Chico Marx

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Film & TV

Acting · New York City, New York, USA

Leonard "Chico" Marx (March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was an American comedian and film star as part of the Marx Brothers. His persona in the act was that of a dim-witted con artist, seemingly of rural Italian origin, who wore shabby clothes, and sported a curly-haired wig and Tyrolean hat. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chico Marx, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of…

Known for

• The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos — Self (archive footage)2016
• Inside the Marx Brothers — Self (archive footage)2003
• The Unknown Marx Brothers — Self (archive footage)1993
• Classic Comedy Teams — Self (archive footage)1986
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
• The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell — (archive footage)1982
• Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! — Self (archive footage)1982
• That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy — Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)1976
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)1975

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Country

United States

Active from

1887

Active to

1961

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

403

Total plays

2,110

Leonard "Chico" Marx (March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was the eldest of the Marx Brothers. He was originally nicknamed Chicko for his reputation as a ladies' man, or a "chicken chaser" in the popular slang of the day. A typesetter accidentally dropped the "k" in his name and it became Chico. It was still pronounced "Chick-oh" although those who were unaware of its origin tended to pronounce it "Cheek-oh". Radio recordings from the 1940s exist where announcers and fellow actors mispronounce t

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,691x

2. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

   · 2017 · cited 8,250x

3. Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

   · 2012 · cited 6,794x

4. Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   · 2024 · cited 4,493x

5. Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction

   · 2021 · cited 4,332x

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Key facts

Born

Leonard Marx , ( 1887-03-22 ) March 22, 1887, New York City, New York, U.S.

Died

October 11, 1961 (1961-10-11) (aged 74), Hollywood , California, U.S.

Burial place

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery , Glendale, California, U.S.

Other name

Leo Marx

Occupations

Actor comedian pianist

Years active

1910–1960

Height

5 ft 6 in (168 cm)

Spouses

Betty Karp ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1917 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1940 ) ​ Mary De Vithas, ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 ) ​

Parents

Sam "Frenchie" Marx (father) Minnie Schönberg (mother)

Relatives

Harpo Marx (brother) Groucho Marx (brother) Gummo Marx (brother) Zeppo Marx (brother) Al Shean (maternal uncle) Arthur Marx (nephew) Miriam Marx (niece) Melinda Marx (niece) Bill Marx (nephew)

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