Groucho Marx Net Worth
Groucho Marx Net Worth is
$500,000
Groucho Marx Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film and television star. He was known as a master of quick wit and widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. His rapid-fire, often impromptu delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers and imitators.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, cigar, and a thick greasepaint mustache and eyebrows. These exaggerated features resulted in the creation of one of the world's most ubiquitous and recognizable novelty disguises, known as "Groucho glasses": a one-piece mask consisting of horn-rimmed glasses, large plastic nose, bushy eyebrows and mustache. | Full Name | Groucho Marx |
| Date Of Birth | October 2, 1890, New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | August 19, 1977, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Height | 5' 7½" (1.71 m) |
| Profession | Soundtrack, Actor, Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Eden Hartford, Kay Marvis, Ruth Johnson |
| Children | Arthur Marx, Melinda Marx, Miriam Marx |
| Parents | Minnie Marx, Sam Marx |
| Siblings | Harpo Marx, Leonard Marx, Zeppo Marx, Gummo Marx |
| Awards | Academy Honorary Award, Peabody Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Personality |
| Music Groups | Marx Brothers |
| Movies | Duck Soup, Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera, Horse Feathers, A Day at the Races, The Cocoanuts, Monkey Business, At the Circus, Go West, A Night in Casablanca, The Big Store, Love Happy, Room Service, Double Dynamite, The Story of Mankind, Humor Risk, A Girl in Every Port, Copacabana, Skidoo, T... |
| TV Shows | You Bet Your Life, The Tonight Show, Deputy Seraph |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Quirkily High-Pitched Voice |
| 2 | His thick eyebrows, glasses, big nose and mustache |
| 3 | Smoking a cigar |
| 4 | In Marx Brothers movies, he almost always played characters with unusual first names, a middle initial and unlikely last names; i.e.: Rufus T. Firefly, Hugo Z. Hackenbush and Otis B. Driftwood. |
| 5 | He is best known for playing characters who were wisecracking sharpies who always sported a cigar, a mustache made of dark greasepaint and walked with a half crouch. |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| A Day at the Races (1937) | $175,000 + 15% of gross |
| A Night at the Opera (1935) | $175,000 + 15% of gross |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [After being advised he should wear a frock coat and a painted mustache for every broadcast of "You bet your life"] The hell I will, that character is dead. |
| 2 | Sex at my age is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. |
| 3 | [After a fan tells him how excited he is to meet the famous Groucho Marx] I have known him for years and I can tell you, it's no pleasure. |
| 4 | The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. |
| 5 | [about Charles Chaplin] He was a strange little man--this Charlie Chaplin. The first time I met him he was wearing what had formerly been a white collar and a black bow tie. I can't quite explain his appearance, but he looked a little like a pale priest who had been excommunicated but was reluctant to relinquish his vestments. |
| 6 | [Feuding with Warner Bros. Pictures, which had objected to the use of "Casablanca" in an upcoming Marx Brothers movie] I just don't understand your attitude. Even if you plan on re-releasing your picture, I am sure the average movie fan could learn in time to distinguish between Ingrid Bergman and [Harpo Marx]. I don't know whether I could, but I certainly would like to try. You claim that you own "Casablanca" and that no one else can use that name without your permission. What about "Warner Brothers"? Do you own that, too? You probably have the right to use the name "Warner", but what about "Brothers"? Even before us there had been other brothers--the Smith Brothers, the Brothers Karamazov . . . |
| 7 | I've always been terrified of dying broke or of being a failure. I've never taken a bit of success for granted. When it came, I was always sure it wasn't going to last. |
| 8 | [on the passing of his brother Harpo Marx] Having worked with Harpo for 40 years, which is longer than most marriages last, his death left quite a void in my life. He was worth all the wonderful adjectives that were used to describe him. He was a nice man in the fullest sense of the word. He loved life and lived it joyously and deeply, and that's about as good an epitaph as anyone can have. |
| 9 | [Telegram to Judy Garland after losing the Best Actress Award to Grace Kelly] Dear Judy, This is the biggest robbery since Brink's. |
| 10 | I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin. |
| 11 | Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others. |
| 12 | [after a visit to W.C. Fields' home] He had a ladder leading up to his attic. Without exaggeration, there was $50,000 worth of liquor up there. Crated up like a wharf. I'm standing there and Fields is standing there, and nobody says anything. The silence is oppressive. Finally, he speaks: "This will carry me for twenty-five years". |
| 13 | Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. |
| 14 | [on Harry S. Truman's upset defeat of Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 Presidential elections] The only way a Republican will get into the White House now is to marry Margaret Truman. |
