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Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

Born: 1890-10-02 • New York City, New York, USA

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. His rapid-fire delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers.He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life. His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated stooped posture, glasses, cigars, and a thick greasepaint mustache and eyebrows.

Filmography
Groucho & Cavett poster
Groucho & Cavett
2022 • Self (archive footage)
The Capote Tapes poster
The Capote Tapes
2021 • Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty poster
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 • Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here poster
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019 • Self (archive footage)
Game Changers poster
Game Changers
2018 • Self (archive footage)
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos poster
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
2016 • Self (archive footage)
The Last Laugh poster
The Last Laugh
2016 • Self
Hollywood Invasion poster
Hollywood Invasion
2011
Inside the Marx Brothers poster
Inside the Marx Brothers
2003 • Self (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box poster
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001 • Self (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story poster
The Our Gang Story
1994 • Self (archive footage)
The Unknown Marx Brothers poster
The Unknown Marx Brothers
1993 • Self (archive footage)
The One, the Only... Groucho poster
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991 • Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies poster
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Classic Comedy Teams poster
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 • Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s poster
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 • (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell poster
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982 • (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! poster
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 • Self (archive footage)
This Is Elvis poster
This Is Elvis
1981 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Salsa poster
Salsa
1976 • Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II poster
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • (archive footage)
Joys poster
Joys
1976 • Self
Hooray for Hollywood poster
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 • Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 • Self (archive footage)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians poster
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970 • Self (voice)
Skidoo poster
Skidoo
1968 • God
The Movie Orgy poster
The Movie Orgy
1968 • Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe poster
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
Birds Do It poster
Birds Do It
1966 • Man Looking Through Window At Melvin Flying
The Big Parade of Comedy poster
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hold-Out poster
The Hold-Out
1962 • John Graham
Merrily We Roll Along: The Early Days of the Automobile poster
Merrily We Roll Along: The Early Days of the Automobile
1961 • Self
The Mikado poster
The Mikado
1960 • Ko-Ko
The Incredible Jewel Robbery poster
The Incredible Jewel Robbery
1959 • Suspect in lineup
The Story of Mankind poster
The Story of Mankind
1957 • Peter Minuit
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? poster
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957 • George Schmidlap (uncredited)
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch poster
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956 • Stage conductor
A Girl in Every Port poster
A Girl in Every Port
1952 • Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn
Double Dynamite poster
Double Dynamite
1951 • Emile J. Keck
Mr. Music poster
Mr. Music
1950 • Groucho Marx
Love Happy poster
Love Happy
1949 • Sam Grunion
Copacabana poster
Copacabana
1947 • Lionel Q. Deveraux
A Night in Casablanca poster
A Night in Casablanca
1946 • Ronald Kornblow
The Big Store poster
The Big Store
1941 • Wolf J. Flywheel
Go West poster
Go West
1940 • S. Quentin Quale
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound poster
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 • Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World poster
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 • Self
At the Circus poster
At the Circus
1939 • Attorney J. Cheever Loophole
From the Ends of the Earth poster
From the Ends of the Earth
1939 • Self
Room Service poster
Room Service
1938 • Gordon Miller
Sunday Night at the Trocadero poster
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937 • Groucho Marx
A Day at the Races poster
A Day at the Races
1937 • Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
Yours for the Asking poster
Yours for the Asking
1936 • Sunbather (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera poster
A Night at the Opera
1935 • Otis B. Driftwood
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 poster
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934 • Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 poster
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Duck Soup poster
Duck Soup
1933 • Rufus T. Firefly
Groucho Marx's Home Movies poster
Groucho Marx's Home Movies
1933 • Self
Wonderland of California poster
Wonderland of California
1933 • Self
Horse Feathers poster
Horse Feathers
1932 • Professor Wagstaff
I'll Say She Is poster
I'll Say She Is
1931 • Caesar's Ghost
Monkey Business poster
Monkey Business
1931 • Groucho
The House That Shadows Built poster
The House That Shadows Built
1931 • Caesar's Ghost
Animal Crackers poster
Animal Crackers
1930 • Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding
The Cocoanuts poster
The Cocoanuts
1929 • Hammer
Humor Risk poster
Humor Risk
1921 • Villain