Bert Lahr

Bert Lahr

Irving Lahrheim

Born August 13, 1895· New York City, New York, USA

† Died December 4, 1967

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Emerging from a Manhattan background as Irving Lahrheim, he abandoned school at fifteen to join a juvenile vaudeville act and later served as a seaman in the U.S. Navy during World War I, sharpening his comic instincts on the vaudeville circuit. He broke onto Broadway in 1927 with Harry Delmar's Revels and soon headlined musical comedies such as Hold Everything!, Flying High, Hot-Cha! and DuBarry…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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