Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr

Bert Lahr (born Irving Lahrheim; August 13, 1895 - December 4, 1967) was an American actor and comedian. Lahr is remembered today for his roles as the Cowardly Lion and Kansas farmworker Zeke in the film The Wizard of Oz (1939), but was also well known for work in burlesque, vaudeville, and on Broadway.