www.fgks.org   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

STARmeter
SEE RANK
Down 5,532 this week

Groucho Marx (1890–1977)


The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wise-cracker with the painted-on moustache and stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers. With one-liners that were often double entendres, Groucho never cursed in any of his performances and said he never wanted to be known as a dirty comic. With a great love of music and singing (The Marx Brothers started ... See full bio »

IMDb Picks

Of course Arrival is on our radar this month. See which other movies and TV shows we're excited about in IMDb Picks.

Visit IMDb Picks

Watch on TV

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 32 people
created 06 Nov 2011
 
a list of 40 people
created 26 Jun 2012
 
a list of 21 people
created 16 Jun 2014
 
a list of 42 people
created 02 Oct 2015
 

Do you have a demo reel?

Add it to your IMDbPage

Connect with IMDb


How Much Have You Seen?

How much of Groucho Marx's work have you seen?

User Polls

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins. See more awards »

Known For

Duck Soup
Duck Soup Rufus T. Firefly
(1933)
A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera Otis B. Driftwood
(1935)
Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers Captain Jeffrey Spaulding
(1930)
You Bet Your Life
You Bet Your Life Himself - Host
(1950-1961)

Filmography

Hide Hide Show Show Soundtrack (23 credits)
 2013 Breaking Bad (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Felina (2013) ... (performer: "Lydia The Tattooed Lady" - uncredited)
 2012 Hello I Must Be Going (performer: "Hello I Must Be Going" (a/k/a/ "Hooray For Captain Spaulding"))
 2009 Whatever Works (performer: "Hello I Must Be Going")
 2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (Video documentary) (performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night", "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" - uncredited)
 2003 Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Peezie Weezie")
 1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Documentary) (performer: "Goodbye, Mr. Ball, Goodbye")
 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters (performer: "Freedonia's Going To War" - uncredited)
 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary) (performer: "Sing Ho! for the Open Highway! Sing Ho! for the Open Road!" - uncredited)
 1970 Music Scene (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.17 (1970) ... (performer: "Father's Day")
  You Bet Your Life (TV Series) (performer - 13 episodes, 1950 - 1960) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1956)
- Episode #10.30 (1960) ... (performer: "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee" - uncredited)
- Episode #9.8 (1958) ... (performer: "I'm 94 Today")
- Episode #8.34 (1958) ... (performer: "Play A Simple Melody")
- Episode #8.22 (1958) ... (performer: "'O Sole Mio")
- Episode #8.9 (1957) ... (performer: "Golfer's Lament")
 1952 A Girl in Every Port (performer: "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" - uncredited)
 1951 Double Dynamite (performer: "It's Only Money", "Stone Walls", "Jesse James" - uncredited)
 1950 Mr. Music (performer: "Life Is So Peculiar")
 1947 Copacabana (performer: "Go West, Young Man", "Let's Do the Copacabana" (uncredited))
 1941 The Big Store (performer: "Sing While You Sell" (1941))
 1940 Go West (performer: "Ridin' the Range" (1940), "You Can't Argue with Love" (1940), "Oh! Susanna" (1848) (uncredited), "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (uncredited), "My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)" (1881) (uncredited))
 1939 At the Circus (performer: "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" (1939), "Oh! Susanna" (1848) - uncredited)
 1937 A Day at the Races (performer: "An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 (Blue Danube Waltz)" (1866), "La Cucaracha", "Down by the Old Mill Stream" (1908), "A Message from the Man in the Moon" (1937) - uncredited)
 1935 A Night at the Opera (performer: "Sing Ho for the Open Highway! Sing Ho for the Open Road!", "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" (1931) - uncredited)
 1933 Duck Soup (performer: "These Are the Laws of My Administration" (1933), "The Country's Going to War" (1933) - uncredited)
 1932 Horse Feathers (performer: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It" (1932), "I Always Get My Man" (1932), "Everyone Says I Love You" (1932) - uncredited)
 1931 Monkey Business (performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (1930), "Sweet Adeline" (1903) - uncredited)
 1930 Animal Crackers (performer: "Hello, I Must Be Going" (1930), "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" (1928), "Gypsy Chorus" (1852), "My Old Kentucky Home" (1852) - uncredited)
Show Show Actor (33 credits)
Show Show Writer (4 credits)
Show Show Director (1 credit)
Show Show Self (59 credits)
Show Show Archive footage (88 credits)

Related Videos

Edit

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Henry W. Scholemmer") in "The Cocoanuts" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music / lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by George S. Kaufman. Additional text by Morrie Ryskind. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Frank Tours, Maurice De Packh, Stephen Jones and Louis Katzman. Scenic Design by Woodman Thompson... See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies | 17 Print Biographies | 8 Portrayals | 2 Interviews | 9 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Marx Brothers | The Marx Bros | The Marx Brothers

Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Edit

Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

He [Groucho's father] had absolutely no training, and if you had ever seen one of his suits, you'd realize what an accurate statement that is. You see, Pop never used a tape measure. He didn't believe in it. He said he could just look at a man and tell his size, with the result that frequently he'd make a pair of pants with one trouser leg seven or eight inches longer than the other. See more »

Trivia:

Grandfather of actress Jade Marx-Berti. See more »

Trademark:

Quirkily High-Pitched Voice See more »

Star Sign:

Libra

Message Boards

Recent Posts
present day movie ronfakename
The Hays Code? delsie
Worst Groucho character names in Marx Brothers movies TopFrog
Marx brothers screenplay cnfoxs
Groucho's story at the end of The One The Only Groucho documentary JJMagoo
The Mikado dragons15555
Discuss Groucho Marx on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page