Who played the lion in the wizard of oz?
In the 1925 silent film "The Wizard of Oz", directed and starring Larry Semon, the Cowardly Lion was played in disguise by Spencer Bell.
Who played the Lion in The Wizard of Oz (1925)?
Spencer Bell
Cowardly Lion
In the classic 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz", the Cowardly Lion was a humanoid biped and played by Bert Lahr, a popular vaudeville and Broadway star, with many of Lahr's trademark mannerisms deliberately worked into the film. In this version, the liquid courage given to him by the Wizard is replaced with a medal marked "Courage". Bert Lahr's biography, written by his son John Lahr, is entitled "Notes on a Cowardly Lion".
Who played the Lion in The Wizard of Oz (1939)?
Bert Lahr
Cowardly Lion
Cowardly Lion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowardly%20Lion
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Often seen as one of the greatest films of all time,[5] it is the most commercially successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.[6]
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
The Wizard of Oz is a 1925 American silent fantasy-adventure comedy film directed by Larry Semon, who also performs in the lead role as a Kansas farmhand and later in the story disguised as the Scarecrow. This production, which is the only completed 1920s adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, costars Dorothy Dwan as Dorothy, Oliver Hardy as the Tin Woodman in a portion of the film, and Spencer Bell briefly disguised as a less "cowardly" Lion than in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer version of Baum's work.
Bell was one of the first African American comedic actors of the silent film era, and was the first to be signed to film contract.[1]
Spencer Bell (actor)
The Wizard of Oz film released in 1925 is a silent fantasy-adventure comedy film and is the only completed 1920s adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In this film, the Cowardly Lion was played in disguise by Spencer Bell, who was one of the first African American comedic actors of the silent film era and was the first to be signed to film contract. The Wizard of Oz film released in 1939 is a musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Often seen as one of the greatest films of all time, it is the most commercially successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In this film, Bert Lahr, a popular vaudeville and Broadway star, played the role of the Cowardly Lion.