After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.
That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture career. After that, I was typecast as a lion, and there just weren't many parts for lions.
Lahr won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Foxy in 1964.
Along with a young Liza Minnelli, Lahr hosted the first ever telecast of The Wizard of Oz in 1956.
Lahr's first wife, Mercedes, had a mental breakdown and had to be put into an asylum.
Lahr was married to Mercedes Delpino from 1929 to 1940. They had one son named Herbert.
In 1931, Lahr made his motion picture debut in Flying High.
In 1927, Lahr made his Broadway debut in Harry Delmar's Revels.
Lahr is buried in Union Field Cemetary in Queens, NY.
Lahr's son, John, wrote a biography of him entitled Notes on a Cowardly Lion.
Lahr died during the filming of his final movie, The Night They Raided Minsky's. His scenes were completed using a double.
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