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Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; [1] November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, [2] and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. [1] In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho and Chico , Harpo's comic style was visual, being an example of vaudeville , clown and ...
Julius Henry Marx (Groucho, left) and Adolph Marx (Harpo) holding a rat terrier dog, c. 1906 Leonard Joseph "Chico" Marx was the eldest of the brothers, born in 1887. Adolph "Harpo" Marx was born in 1888, Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx in 1890, Milton "Gummo" Marx in 1892, [ 5 ] and the youngest, Herbert Manfred "Zeppo" Marx, in 1901.
Another notable example was Harpo Marx, who always portrayed a mute in the Marx Brothers' films. An early television series that featured exaggerated visual humor was The Ernie Kovacs Show. An important legacy of silent film comedy can be seen in the humor of animated cartoons.
The opposite was true of Harpo, who reportedly could play only two tunes on the piano, which typically thwarted Chico's scam and resulted in both brothers being fired. The Marx Brothers, from top: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo Marx. Groucho Marx once said that Chico never practiced the pieces he played.
But that's great because Oprah spells Harpo backwards. I don't know what Orpah spells." It spells Hapro -- which doesn't sound nearly as nice as Harpo, the name of Oprah's production company.
Harpo and Chico in a scene from the program (Chico became ill and later died on October 11, 1961) "The Incredible Jewel Robbery" was an episode of General Electric Theater, broadcast by CBS on March 8, 1959. It was the first appearance of the three Marx Brothers together in the same scene since A Night in Casablanca in 1946.
Caricature by John Decker of the Marx Brothers in the show. Original caption: “THOSE FOUR FUNNY FELLOWS IN ‘I’LL SAY SHE IS!’ The four Marx Brothers who have conquered New York without a single casualty. Left to right they are Chico, Groucho, Beppo [sic], Harpo, Leonard, Julius, Herbert and Arthur respectively”
The Big Store is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) that takes place in a large department store. Groucho appears as private detective Wolf J. Flywheel (a character name originating from the Marx-Perrin radio show Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel in the early 1930s).