Groucho Marx
Known for Acting · 87 credits
- Born
- 1890-10-02
- Died
- 1977-08-19
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Julius Henry Marx
Biography
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 thirteen 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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self - Guest Host / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Omnibus
1967
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TV Shows (19)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self - Guest Host / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Omnibus
1967
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Groucho Marx
Midi trente
1972
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
You Bet Your Life
1950
as Self - Host
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Ko-Ko
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Groucho Marx
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Suspect in a Police Lineup (uncredited) / John Graham
America After Dark
1957
as Self
Movies (68)
Love Happy
1949
as Sam Grunion
Double Dynamite
1951
as Emile J. Keck
Room Service
1938
as Gordon Miller
Hollywood Invasion
2011
as self
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Go West
1940
as S. Quentin Quale
Copacabana
1947
as Lionel Q. Deveraux
Duck Soup
1933
as Rufus T. Firefly
Groucho & Cavett
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A Day at the Races
1937
as Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
A Night in Casablanca
1946
as Ronald Kornblow
Mr. Music
1950
as Groucho Marx
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
as Self
The Cocoanuts
1929
as Hammer
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Unknown Marx Brothers
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Horse Feathers
1932
as Professor Wagstaff
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
as Self (archive footage)
At the Circus
1939
as Attorney J. Cheever Loophole
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Joys
1976
as Self
This Is Elvis
1981
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956
as Stage conductor
Monkey Business
1931
as Groucho
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Salsa
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
as George Schmidlap (uncredited)
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Humor Risk
1921
as Villain
A Night at the Opera
1935
as Otis B. Driftwood
Skidoo
1968
as God
I'll Say She Is
1931
as Caesar's Ghost
The Big Store
1941
as Wolf J. Flywheel
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
as Groucho Marx
A Girl in Every Port
1952
as Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn
Animal Crackers
1930
as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding
The Hold-Out
1962
as John Graham
Birds Do It
1966
as Man Looking Through Window At Melvin Flying
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Wonderland of California
1933
as Self
The Incredible Jewel Robbery
1959
as Suspect in lineup
Merrily We Roll Along: The Early Days of the Automobile
1961
as Self
Groucho Marx's Home Movies
1933
as Self
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
Game Changers
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
as (archive footage)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970
as Self (voice)
The Capote Tapes
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Our Gang Story
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as Caesar's Ghost
The Story of Mankind
1957
as Peter Minuit
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Mikado
1960
as Ko-Ko
Yours for the Asking
1936
as Sunbather (uncredited)
Inside the Marx Brothers
2003
as Self (archive footage)
About Groucho Marx
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 thirteen 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,… With 87 credits spanning from 1921 to 2022, Groucho Marx has appeared in 68 films and 19 TV shows.
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- Love Happy (1949) — as Sam Grunion
- Double Dynamite (1951) — as Emile J. Keck
- Room Service (1938) — as Gordon Miller
- Hollywood Invasion (2011) — as self
- The Movie Orgy (1968) — as Self (archive footage)
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