| 15 | There has never been a good comedian that didn't have a good straight man. Audiences don't *think* the straight man means anything, but it's very important. |
| 16 | [on Charles Chaplin] The greatest compliment I ever got was from Chaplin. He came up to me and said, "I wish I could talk like you on the screen". I said, "I think you're doing alright". He had made $50 million by that point. He was the best comedian we ever had. |
| 17 | Jerry Lewis hasn't made me laugh since he left Dean Martin. |
| 18 | [on Margaret Dumont] She was a wonderful woman. She was the same off the stage as she was on it -- always the stuffy, dignified matron. And the funny thing about her was she never understood the jokes. At the end of Duck Soup (1933) Margaret says to me, "What are you doing. Rufus?". And I say, "I am fighting for your honor, which is more than you ever did." Later she asked me what I meant by that. |
| 19 | [on Bob Hope] Hope? Hope is not a comedian. He just translates what others write for him. |
| 20 | I'd have liked to have gone to bed with Jean Harlow. She was a beautiful broad. The fellow who married her was impotent and he killed himself. I would have done the same thing. |
| 21 | He [Groucho's father] had absolutely no training, and if you had ever seen one of his suits, you'd realize what an accurate statement that is. You see, Pop never used a tape measure. He didn't believe in it. He said he could just look at a man and tell his size, with the result that frequently he'd make a pair of pants with one trouser leg seven or eight inches longer than the other. |
| 22 | A woman is an occasional pleasure, but a cigar is always a smoke. |
| 23 | Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse. |
| 24 | [on Samson and Delilah (1949) starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature] Well, there's just one problem. No picture can hold my interest where the leading man's tits are bigger than the leading lady's. |
| 25 | The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open. |
| 26 | Wives are people who feel that they don't dance enough. |
| 27 | She got her good looks from her father--he's a plastic surgeon. |
| 28 | I was so long writing my review that I never got around to reading the book. |
| 29 | One of the best hearing aids a man can have is an attentive wife. |
| 30 | [asked in 1975 if he'd seen any recent movies] I saw Jaws (1975). But I think it would have been funnier if a guppy had swallowed the boat instead of a shark. |
| 31 | Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me? |
| 32 | Quote me as saying I was misquoted. |
| 33 | Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. |
| 34 | People are most likely to listen to reason when in bed. |
| 35 | When I heard about [the Broadway play] "Hair", I was kind of curious about the six naked primates on stage. So I called up the box office and they said tickets were $11 apiece. That's an awful price to pay. I went into the bathroom at home and took off all my clothes and looked in the mirror for five minutes. And I said, 'This isn't worth $11'. |
| 36 | [in the late 1960s, on how it felt to be an elder statesman of comedy] Like an old jerk. |
| 37 | A moose is an animal with horns on the front of his head and a hunting lodge wall on the back of it. |
| 38 | The only game I like to play is Old Maid...provided she's not TOO old. |
| 39 | In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people. |
| 40 | Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows--marriage does. |
| 41 | From the moment I picked your book up until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. |
| 42 | My mother loved children--she would have given anything if I had been one. |
| 43 | I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. |
| 44 | Behind every successful man stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife. |
| 45 | There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him. If he says "Yes", you know he is crooked. |
| 46 | I drink to make other people interesting. |
| 47 | It looks as if Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms. |
| 48 | Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. |
| 49 | If you want to see a comic strip, you should see me in the shower. |
| 50 | You're only as young as the woman you feel. |
| 51 | Because we were a kid act, we traveled at half-fare, despite the fact that we were all around 20. Minnie insisted we were 13. "That kid of yours is in the dining car smoking a cigar," the conductor told her, "and another one is in the washroom shaving." Minnie shook her head sadly. "They grow so fast . . . " |
| 52 | I started smoking as soon as I went on the stage. I'd make cigars out of the Morning World when I was a kid. Eventually I smoked Havanas. A cigar makers' organization once said that I was the most famous cigar smoker in the world. I don't know if that's true, but once while visiting Havana, I went to a cigar factory. There were four hundred people there rolling cigars, and when they saw me, they all stood up and applauded. |
| 53 | While shooting elephants in Africa, I found the tusks very difficult to remove. But in Alabama, the Tuscaloosa... |
| 54 | I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. |
| 55 | Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live in an institution? |
| 56 | Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. |
| 57 | [when told that a swimming pool was off-limits to Jews] My son is half-Jewish; can he wade in up to his knees? |
