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Overview

Date of Birth:
2 October 1890, New York City, New York, USA more
Date of Death:
19 August 1977, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wisecracker with the painted on mustache... more
Trivia:
He was to have played the title role in a TV movie of L. Frank Baum's... more
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Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins more
NewsDesk:
(60 articles)
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
 (From Extra. 4 November 2009, 4:45 AM, PST)
'The Godfather 2': Movies I watch and watch again
 (From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 3 November 2009, 1:36 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Marx Brothers | The Marx Bros | The Marx Brothers

Filmography

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Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Skidoo (1968) God 1968 - 4.7 (560)
- 2. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963)   Ed Davis (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 7.8 (43)
AKAs:
  • The Chrysler Theater
  • Theatre of Stars (UK)
  • Universal Star Time (syndication title)
1 TV episode:
- 3. "General Electric Theater" (1953)   John Graham / Suspect in a Police Lineup (2 episodes, 1959-1962) 1962 - 8.1 (72)
AKAs:
  • G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
  • G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
2 TV episodes:
- 4. "The DuPont Show of the Week" (1961)   Narrator (1 episode, 1961) 1961 - 8.2 (19)
1 TV episode:
- 5. "The Bell Telephone Hour" (1959)   Ko-Ko (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - 6.2 (12)
AKAs:
  • The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
1 TV episode:
- 6. The Story of Mankind (1957) Peter Minuit 1957 - 5.0 (256)
- 7. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)   (uncredited) George Schmidlap 1957 - 7.1 (1,053)
AKAs:
  • Oh! For a Man! (UK)
- 8. Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956) Cameo appearance (Stage conductor) 1956 - 8.0 (19)
- 9. "Shower of Stars" (1954)   (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 6.7 (15)
AKAs:
  • Chrysler Shower of Stars
1 TV episode:
- 10. A Girl in Every Port (1952) Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn 1952 - 5.0 (213)
- 11. Double Dynamite (1951)   Emile J. Keck 1951 - 5.3 (284)
AKAs:
  • It's Only Money
- 12. Mr. Music (1950) Groucho Marx 1950 - 6.0 (85)
- 13. Love Happy (1949) (as The Marx Brothers) Detective Sam Grunion, narrator of the story 1949 - 5.7 (958)
- 14. "The Popsicle Parade of Stars" (1949)   Brandee (1 episode, 1949) 1949 - -
1 TV episode:
- 15. Copacabana (1947) Lionel Q. Deveraux 1947 - 5.9 (377)
- 16. A Night in Casablanca (1946) Ronald Kornblow 1946 - 7.0 (2,111)
- 17. The Big Store (1941) Wolf J. Flywheel 1941 - 6.4 (1,844)
- 18. Go West (1940)   S. Quentin Quale 1940 - 6.7 (1,900)
AKAs:
  • Marx Brothers Go West (UK)
- 19. At the Circus (1939)   Attorney Loophole 1939 - 6.8 (2,016)
AKAs:
  • The Marx Brothers at the Circus (USA: promotional title)
- 20. Room Service (1938) Gordon Miller 1938 - 6.6 (1,702)
- 21. A Day at the Races (1937) Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush 1937 - 7.6 (5,669)
- 22. Yours for the Asking (1936) (uncredited) Sunbather 1936 - 7.0 (35)
- 23. A Night at the Opera (1935) Otis B. Driftwood 1935 - 8.0 (13,363)
- 24. Duck Soup (1933) Rufus T. Firefly 1933 - 8.1 (23,931)
- 25. Horse Feathers (1932) Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff 1932 - 7.7 (4,960)
- 26. Monkey Business (1931) Groucho 1931 - 7.6 (4,203)
