Harpo Marx

Person · Open Library

Born

1888

Died

1964

Works

4

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Film & TV

Acting · New York City, New York, USA

Arthur Adolph "Harpo" Marx (November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian and film star. He was the second oldest of the Marx Brothers. His comic style was influenced by clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish wig, and never spoke during performances (he blew a horn or whistled to communicate). Marx frequently used props such as a walking stick with a built-in…

Known for

• The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos — Self (archive footage)2016
• Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino — Self (archive footage)2010
• Inside the Marx Brothers — Self (archive footage)2003
• The Our Gang Story — Self (archive footage)1994
• The Unknown Marx Brothers — Self (archive footage)1993
• The Ten-Year Lunch — Himself (archive footage)1987
• Classic Comedy Teams — Self (archive footage)1986
• Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)1984
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
• Showbiz Goes to War — (archive footage)1982

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1888

Active to

1964

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

2,150

Total plays

25,260

Harpo Marx (1888-1964) was a member of the vaudville and motion picture comedy group the Marx Brothers. He was a self-taught harp player, and employed an alternate technique of his own invention. In 1957 and 1958 he recorded two albums, Harpo in Hi-Fi and Harpo at Work. These consisted mostly of older standards like "Laura" with Harpo either playing solo, or backed by strings or a soft-jazz combo. The two albums were released as a single CD on the Collector's Choice label in 2000. <a href="http

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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

   · 2016 · cited 11,704x

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

   · 2017 · cited 8,261x

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

   · 2012 · cited 6,796x

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 4,521x

5. Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction

   · 2021 · cited 4,341x

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Quotes

• “No worse than a bad cold.”
• “I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear.”
• “Like the East Side tenement, our house was seldom without the sound of music or laughter or questions being asked or stories being told.”
• “Susan, an only child who never had any roots, and I, a lone wolf who got married 20 years too late, were adopted by the kids as much as they were by us.”
• “Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. "Harpo my boy," he said, "I'm going to give you three pieces of advice, three things you should always remember." My heart jumped and I glowed with expectation. I was going to hear the magic password to a rich, full life from the master himself. "Yes sir?" I said. And he told me the three things. I regret that I've forgotten what they were.”
• “If I'm trapped in a theatre, and a show starts disappointingly, I have a handy way of avoiding it: I fall asleep.”

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Key facts

Born

Adolph Marx , ( 1888-11-23 ) November 23, 1888, New York City, New York, U.S.

Died

September 28, 1964 (1964-09-28) (aged 75), Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Occupations

Comedian actor mime artist harpist

Years active

1910–1964

Spouse

Susan Fleming ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 ) ​

Children

4, including Bill Marx

Parents

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

Relatives

Chico Marx (older brother) Groucho Marx (younger brother) Gummo Marx (younger brother) Zeppo Marx (younger brother) Al Shean (maternal uncle) Arthur Marx (nephew) Miriam Marx (niece) Melinda Marx (niece)

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