| 58 | [on resigning from the Friars Club] I do not care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | His famous quote, "I don't want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members," first appeared in the gossip column of the Hearst newspaper's Erskine Johnson on October 20, 1949. Johnson claimed it came from Marx's resignation letter to the Friars Club. |
| 2 | He along with his brothers star in five of the American Film Institute's 100 Funniest Movies: Duck Soup (1933) at #5, A Night at the Opera (1935) at #12, A Day at the Races (1937) at #59, Horse Feathers (1932) at #65 and Monkey Business (1931) at #73. |
| 3 | Maternal grandfather, Lafe Schonburg, was a magician and ventriloquist who toured Germany for over 50 years with his wife and three children, one of whom was Groucho's mother Minnie. The Schonburgs emigrated to the United States in 1860. Lafe Schonburg died in Chicago, IL in 1919 at the age of 101. |
| 4 | Appeared as Johnny Carson's very first guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) where he introduced Carson to his newfound audience (October 1, 1962). |
| 5 | Appears on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp, issued 11 August 2009, in the Early TV Memories issue honoring You Bet Your Life (1950). |
| 6 | W.C. Fields said that The Marx Brothers was the only act he couldn't follow on the live stage. He is known to have appeared on the same bill with them only once, during an engagement at Keith's Orpheum Theatre in Columbus, OH, in January 1915. At the time the Marx Brothers were touring "Home Again", and it didn't take Fields long to realize how his quiet comedy juggling act was faring against the anarchy of the Marxes. Fields later wrote of the engagement (and the Marxes), "They sang, danced, played harp and kidded in zany style. Never saw so much nepotism or such hilarious laughter in one act in my life. The only act I could never follow . . . I told the manager I broke my wrist and quit". |
| 7 | He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: for Radio at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard and for Television at 1734 Vine Street. |
| 8 | He sang "Everybody Works But Father" in both English and German on The Dick Cavett Show (1968). |
| 9 | His father was a tailor. |
| 10 | When he died in 1977, he left an estate valued at $2 million. |
| 11 | Came to regret never going beyond grammar school. To compensate, he became a voracious reader in adulthood, famed for his literary knowledge. Furthermore, in addition to the aforementioned regular correspondence to noted authors, he wrote several books himself. |
| 12 | In the Broadway play "A Day in Hollywood--A Night in the Ukraine," which opened on May 1, 1980, and closed on Sep 27, 1981 (for 588 performances), a Groucho-type character, Moscow lawyer Serge B. Samovar, was played by David Garrison. |
| 13 | Came fifth in a Channel Four (UK) poll in 2005 to find the all-time favourite comedians' comedian. |
| 14 | His son Arthur Marx was once smoking a corncob pipe in his room when he heard his father coming down the hall. In a panic, he stuffed the still-lit pipe into a drawer. Groucho came in, sniffed the air and left without a word. A moment later he was back with a briar pipe and a pouch of tobacco. "This will be better than that corncob you're using," he said. Arthur asked if his father was angry and Groucho said, "Nonsense. Smoking won't hurt you. I've been smoking for years, and aside from the fact that I feel terrible all the time it hasn't hurt me, either!". |
| 15 | Was in attendance at The Beatles 1964 Hollywood Bowl concert, and there is existing footage of him applauding. |
| 16 | Knew Charles Chaplin during his vaudeville days. |
| 17 | Great-uncle of Gregg Marx, Laura Guzik and Brett Marx |
| 18 | The famous phrase "Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?" is often referred to as a Groucho quote, but it was actually delivered by Chicolini (Chico Marx) in Duck Soup (1933) while impersonating Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho). |
| 19 | The success of The Marx Brothers at MGM was due to the genius of Irving Thalberg. Upon his untimely death, the quality of their films declined mainly because studio chief Louis B. Mayer did not care for them or their act. |
| 20 | Carried on extensive correspondence with such literary giants as T.S. Eliot and Carl Sandburg. He also was well-known for attaching a hilarious P.S. to his most serious letters. According to Dick Cavett, Groucho added this P.S. to a lengthy account of his memories of Charles Chaplin from vaudeville days: ""Did you ever notice that Peter O'Toole has a double-phallic name?" |
| 21 | Was a big fan of Gilbert & Sullivan (W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan) operettas and used to stage Gilbert & Sullivan sing-along evenings at his home. During the 1950s he appeared as Ko-Ko on NBC-TV in an acclaimed abridged version of "The Mikado.". |
| 22 | Was named, as The Marx Brothers, the #20 Greatest Actor on The 50 Greatest Screen Legends List by The American Film Institute. |
| 23 | He was portrayed by Lewis J. Stadlen in the Broadway show "Minnie's Boys," which ran at the Imperial Theatre for 80 Performances from Mar 26 to May 30, 1970. Stadlen won a 1970 Theatre World Award for his performance. |