- 27. Animal Crackers (1930) Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding 1930 - 7.6 (5,166)
- 28. The Cocoanuts (1929) Hammer 1929 - 7.1 (2,591)
- 29. Humor Risk (1921) Villain 1921 - 6.6 (59)
Soundtrack
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003) (TV) (performer: "Peezie Weezie") 2003 - 7.2 (11)
- 2. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) (performer: "Goodbye, Mr. Ball, Goodbye") 1998 - 7.5 (509)
- 3. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) (performer: "Freedonia's Going To War" (1933) (uncredited)) 1986 - 7.9 (19,044)
- 4. "Music Scene" (1969)   (1 episode, 1970) 1970 - 7.6 (11)
1 TV episode:
- 5. "You Bet Your Life" (1950)   (2 episodes, 1950-1953) 1953 - 8.8 (112)
AKAs:
  • The Groucho Show (USA: last season title)
2 TV episodes:
  • Episode #3.22 (1953) (performer: "(As We Parted On The Shore) Off To Baltimore" (uncredited))
  • Episode #1.6 (1950) (performer: "Some Of These Days")
- 6. A Girl in Every Port (1952) (performer: "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" (uncredited)) 1952 - 5.0 (213)
- 7. Double Dynamite (1951)   (performer: "It's Only Money", "Jesse James" (uncredited)) ("Stone Walls" (uncredited)) 1951 - 5.3 (284)
AKAs:
  • It's Only Money
- 8. Mr. Music (1950) (performer: "Life Is So Peculiar") 1950 - 6.0 (85)
- 9. Copacabana (1947) (performer: "Go West, Young Man") 1947 - 5.9 (377)
- 10. The Big Store (1941) (performer: "Sing While You Sell") 1941 - 6.4 (1,844)
- 11. At the Circus (1939)   (performer: "Lydia, the Tattoed Lady" (uncredited)) 1939 - 6.8 (2,016)
AKAs:
  • The Marx Brothers at the Circus (USA: promotional title)
- 12. A Day at the Races (1937) (performer: "A Message from the Man in the Moon") 1937 - 7.6 (5,669)
- 13. A Night at the Opera (1935) (performer: "Sing Hi for the Open Highway! Sing Ho for the Open Road!") 1935 - 8.0 (13,363)
- 14. Duck Soup (1933) (performer: "These Are the Laws of My Administration", "The Country's Going to War") 1933 - 8.1 (23,931)
- 15. Horse Feathers (1932) (performer: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It", "I Always Get My Man", "Everyone Says I Love You") 1932 - 7.7 (4,960)
- 16. Monkey Business (1931) (performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "Sweet Adeline") 1931 - 7.6 (4,203)
- 17. Animal Crackers (1930) (performer: "Hello, I Must Be Going", "Hooray for Captain Spaulding", "Gypsy Chorus", "My Old Kentucky Home" (uncredited)) 1930 - 7.6 (5,166)
Writer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963)   (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 7.8 (43)
AKAs:
  • The Chrysler Theater
  • Theatre of Stars (UK)
  • Universal Star Time (syndication title)
1 TV episode:
- 2. "The Life of Riley" (1953) (unknown episodes) 1953 - 8.3 (60)
- 3. The Life of Riley (1949) (story) 1949 - 7.5 (70)
- 4. The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)   (writer) 1937 - 6.4 (115)
AKAs:
  • Romance Is Sacred (UK)
Director
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Groucho Marx's Home Movies (1933) 1933 - 6.2 (43)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" (2009)   (1 episode, 2009) 2009 - 7.6 (48)
- 2. You Bet Your Life: The Lost Episodes (2003) (V) 2003 - 8.4 (30)
- 3. CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976) (TV) Himself 1976 - 7.4 (65)
- 4. Joys (1976) (TV)   Himself 1976 - 6.3 (38)
AKAs:
  • Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope in 'Joys' (USA: complete title)
- 5. The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974) (TV) Himself - Honorary Award Recipient 1974 - 6.1 (71)
- 6. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)   Himself / Guest Host (7 episodes, 1962-1973) 1973 - 8.3 (463)
AKAs:
  • The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
7 TV episodes: 2 episodes not shown.
- 7. "Omnibus" (1967)   Himself (1 episode, 1972) 1972 - 7.5 (14)
1 TV episode:
- 8. The Candidate (1972) (uncredited) Himself 1972 - 7.1 (3,373)
- 9. "The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine" (1971)   Himself (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - 6.8 (15)
1 TV episode:
- 10. "The Dick Cavett Show" (1968)   Himself (2 episodes, 1969-1971) 1971 - 7.9 (114)
2 TV episodes:
- 11. "The Hollywood Squares" (1965)   Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - 6.6 (116)
1 TV episode:
- 12. "The David Frost Show" (1969)   Himself (1 episode, 1970) 1970 - 8.5 (25)
1 TV episode:
- 13. The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970) (TV) (voice) Himself 1970 - 7.8 (25)
- 14. "Music Scene" (1969)   Himself - Special Guest Host (1 episode, 1970) 1970 - 7.6 (11)
1 TV episode:
- 15. "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1966)   Himself (2 episodes, 1967-1969) 1969 - 8.4 (65)
AKAs:
  • The Color Honeymooners (USA: rerun title)
2 TV episodes:
- 16. The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968) (TV) Himself - Presenter 1968 - 5.4 (21)
- 17. "The Kraft Music Hall" (1967)   Himself (1 episode, 1967) 1967 - 5.5 (17)
1 TV episode:
- 18. "Gypsy" (1965)   Himself (1 episode, 1967) 1967 - -
1 TV episode:
- 19. "What's My Line?" (1950)   Guest Panelist / Mystery Guest (4 episodes, 1959-1967) 1967 - 8.9 (268)
4 TV episodes:
- 20. "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965)   Himself (1 episode, 1967) 1967 - 7.6 (1,571)
1 TV episode:
- 21. "Groucho" (1965) Himself 1965 - -
- 22. "The Hollywood Palace" (1964)   Himself - Host / 5 characters not shown (4 episodes, 1964-1965) 1965 - 9.5 (45)
4 TV episodes:
- 23. "Today" (1952)   Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1963) 1963 - 4.6 (318)
AKAs:
  • NBC News Today (USA: promotional title)
  • The Today Show (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
- 24. "I've Got a Secret" (1952)   Guest star (1 episode, 1963) 1963 - 8.3 (89)
1 TV episode:
- 25. The Plot Thickens (1963) (TV) Himself 1963 - 6.8 (10)
- 26. "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" (1957)   Himself / 3 characters not shown (10 episodes, 1958-1962) 1962 - 9.0 (38)
AKAs:
  • The Jack Paar Show (USA: new title)
  • The Jack Paar Tonight Show (USA: new title)
10 TV episodes: 5 episodes not shown.
- 27. "The Tonight Show" (1962) Guest Host (unknown episodes) 1962 - 8.7 (32)
- 28. "Tell It to Groucho" (1962)   Himself - Host (1 episode) 1962 - 7.1 (5)
1 TV episode:
- 29. "You Bet Your Life" (1950)   Himself - Host / 4 characters not shown (83 episodes, 1950-1961) 1961 - 8.8 (112)
AKAs:
  • The Groucho Show (USA: last season title)
