When was bert lahr born

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TV Series Self - Episode 1. Self - Host. It involved Mercedes, playing a beautiful Spanish dancer, meeting Lahr, the dumb cop.

Although the interaction of these two characters was the essential ingredient of the skit, the plot could be changed to fit into different productions. Lahr's true stardom came in when he began his highly successful Broadway career with Harry Delmar's Revels. For several years he played the leading comic role in musical comedies such as Hold Everything , in which he played a boxer; Flying High , in the role of an aviator; Florenz Ziegfeld's last spectacle, Hot-Cha ; and George White's Music Hall Varieties , Life Begins At , and Scandals In all of these shows Lahr played to great critical and audience acclaim.

Lahr's ambition for growth and success led him to Hollywood in This was his first dramatic part and the first of several films and plays in which he played a vaudevillian , and its success was due to his intimate and personal understanding of the role.

Yet his comedy, in general, was not effective on the screen. He was a broad comedian, used to playing to large audiences, and the subtlety demanded by the camera seemed to diminish his talents. During his career he made several more films, but only one stands out and displays his true abilities—it is the part he will always be remembered for: the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. It was different from his other films in that it relied on fantasy rather than romance and it gave Lahr a chance to shine.

He used his popular boxing pose and his comic, inarticulate diction. After appearing in The Wizard of Oz he was warned of being typecast.

To this he replied "Yeah, but how many parts are there for lions? Lahr alternated between movies and plays through out the rest of his career. In he appeared in the film Meet the People which is notable because his character uttered the line "Heavens to Murgatroyd! In Lahr moved away from comedy to star in the play Waiting for Godot.

He first appeared in the play in Miami, Florida. The play was complete flop. Critics and audience members walked out in droves. Which helped to confirm Lahr's fears the play was too cerebral.