| 24 | Was intended to make a joke on the set of William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973) by appearing in Father Merrin's clothes when Ellen Burstyn opened the door. However, the idea was dropped due to scheduling conflicts. |
| 25 | Was a close friend of "The Exorcist" author William Peter Blatty. |
| 26 | He was voted, as one of The Marx Brothers, the 62nd Greatest Movie Star of all time by "Entertainment Weekly". |
| 27 | His cremated remains are entombed at Eden Memorial Park, San Fernando, California, USA. |
| 28 | Was good friends with rock star Alice Cooper, often inviting him over at 11:00 pm to watch TV. A drawing of Groucho can also be seen on the cover of "Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits" album. In 1978, when the original giant white letters of the famous "HOLLYWOOD" sign were auctioned off in order to raise money for new replacement letters, Alice bought an "O" in memory of Groucho. |
| 29 | Was never much of a womanizer in real life (as were his older brother, Chico Marx & Harpo Marx), having joked later in life about his disastrous attempts at courting as a young man. |
| 30 | Was the quiet, introverted middle brother of 5, and suffered the middle sibling condition. He never got as much attention as his older brothers (Chico Marx & Harpo Marx), who were wild and charming, or his two younger brothers (Zeppo Marx & Gummo Marx), who were cuter. The plus side of this outsider status was that he developed a cutting wit to get attention. |
| 31 | Grandfather of actress Jade Marx-Berti. |
| 32 | His double album "An Evening with Groucho" (A&M: 1972), recorded at a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall, was a surprise best-seller and a Grammy nominee for Best Comedy Recording. His accompanist on that occasion was the then unknown Marvin Hamlisch. |
| 33 | Father-in-law of Sahn Berti |
| 34 | Smashed a violin onstage at Carnegie Hall, in a mock "tribute" to Jack Benny. |
| 35 | There's a famous club in London called the Groucho, frequented by actors and celebrities. It got its name from the famous Groucho quote that he would not join any club that would accept him as a member. |
| 36 | Long-time companion of Erin Fleming. |
| 37 | Uncle of Maxine Marx, Bill Marx and Bob Marx |
| 38 | In 1989, the Republic of Abkhazia (in the former Soviet Georgia) proclaimed independence. To show the world they were rejecting their Communist past, they issued two postage stamps of Groucho Marx and John Lennon (as opposed to Karl Marx and V.I. Lenin). |
| 39 | Son of Sam Marx and Minnie Marx (nee Schoenberg). |
| 40 | At the time of his death he was not aware that his brother Gummo Marx had passed away four months earlier. His family believed that it was a kindness not to tell him. |
| 41 | Groucho's show "You Bet Your Life" (on radio from 1947 to 1956 over ABC, CBS, and finally NBC) was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988. |
| 42 | In the 1950s Groucho was invited to take a tour of the New York Stock Exchange. While in the observation booth, he grabbed the public address system handset and began singing "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". Upon hearing silence coming from the trading floor, he walked into view, was given a loud cheer by the traders, and shouted, "Gentlemen, in 1929 I lost eight hundred thousand dollars on this floor, and I intend to get my money's worth!" For fifteen minutes, he sang, danced, told jokes, and all this time, the Wall Street stock ticker was running blank. |
| 43 | Nephew of actor Al Shean. |
| 44 | George Fenneman, Groucho's announcer on You Bet Your Life (1950), was once asked if Groucho ever embarrassed him on the air. "Each and every show," Fenneman replied. |
| 45 | There are at least two versions of how Julius Henry Marx got his more famous nickname. One is that it came from his general disposition. The other, that, during the Marx Brothers' early days in vaudeville, he was the keeper of the act's "grouch bag" or money purse. Groucho, himself, said, on one occasion, "my own name, I never did understand." |
| 46 | A famous gag toy was modeled after his face - the dark black glasses with big orange nose and mustache "disguise" toy (known as the "Beagle-Puss" in the gag shop market.). |
| 47 | Father of Arthur Marx, Miriam Marx, and Melinda Marx. |
| 48 | Brother-in-law of Barbara Marx, Susan Fleming and Dee Hartford |
| 49 | Shortly after his death, his children found a gag letter written by Groucho that stated that he wanted to be buried on top of Marilyn Monroe. |
| 50 | The FBI had a file on him after he made some jokes about communism. |
| 51 | He suffered from insomnia, which he claimed was due to a financial loss in the stock market. When he suffered from insomnia, he used to call people up in the middle of the night and insult them. |
| 52 | Had a fifth brother, Gummo Marx, who performed with the other brothers in vaudeville. He left the act before the brothers started to make movies. He remained close to Groucho for the rest of his life. |
| 53 | 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". |
| 54 | When talking about Margaret Dumont, the actress who frequently played the dowager who acted as a punching bag for Groucho's verbal insults, he claimed the secret to their chemistry is that she never understood what he was saying. |
| 55 | Died three days after Elvis Presley. Unfortunately, due to the furor over the former's death, the media paid little attention to the passing of this comic genius. |
| 56 | Brother of Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Gummo Marx and Zeppo Marx. |
