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Milestones
- 1967: Collapsed during filming of last movie, "The Night They Raided Minsky's"
- 1964: Won Tony Award for turn as Volpone in the musical "Foxy"
- 1964: Played the father in the TV production of "The Fantasticks" (NBC)
- 1962: Appeared in "The Beauty Part" by S J Perelman
- 1960: Made first appearance in Shakespeare, cast as Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Autolycus in "The Winter's Tale"
- 1959: Starred in the unsold pilot "Mr. O'Malley" (CBS)
- 1959: Appeared alongside Nancy Walker, Dick Van Dyke and Shelley Berman in the revue "The Girls Against the Boys"
- 1956: Had leading roles in two TV productions, "Androcles and the Lion" and "School for Wives"
- 1956: Returned to the stage opposite Tom Ewell in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida
- 1956: Played opposite E G Marshall in the Broadway production of "Waiting for Godot"
- 1951: Starred in the revue "Two on the Aisle"
- 1949: Reprised stage role in the TV adaptation of "Burlesque" (NBC)
- 1948: Toured in "Make Mine Manhattan" in the role originated by Sid Caesar; appeared in film version
- 1946: Made rare dramatic appearance onstage in "Burlesque"
- 1944: Reunited onstage with Beatrice Lille to star in Billy Rose's "Seven Lively Arts", featuring songs by Cole Porter
- 1939: Portrayed the Cowardly Lion/Zeke in "The Wizard of Oz"
- 1936: Played opposite Beatrice Lillie in "The Show Is On", staged and conceived by Vincente Minnelli
- 1932: Starred in "Hot-Cha!", produced by Florenz Ziegfeld
- 1931: Feature film debut in "Flying High"
- 1930: Appeared in the stage show "Flying High"
- 1927: Broadway debut in "Harry Delmar's Revels"; show closed in 16 weeks
- 1925: First played NYC's Palace Theater
- 1919: With Mercedes Delpino, formed act Lahr & Mercedes
- 1913: At age 18, joined the Columbia burlesque circuit; perfected act playing burlesque "Dutch" characters
- From 1910 to 1913: Spent three years touring with Seven Frolics, a children's vaudeville act; adopted stage surname of Lahr
- Was first comedian and stage manager for "Roseland Girls"
- Served in the US Navy during WWII
- Starred in the Broadway production "Hotel Paradiso", featuring Angela Lansbury
- Had biggest success in burlesque in "Keep Smiling"
- Starred opposite Ethel Merman in the Cole Porter musical "DuBarry Was a Lady"
- Had year-long run as the prize fighter hero of the musical "Hold Everything"
- Appeared in a series of TV commercials for Lay's Potato Chips
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