The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wisecracker with the painted on mustache and stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers. With one-liners that were many times full of sexual innuendo, Groucho never used profanity 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 as a singing group)...See full bio »
1941The Big Store
(performer: "Sing While You Sell" 1941)
1940Go 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)
1939At the Circus
(performer: "Lydia, the Tattoed Lady" 1939 - uncredited, "Oh! Susanna" 1848 - uncredited)
1937A Day at the Races
(performer: "An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Blue Danube Waltz" 1866 - uncredited, "La Cucaracha" - uncredited, "Down by the Old Mill Stream" 1908 - uncredited, "A Message from the Man in the Moon" 1937 - uncredited)
1935A Night at the Opera
(performer: "Sing Ho for the Open Highway! Sing Ho for the Open Road!" - uncredited, "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" 1931 - uncredited)
1933Duck Soup
(performer: "These Are the Laws of My Administration" 1933 - uncredited, "The Country's Going to War" 1933 - uncredited)
1932Horse Feathers
(performer: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It" 1932 - uncredited, "I Always Get My Man" 1932 - uncredited, "Everyone Says I Love You" 1932 - uncredited)
1931Monkey Business
(performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" 1930 - uncredited, "Sweet Adeline" 1903 - uncredited)
1930Animal Crackers
(performer: "Hello, I Must Be Going" 1930 - uncredited, "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" 1928 - uncredited, "Gypsy Chorus" 1852 - uncredited, "My Old Kentucky Home" 1852 - uncredited)
You're only as young as the woman you feel.
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Trivia:
Once during the run of "I'll Say She Is" (the brothers' first Broadway play), his brother Harpo Marx tried to play a practical joke on him by chasing a chorus girl onto the stage while Groucho was in the middle of his act. Not to be outdone, he simply pulled out his watch and said "The Five Fifteen is right on schedule".
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