, and A Martinez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Bert Lahr ranks 230. Before him are André Chéron, Pauline Pfeiffer, José Bergamín, Alfredo Zibechi, Doris Humphrey, and H. A. R. Gibb. After him are Joseph Banks Rhine, Béla Illés, Aileen Pringle, Shemp Howard, Jan Burgers, and Greta Johansson. Among people deceased in 1967, Bert Lahr ranks 209. Before him are Óscar Diego Gestido, Eugénie Cotton, Clifton Williams, Enrico Porro, Rexhep Mitrovica, and Péter Tóth. After him are Alfred Felber, György Bródy, Phyllis Johnson, Anton Walbrook, Hans Jacob Nielsen, and Vilho Tuulos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bert Lahr ranks 7,167 out of 20,380. Before him are Frederick Schule (1879), David Twohy (1955), Robert Jay Lifton (1926), Courtney B. Vance (1960), Kathryn Hahn (1974), and Tress MacNeille (1951). After him are Phyllis Coates (1927), Julian Jaynes (1920), Timothy B. Schmit (1947), Rachel Chagall (1952), Ellen S. Baker (1953), and Robert Goulet (1933).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bert Lahr ranks 2,199. Before him are Jean Parker (1915), Mr. Lawrence (1969), Jed Allan (1935), Courtney B. Vance (1960), Kathryn Hahn (1974), and Tress MacNeille (1951). After him are Phyllis Coates (1927), Rachel Chagall (1952), Robert Goulet (1933), A Martinez (1948), Piper Perabo (1976), and Susan Anspach (1942).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Wizard of Oz
Zeke / Cowardly Lion
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Aug 15o 19397.576 / 10
Ship Ahoy
Skip Owens
Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
Apr 16o 19425.9 / 10
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of the film.
Feb 20o 19908.3 / 10