Harpo Marx

1888-1964

Biography: life and films

Harpo Marx was an American actor and screenwriter whose birth name was Adolph Marx. He was born in New York City, New York, USA on 23rd November 1888 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 28th September 1964, aged 75.

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).

Harpo Marx appeared in 19 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Sam Wood (2 films), Norman Z. McLeod (2), Edward Buzzell (2) and Charles Reisner (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (15 films), comedy-romance (4) and Documentary (2).

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

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

Too Many Kisses (1925) [a]

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]

Stage Door Canteen (1943) [a]

A Night in Casablanca (1946) [a]

Love Happy (1949) [a,w]

The Story of Mankind (1957) [a]



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