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 the farmworker Zeke in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz but was also wellknown for work in burlesque vaudeville and on Broadway Description above from the Wikipedia article Bert Lahr licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia