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A Night at the Opera Tomasso

(1935)

Horse Feathers Pinky

(1932)

Duck Soup Pinky

(1933)

Too Many Kisses The Village Peter Pan

(1925)

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Actor (26 credits)

1962 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV Series)
Harpo Marx

- The Musicale (1962) ... Harpo Marx

1962 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
Guardian Angel

- Somebody Up There Should Stay There (1962) ... Guardian Angel

1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series)
Benson

- A Silent Panic (1960) ... Benson

1959 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Nick

- The Incredible Jewel Robbery (1959) ... Nick

1958 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series)
Narrator

- The Red Mill (1958) ... Narrator

1957 The Story of Mankind
Sir Isaac Newton

1957 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)

- Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses (1957)

1955 I Love Lucy (TV Series)
Harpo Marx

- Harpo Marx (1955) ... Harpo Marx

1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Governor

- Revenge with Music (1954) ... Governor

1953 All Star Revue (TV Series)
Guest Comedian

- All Star Ice Revue (1953) ... Guest Comedian

1949 Love Happy
Harpo

1946 A Night in Casablanca
Rusty

1943 Stage Door Canteen
Harpo Marx

1941 The Big Store
Wacky

1940 Go West
'Rusty' Panello

1939 At the Circus
'Punchy'

1938 Room Service
Faker

1937 A Day at the Races
Stuffy (as The Marx Brothers)

1935 A Night at the Opera
Tomasso

1933 Duck Soup
Pinky

1932 Horse Feathers
Pinky

1931 Monkey Business
Harpo

1930 Animal Crackers
The Professor

1929 The Cocoanuts
Harpo

1925 Too Many Kisses
The Village Peter Pan (as 'Harpo' Marx)

1921 Humor Risk (Short)
Watson

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Soundtrack (15 credits)

1986 Hannah and Her Sisters (performer: "Freedonia's Going To War" - uncredited)

1955 I Love Lucy (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Harpo Marx (1955) ... (performer: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - uncredited)

1949 Love Happy (performer: "Happy Birthday to You" (1893), "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" (1851) - uncredited)

1946 A Night in Casablanca (performer: "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor" (1847) - uncredited)

1945 The All-Star Bond Rally (Short) (music: "Guardian Angels" - uncredited) / (performer: "Guardian Angels" - uncredited)

1941 The Big Store (performer: "Tenement Symphony" (1941), "Mamãe Eu Quero" (1937) (uncredited), "Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, K. 545 (Sonata semplice)" (1788) (uncredited), "Minuet in G major, WoO 10, No. 2" (uncredited))

1940 Go West (performer: "Ridin' the Range" (1940), "From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water" (1909))

1939 At the Circus ("Jingle Bells" (1857), uncredited) / (performer: "Swingali" (1939), "Blue Moon" (1934), "Waltz #15 in A flat major: 'Lullaby', Op.39" (1865), "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (pub. 1765) - uncredited)

1938 Room Service (performer: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (circa 1872) - uncredited)

1937 A Day at the Races (performer: "Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (opening), "Prelude in C-Sharp Minor" (1892) (uncredited), "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (1937) (uncredited))

1935 A Night at the Opera (performer: "Alone" (1935))

1933 Duck Soup (performer: "The Country's Going to War" (1933) - uncredited)

1932 Horse Feathers (performer: "Everyone Says I Love You" (1932) - uncredited)

1931 Monkey Business ("O Sole Mio" (1898), uncredited) / (performer: "I'm Daffy Over You" (1930), "Sweet Adeline" (1903) - uncredited)

1930 Animal Crackers (performer: "Gypsy Chorus" (1852), "Why Am I So Romantic?" (1930) - uncredited)

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Writer (1 credit)

1949 Love Happy (based on a story by)

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Self (32 credits)

1962 Candid Hollywood (Documentary)
Self

1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)
Self

- The Wonderful World of Toys (1961) ... Self

1961 Candid Camera (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 14 May 1961 (1961) ... Self

1957-1961 You Bet Your Life (TV Series)
Self - Prom Commercial / Self

- Episode #11.31 (1961) ... Self

- Episode #7.31 (1957) ... Self - Prom Commercial

- Episode #7.19 (1957) ... Self - Prom Commercial

1961 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.152 (1961) ... Self

1961 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 3 May 1961 (1961) ... Self - Guest

1961 Today (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 3 May 1961 (1961) ... Self - Guest

1961 Play Your Hunch (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 2 May 1961 (1961) ... Self

1961 Celebrity Golf (TV Series)
Self

- Harpo Marx (1961) ... Self

1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Self - Comedian

- Episode #14.28 (1961) ... Self - Comedian

1961 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #5.18 (1961) ... Self

1960 The Twentieth Century (TV Series documentary)
Self / archive

- Paris in the Twenties (1960) ... Self / archive

1959 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Self

- Harpo Marx, Steve Allen, Mahalia Jackson (1959) ... Self

1958 Person to Person (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode #5.17 (1958) ... Self

1957 America After Dark (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- The Five Marx Brothers (1957) ... Self - Guest

1956 The Martha Raye Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.11 (1956) ... Self

1956 Inside Beverly Hills (TV Special)
Self

1955 Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson (Documentary short)
Self

1954 The Spike Jones Show (TV Series)
Self

- Panel Shows (1954) ... Self

1953 Season's Greetings (TV Movie)
Self

1952 All Star Revue (TV Series)
Self - Guest Comic / Self

- Host: Rosalind Russell; Guests: Milton Berle, Phil Harris, George Jessel, Harpo Marx, Dinah Shore, Jimmy Durante, Red Skelton, Nelle Fisher & Jerry Ross (1952) ... Self - Guest Comic

- Host: Dennis Day; Guests: Harpo Marx, George Jessel, Corrine Calvet, Paul Douglas, Irene Ryan, The Billy Daniel Dancers, The Romanos, Hal March, Jimmy Cross, Chester Clute, Harry Zimmerman and his Orchestra (1952) ... Self

1951-1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Self / Self - Comedian / Harpist

- host Tony Martin: guests Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kay Starr, The St. Paul Choir (1952) ... Self - Comedian / Harpist

- Episode #2.19 (1952) ... Self

- Episode #2.11 (1951) ... Self

1952 The Ezio Pinza Show (TV Series)
Self - Comic Actor

- Episode #1.11 (1952) ... Self - Comic Actor

1952 The U.S. Royal Showcase (TV Series)
Self

- Harpo Marx (1952) ... Self

1949 The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1945 The All-Star Bond Rally (Short)
Self

1935 La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (Short)
Self

1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (Short)
Self

1933 Hollywood on Parade No. 11 (Short)
Self

1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (Short)
Self

1931 Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party (Documentary short)
Self

1931 The House That Shadows Built (Documentary)
The Merchant of Wieners

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Archive footage (58 credits)

2016 Geno in the Evening (TV Series)
Various Roles

- Marx Madness - A Celebration of the Marx Brothers (2016) ... Various Roles

2013 Welcome to the Basement (TV Series)
Self

- My Own Private Idaho (2013) ... Self

2011-2012 Edición Especial Coleccionista (TV Series)
Tomasso / Punchy

- Especial Top Comedias (2012) ... Tomasso

- Especial redoblajes (2011) ... Punchy (uncredited)

2010 Dali & Disney: A Date with Destino (Video documentary)
Self

2008 Morir de humor (TV Movie)

2007 Hormigas blancas (TV Series)
Self

- Marisol: Primer capítulo (2007) ... Self

2005 Great Performances (TV Series)
Self

- From Shtetl to Swing (2005) ... Self

2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV Mini-Series documentary)
The Professor