| 57 | He was to have played the title role in a TV movie of L. Frank Baum's "The Magical Monarch of Mo" with a teleplay by Gore Vidal, which was never produced. |
| 58 | Was told by studio executive Walter Wanger to lose the greasepaint moustache as it was an "obvious fake". (Source: Joseph Adamson III in his book Groucho, Harpo, Chico and sometimes Zeppo (1973) |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking Bad | 2013 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Hello I Must Be Going | 2012 | performer: "Hello I Must Be Going" a/k/a/ "Hooray For Captain Spaulding" | |
| Whatever Works | 2009 | performer: "Hello I Must Be Going" | |
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical | 2008 | Video documentary performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night", "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" - uncredited | |
| Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show | 2003 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Peezie Weezie" | |
| The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | 1998 | Documentary performer: "Goodbye, Mr. Ball, Goodbye" | |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | 1986 | performer: "Freedonia's Going To War" - uncredited | |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary performer: "Sing Ho! for the Open Highway! Sing Ho! for the Open Road!" - uncredited | |
| Music Scene | 1970 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| You Bet Your Life | TV Series performer - 14 episodes, 1950 - 1960 lyrics - 1 episode, 1956 | ||
| A Girl in Every Port | 1952 | performer: "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" - uncredited | |
| Double Dynamite | 1951 | performer: "It's Only Money", "Stone Walls", "Jesse James" - uncredited | |
| Mr. Music | 1950 | performer: "Life Is So Peculiar" | |
| Copacabana | 1947 | performer: "Go West, Young Man", "Let's Do the Copacabana" uncredited | |
| The Big Store | 1941 | performer: "Sing While You Sell" 1941 | |
| Go West | 1940 | 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 | |
| At the Circus | 1939 | performer: "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" 1939, "Oh! Susanna" 1848 - uncredited | |
| A Day at the Races | 1937 | performer: "An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Blue Danube Waltz" 1866, "La Cucaracha", "Down by the Old Mill Stream" 1908, "A Message from the Man in the Moon" 1937 - uncredited | |
| A Night at the Opera | 1935 | performer: "Sing Ho for the Open Highway! Sing Ho for the Open Road!", "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" 1931 - uncredited | |
| Duck Soup | 1933 | performer: "These Are the Laws of My Administration" 1933, "The Country's Going to War" 1933 - uncredited | |
| Horse Feathers | 1932 | performer: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It" 1932, "I Always Get My Man" 1932, "Everyone Says I Love You" 1932 - uncredited | |
| Monkey Business | 1931 | performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" 1930, "Sweet Adeline" 1903 - uncredited | |
| Animal Crackers | 1930 | performer: "Hello, I Must Be Going" 1930, "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" 1928, "Gypsy Chorus" 1852, "My Old Kentucky Home" 1852 - uncredited |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Candidate | 1972 | Cameo (uncredited) | |
| Julia | 1968 | TV Series | Mr. Flywheel |
| Skidoo | 1968 | 'God' | |
| Birds Do It | 1966 | Man Looking Through Window at Melvin Flying (uncredited) | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Ed Davis |
| General Electric Theater | 1959-1962 | TV Series | John Graham Suspect in a Police Lineup |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | 1960 | TV Series | Koko |
| The Story of Mankind | 1957 | Peter Minuit | |
| Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | 1957 | George Schmidlap (uncredited) | |
| Showdown at Ulcer Gulch | 1956 | Short | Cameo appearance (Stage conductor) |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1955 | TV Series | Groucho Marx |
| All Star Revue | 1952 | TV Series | Guest Comic |
| A Girl in Every Port | 1952 | Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn | |
| Double Dynamite | 1951 | Emile J. Keck | |
| Mr. Music | 1950 | Groucho Marx | |
| The Popsicle Parade of Stars | 1950 | TV Series | Brandee |
| Love Happy | 1949 | Detective Sam Grunion - Narrator of the Story | |
| Copacabana | 1947 | Lionel Q. Devereaux | |
| A Night in Casablanca | 1946 | Kornblow | |
| The Big Store | 1941 | Wolf J. Flywheel | |
| Go West | 1940 | S. Quentin Quale | |
| At the Circus | 1939 | J. Cheever Loophole | |
| Room Service | 1938 | Gordon Miller (as The Marx Brothers) | |
| Sunday Night at the Trocadero | 1937 | Short | Groucho Marx |
| A Day at the Races | 1937 | Dr. Hackenbush (as The Marx Brothers) | |
| Yours for the Asking | 1936 | Sunbather (uncredited) | |
| A Night at the Opera | 1935 | Otis B. Driftwood | |
| Duck Soup | 1933 | Rufus T. Firefly | |
| Horse Feathers | 1932 | Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff | |
| Monkey Business | 1931 | Groucho | |
| Animal Crackers | 1930 | Captain Jeffrey Spaulding | |
| The Cocoanuts | 1929 | Hammer | |
| Humor Risk | 1921 | Short | Villain |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| The Life of Riley | 1953 | TV Series story | |
| The Life of Riley | 1949 | story | |
