One of the leading burlesque and vaudeville stars who went on to Broadway musical comedies, Bert Lahr had a... (Learn more)
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Bert Lahr’s Milestones
| Appeared in a series of TV commercials for Lay's Potato Chips | |
| Had biggest success in burlesque in "Keep Smiling" | |
| Had year-long run as the prize fighter hero of the musical "Hold Everything" | |
| Served in the US Navy during WWII | |
| Starred in the Broadway production "Hotel Paradiso", featuring Angela Lansbury | |
| Starred opposite Ethel Merman in the Cole Porter musical "DuBarry Was a Lady" | |
| Was first comedian and stage manager for "Roseland Girls" | |
| 1910 - 1913 | Spent three years touring with Seven Frolics, a children's vaudeville act; adopted stage surname of Lahr |
| 1913 | At age 18, joined the Columbia burlesque circuit; perfected act playing burlesque "Dutch" characters |
| 1919 | With Mercedes Delpino, formed act Lahr & Mercedes |
| 1925 | First played NYC's Palace Theater |
| 1927 | Broadway debut in "Harry Delmar's Revels"; show closed in 16 weeks |
| 1930 | Appeared in the stage show "Flying High" |
| 1931 | Feature film debut in "Flying High" |
| 1932 | Starred in "Hot-Cha!", produced by Florenz Ziegfeld |
| 1936 | Played opposite Beatrice Lillie in "The Show Is On", staged and conceived by Vincente Minnelli |
| 1939 | Portrayed the Cowardly Lion/Zeke in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 1944 | Reunited onstage with Beatrice Lille to star in Billy Rose's "Seven Lively Arts", featuring songs by Cole Porter |
| 1946 | Made rare dramatic appearance onstage in "Burlesque" |
| 1948 | Toured in "Make Mine Manhattan" in the role originated by Sid Caesar; appeared in film version |
| 1949 | Reprised stage role in the TV adaptation of "Burlesque" (NBC) |
| 1951 | Starred in the revue "Two on the Aisle" |
| 1956 | Had leading roles in two TV productions, "Androcles and the Lion" and "School for Wives" |
| 1956 | Played opposite E G Marshall in the Broadway production of "Waiting for Godot" |
| 1956 | Returned to the stage opposite Tom Ewell in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida |
| 1959 | Appeared alongside Nancy Walker, Dick Van Dyke and Shelley Berman in the revue "The Girls Against the Boys" |
| 1959 | Starred in the unsold pilot "Mr. O'Malley" (CBS) |
| 1960 | Made first appearance in Shakespeare, cast as Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Autolycus in "The Winter's Tale" |
| 1962 | Appeared in "The Beauty Part" by S J Perelman |
| 1964 | Played the father in the TV production of "The Fantasticks" (NBC) |
| 1964 | Won Tony Award for turn as Volpone in the musical "Foxy" |
| 1967 | Collapsed during filming of last movie, "The Night They Raided Minsky's" |
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