- Syncopated City: 1919-1933 (2004) ... The Professor (as Marx Brothers)

2004 Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2004 On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (Video documentary short)
Stuffy

2004 Remarks on Marx (Video short)
Tomasso

2004 Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (TV Movie)
Self - for Instant Simoniz

2003 Inside the Marx Brothers (Video documentary)
Self

2001 I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV Special documentary)

1999 Film Breaks (TV Series documentary)

- The Marx Brothers (1999)

1998 Classified X (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1987-1997 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Vaudeville (1997) ... Self

- The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table (1987) ... Self

1994 Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs (Video)
Guardian Angel

1994 The Our Gang Story (Video documentary)
Self

1993 The Unknown Marx Brothers (TV Movie documentary)
Self / Various Roles

1992 Funny Business (TV Series documentary)

1989 A Tribute to Lucy (Video documentary)
Self

1988 Muppet Babies (TV Series)

- Muppets Not Included (1988)

1988 Entertaining the Troops (Documentary)
Self

1987 Celebrity Commercials (Video documentary)
Self

1987 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Milton Berle: Mr. Television ... Self (uncredited)

1986 Classic Comedy Teams (Video documentary)
Self

1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (Documentary)

1983 Moviestar Cartoons (Video documentary)
Self

1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1982 Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (Video documentary)
Self

1982 Showbiz Ballyhoo (Documentary)
Self

1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV Movie documentary)

1982 The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (TV Movie documentary)

1982 Hooray for Hollywood (Documentary)
Self

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Actor - 'The Cocoanuts' (uncredited)

1980 Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (Video documentary)
Self

1978 Hollywood on Parade (Video documentary)
Self

1976 CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy (TV Special)
Tribute Montage

1976 America at the Movies (Documentary)
Rusty Pannello (as The Marx Bros)

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary)
Clip from 'A Night at the Opera' (uncredited)

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)

1974 Milton Berle's Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy (TV Movie)
Self

1970-1974 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self / Tomasso from film A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

- Episode dated 7 April 1974 (1974) ... Self

- Lucille Ball (1974) ... Self

- Gov. Ronald Reagan/Bob Newhart/James Wong Howe (1971) ... Tomasso from film A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

- Maurice Chevalier/Ann-Margret/Roger Smith/Joe Namath (1970) ... Self

1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV Movie documentary)
Self - film clips (uncredited)

1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (TV Series documentary)

- The Marx Brothers (1965)

1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (Documentary)
One of The Marx Brothers (uncredited)

1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) ... Self

- The Funny Men: Part 2 (1963) ... Self

1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (Documentary)
Self

1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)
Self

- Laughter USA (1961) ... Self

1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (Documentary short)
Self

1950 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1940 The Miracle of Sound (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (Documentary short)
Self

1939 From the Ends of the Earth (Documentary short)
Self

1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (Documentary short)
Self

1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (Documentary short)
Self

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage Play: Animal Crackers. Musical comedy. Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Musical Direction by Gus Salzer. Musical Direction by Russell Markert. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Drected by Oscar Eagle. 44th Street ... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Marx Brothers | The Marx Bros | The Marx Brothers | 'Harpo' Marx

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)

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[describing how he was once thrown out of a New York brothel in the 1920s]: One night I'm playing the harp at this local brothel bar when I felt sick and I practically keeled off the stool. And the Madame says: "Get that son-of-a-bitch back on that stool and play! I've got customers here." So a minute later... again I fell off the stool. She said: "What the hell is the matter with him?" to one of... See more »

Trivia:

Harpo officially became a mime after a theater critic noted in 1914 that Harpo was brilliant until his character spoke. From then on, Harpo never spoke while in character. See more »

Trademark:

Usually wore a raincoat, beat up top hat and a red wig. Rarely spoke in his roles and never in films with his brothers. He would use pantomime and often had a bike horn to communicate with. He often had a scene where he would play a harp with great skill. See more »

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