83 TV episodes: 78 episodes not shown.
- 30. "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 7.7 (26)
AKAs:
  • The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
1 TV episode:
- 31. "The Steve Allen Show" (1956)   Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 9.3 (68)
AKAs:
  • The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 32. "Tonight! America After Dark" (1957)   Himself (1 episode, 1957) 1957 - 5.3 (5)
1 TV episode:
- 33. "The Milton Berle Show" (1948)   Himself (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 7.3 (19)
AKAs:
  • Texaco Star Theater (USA: alternative title)
  • The Buick-Berle Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 34. Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood (1956) Himself 1956 - 7.9 (8)
- 35. "This Is Your Life" (1952)   Himself (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 7.0 (41)
1 TV episode:
- 36. Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson (1955) Himself 1955 - 8.1 (10)
- 37. "The Jack Benny Program" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 8.8 (191)
AKAs:
  • The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
  • The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
- 38. "Person to Person" (1953)   Himself (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 8.8 (28)
1 TV episode:
- 39. General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954) (TV)   Himself - Host 1954 - 7.6 (9)
AKAs:
  • General Foods Anniversary Show (USA: short title)
  • General Foods Anniversary Special
- 40. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950)   Himself - Comic Actor (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 7.8 (140)
AKAs:
  • Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
  • Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
  • Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
1 TV episode:
- 41. "Four Star Revue" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1952) 1952 - -
AKAs:
  • All Star Revue (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 42. Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937) Himself 1937 - 5.0 (120)
- 43. Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (1936) Himself - Observer 1936 - -
- 44. Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933) Himself 1933 - -
- 45. Hollywood on Parade No. 11 (1933) Himself 1933 - 6.8 (12)
- 46. Groucho Marx's Home Movies (1933) Himself 1933 - 6.2 (43)
- 47. Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932) Himself 1932 - -
- 48. The House That Shadows Built (1931) Caesar's Ghost 1931 - 7.6 (26)
Archive Footage
- 1. "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America"  
1 TV episode:
- 2. Morir de humor (2008) (TV)
- 3. Cartola - Música Para os Olhos (2007) (V) Himself
- 4. ¿De qué te ríes? (2006) (TV)
- 5. The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006) (TV) (uncredited) Rufus T. Firefly
- 6. Cavett Remembers the Comic Legends (2006) (V) Himself
- 7. From Shtetl to Swing (2005) (TV) Himself
- 8. The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005) (TV) Himself
- 9. Cineastas contra magnates (2005) (uncredited)
- 10. The Comedians' Comedian (2005) (TV)
- 11. "Broadway: The American Musical"  
2 TV episodes:
- 12. Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (2004) (TV) Himself
- 13. Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004) (TV) (uncredited) Himself
- 14. On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004) (V) Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
- 15. Remarks on Marx: A Night at the Opera (2004) (V) Otis B. Driftwood
- 16. Marilyn's Man (2004) Himself
- 17. Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003) (TV) Himself
- 18. The Source (1999) (TV) Himself
- 19. 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
- 20. Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996) (TV) (uncredited) Himself
- 21. We Remember Marilyn (1996) (V) Sam Grunion/Arnie Schmidlap
- 22. The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995) (TV) Himself
- 23. The Unknown Marx Brothers (1993) (TV)
- 24. "Funny Business" (1992)
- 25. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"  
1 TV episode:
- 26. The One, the Only... Groucho (1991) (TV) Himself
- 27. "Muppet Babies"  
1 TV episode:
- 28. Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987) Actor in Movie Clip
- 29. Classic Comedy Teams (1986) (V) Himself
- 30. Document of the Dead (1985) (uncredited) Ronald Kornblow
- 31. TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984) (TV) Himself
- 32. The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982) (TV)
- 33. This Is Elvis (1981) Himself
- 34. "The Hollywood Greats"  
1 TV episode:
- 35. America at the Movies (1976) (as The Marx Bros) S. Quentin Quayle
- 36. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (as The Marx Brothers) Clip from 'A Night at the Opera'
- 37. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
- 38. Hooray for Hollywood (1975) Himself
- 39. Milton Berle's Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy (1974) (TV) Himself
- 40. Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) (TV)
- 41. "The Hollywood Palace"  
1 TV episode:
- 42. The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966) (uncredited) Himself
- 43. "Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At..."  
1 TV episode:
- 44. The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) (uncredited) One of The Marx Brothers
- 45. "Hollywood and the Stars"  
1 TV episode:
- 46. Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) Himself
- 47. "The DuPont Show of the Week"  
1 TV episode:
- 48. "The NBC Comedy Hour"  
1 TV episode:
- 49. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Greatest Comedians (1953) Himself - Radio show
- 50. Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952) Himself
- 51. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet (1950) (uncredited) Himself
- 52. Screen Snapshots 2856: It Was Only Yesterday (1950) Groucho Marx
- 53. From the Ends of the Earth (1939) Himself
- 54. Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (1937) Himself
- 55. Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (1937) Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
"Popsicle Parade of Stars, The" (1950), as Guest Host (7/17/50) more
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3 Biographical Movies | 8 Portrayals | 15 Print Biographies | 2 Interviews | 6 Articles | 3 Magazine Cover Photos more
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