Groucho Marx

1890-1977

Biography: life and films

Groucho Marx was an American actor and screenwriter whose birth name was Julius Henry Marx. He was born in New York City, New York, USA on 2nd October 1890 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 19th August 1977, aged 86.

His best films as an actor include Victor Heerman's comedy Animal Crackers (1930), Norman Z. McLeod's Horse Feathers (1932), Leo McCarey's Duck Soup (1933), Sam Wood's A Night at the Opera (1935) and A Day at the Races (1937), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Mervyn LeRoy's The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) and Irving Brecher's The Life of Riley (1949).

Groucho Marx appeared in 24 films and scripted 2 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Sam Wood (2 films), Norman Z. McLeod (2) and Edward Buzzell (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (23 films), comedy-romance (5) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Groucho Marx over all films is: 3.4

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

The Cocoanuts (1929) [a]

Animal Crackers (1930) [a]

Monkey Business (1931) [a]

Horse Feathers (1932) [a]

Duck Soup (1933) [a]

A Night at the Opera (1935) [a]

A Day at the Races (1937) [a]

The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) [w]

Room Service (1938) [a]

At the Circus (1939) [a]

Go West (1940) [a]

The Big Store (1941) [a]

A Night in Casablanca (1946) [a]

Copacabana (1947) [a]

Love Happy (1949) [a]

The Life of Riley (1949) [w]

Mr. Music (1950) [a]

Double Dynamite (1951) [a]

A Girl in Every Port (1952) [a]

The Story of Mankind (1957) [a]

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) [a]

Skidoo (1968) [a]

Document of the Dead (1985) [a]



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