Marx Brothers

Team of US film comedians: the silent Adolph Harpo (from the harp he played) (1888–1964); Julius Groucho (from his temper) (1890–1977); Leonard Chico (from the ‘chicks’ – women – he chased) (1891–1961); Milton Gummo (from his gumshoes, or galoshes) (1892–1977), who left the team before they began making films; and Herbert Zeppo (born at the time of the first zeppelins) (1901–1979), part of the team until 1935. They made a total of 13 zany films 1929–49 including Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Duck Soup (1933), A Night at the Opera (1935), A Day at the Races (1937), and Go West (1940).

The Marx Brothers made their reputation on Broadway in Cocoanuts (1926; later filmed). After the team disbanded in 1948, Groucho Marx continued to make films and appeared on his own television quiz show, You Bet Your Life 1947–62.