It was like to lugging around a mattress. Every shot required him to remove his lion costume entirely, and he would always be drenched. The poor guy endured torture.
Lahr had two wives: Mildred Schroeder, with whom he had a son and a daughter, and Mercedes Delpino, with whom he had a son.
While filming The Night They Raided Minsky’s in 1967, he passed away from illness.
The second companion to accompany Dorothy on her journey down the famous yellow brick road was the technically callous but emotionally sympathetic Tin Man, portrayed by Jack Haley.
Buddy Ebsen, who was first cast as the Tin Man but had to withdraw after becoming ill due to aluminum dust in the face paint, was replaced by Haley.
