Chico Marx

1887-1961

Biography: life and films

Chico Marx was an American actor whose birth name was Leonard Marx. He was born in New York City, New York, USA on 22nd March 1887 and died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA on 11th October 1961, aged 74.

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) and Sam Wood's A Night at the Opera (1935).

Chico Marx appeared in 18 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 (16 films) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Chico Marx over all films is: 3.6

Filmography

Key: a = actor

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]

Room Service (1938) [a]

At the Circus (1939) [a]

Go West (1940) [a]

The Big Store (1941) [a]

A Night in Casablanca (1946) [a]

Love Happy (1949) [a]

Einmal kehr' ich wieder (1953) [a]

The Story of Mankind (1957) [a]



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