| The King and the Chorus Girl | 1937 |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groucho Marx's Home Movies | 1933 | Short documentary |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood on Parade No. 11 | 1933 | Short | Himself |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 | 1932 | Short | Himself |
| The House That Shadows Built | 1931 | Documentary | Caesar's Ghost |
| The Dead Sullivan Show | 2017 | TV Series | Himself (segment) |
| Love, Marilyn | 2012 | Documentary | Sam Grunion (uncredited) |
| Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America | 2009 | TV Series documentary | |
| You Bet Your Life: The Lost Episodes | 2003 | Video | Himself - Host |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
| CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | 1976 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Joys | 1976 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 46th Annual Academy Awards | 1974 | TV Special | Himself - Honorary Award Recipient |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1962-1973 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host / Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Omnibus | 1972 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Midi Trente | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine | 1971 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1971 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| It Takes Two | 1970 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The David Frost Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians | 1970 | TV Movie | Himself (voice) |
| Life with Linkletter | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| Music Scene | 1970 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest Host |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Himself / Mr. Shean (Sketch) |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1967-1968 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Host |
| The 22nd Annual Tony Awards | 1968 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Firing Line | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Gypsy | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| What's My Line? | 1959-1967 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Guest Panelist |
| I Dream of Jeannie | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| Groucho | 1965 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself - Sketch Actor / Himself |
| The Celebrity Game | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Susskind Show | 1960-1963 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself |
| Today | 1963 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| I've Got a Secret | 1963 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Plot Thickens | 1963 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host |
| Tell It to Groucho | 1962 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Merrily We Roll Along: The Early Days of the Automobile | 1961 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961 | TV Series | Himself - Narrator |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1958-1961 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest Host |
| You Bet Your Life | 1950-1961 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1959 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Tonight! | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tonight! America After Dark | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1956 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Inside Beverly Hills | 1956 | TV Special | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood | 1956 | Documentary short | Himself |
| This Is Your Life | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson | 1955 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Who Said That? | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
| Shower of Stars | 1954 | TV Series | Himself |
| Person to Person | 1954 | TV Series documentary | Himself - TV Host |
| General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein | 1954 | TV Movie | Himself / Host |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1954 | TV Series | Himself - Comic Actor |
| The Arthur Murray Party | 1953 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself - Observer |
| Groucho Marx's Home Movies | 1933 | Short documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geno in the Evening | 2016 | TV Series | Various Roles |
| Le Fossoyeur de Films | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton | 2014 | Video | Himself |
| The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - episode of Dick Cavett Show |
| Un jour, une histoire | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Life's A Dive | 2014 | Documentary short | Himself |
| And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Glickman | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Welcome to the Basement | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Otis B. Driftwood |
| 10 Things You Don't Know About | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man | 2012 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Hollywood Invasion | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Beatles Stories | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Morir de humor | 2008 | TV Movie | |
| Pioneers of Television | 2008 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Cartola - Música Para os Olhos | 2007 | Video documentary | Himself |
| ¿De qué te ríes? | 2006 | TV Movie | |
| Cavett Remembers the Comic Legends | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The 50 Greatest Comedy Films | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Rufus T. Firefly (uncredited) |
| Great Performances | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| Cineastas contra magnates | 2005 | Documentary | |
| The Comedians' Comedian | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself / Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding |
| Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Comedy Connections | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! | 2004 | Video documentary short | Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush |
| Remarks on Marx | 2004 | Video short | Otis B. Driftwood |
| Marilyn's Man | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| Inside the Marx Brothers | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Beatles... Off the Record: Newsreel Footage 1964-1966 | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation | 1999 | Documentary | Himself |
| Film Breaks | 1999 | TV Series documentary | |
| American Masters | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Beatles Diary | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| We Remember Marilyn | 1996 | Video documentary | Sam Grunion / Arnie Schmidlap |
| Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 100 Years at the Movies | 1994 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| The Our Gang Story | 1994 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Unknown Marx Brothers | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Various Roles |
| Funny Business | 1992 | TV Series documentary | |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1978-1992 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Mystery Guest |
| The One, the Only... Groucho | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Phil Collins: I Wish It Would Rain Down | 1990 | Video short | Himself |
| Muppet Babies | 1988 | TV Series | |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | 1987 | Documentary | Detective Sam Grunion |
| Classic Comedy Teams | 1986 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | 1984 | Documentary | |
| TV's Funniest Game Show Moments | 1984 | TV Special | Himself |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | 1983 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Actor - 'Monkey Business' (uncredited) |
| This Is Elvis | 1981 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Hollywood Greats | 1979 | TV Series documentary | |
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Himself (Memorial Tribute) |
| TV: The Fabulous Fifties | 1978 | TV Movie | Himself |
| America at the Movies | 1976 | Documentary | S. Quentin Quayle (as The Marx Bros) |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary | Clip from 'A Night at the Opera' (uncredited) |
| Hooray for Hollywood | 1975 | Documentary | Himself |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary | |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| Milton Berle's Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy | 1974 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | 1972 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - film clips (uncredited) |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Himself / Otis B. Driftwood from film A NIGHT AT THE OPERA |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Legend of Marilyn Monroe | 1966 | Documentary | Actor 'Love Happy' (uncredited) |
| Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... | 1965 | TV Series documentary | |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | 1964 | Documentary | One of The Marx Brothers (uncredited) |
| Hollywood and the Stars | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | 1963 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963 | Documentary | Himself |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| The NBC Comedy Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Greatest Comedians | 1953 | Documentary short | Himself - Radio show |
| Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet | 1950 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots 2856: It Was Only Yesterday | 1950 | Short | Groucho Marx |
| The Miracle of Sound | 1940 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Hollywood: Style Center of the World | 1940 | Documentary short | Himself |
| From the Ends of the Earth | 1939 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 | 1937 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 | 1937 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | 1933 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Honorary Award | Academy Awards, USA | In recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequaled achievements of the Marx Brothers ... More | |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | On 8 February 1960. At 1734 Vine Street |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Radio | On 8 February 1960. At 6821 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1951 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Most Outstanding Personality |
Known for movies
Duck Soup (1933)
as Rufus T. Firefly
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Otis B. Driftwood
Animal Crackers (1930)
as Captain Jeffrey Spaulding
You Bet Your Life (1950-1961)
as Himself - Host