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Chico Marx

Chico Marx

Highest Rated: 100% At the Circus (1939)

Lowest Rated: 63% A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Birthday: Mar 22, 1887

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Chico (variously pronounced as "Cheek-o" and "Chik-o") was the dumb but wisecracking, piano-playing Marx Brother, whose character protected the innocent Harpo while flummoxing the all-knowing Groucho. Wearing a dark curly wig, a pointed hat and a goofy grin, he portrayed an Italian stereotype common in early 20th-century vaudeville which would later be deemed offensive. The eldest of the brothers, Chico (supposedly nicknamed for his success with "chicks") started his career with brother Harpo, after teenaged jobs as a pianist and wrestler. Such acts as "Fun in Hi Skool" (1911) and ""Home Again" (1914), helped the brothers hone their stage personalities: notably the smart-mouthed con-man (Groucho), the dumb Italian (Chico) and the mute faun (Harpo).

Highest rated movies

100% At the Circus
97% A Night at the Opera
97% Horse Feathers 97% Animal Crackers
95% A Day at the Races
95% The Cocoanuts
91% Duck Soup
90% Go West

Photos

A DAY AT THE RACES, Chico Marx, 1937 ANIMAL CRACKERS, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, 1930 AT THE CIRCUS, Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, 1939 GO WEST, front from left: Groucho Marx, Diana Lewis, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx (rear), 1940 LOVE HAPPY, Chico Marx, 1949 A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA, from left, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, 1946 A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA, Lisette Verea, The Marx Brothers (Chico, Harpo, Groucho), 1946 A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, 1946 AT THE CIRCUS, from top to bottom: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, (The Marx Brothers), 1939 AT THE CIRCUS, top: Harpo Marx, bottom from left: Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, 1939 AT THE CIRCUS, from left: Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, 1939 THE BIG STORE, Chico Marx, 1941 THE BIG STORE, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Marion Martin, Groucho Marx, 1941 THE BIG STORE, Chico Marx, 1941 THE COCOANUTS, picture top left on wall: Maurice Chevalier; foreground from left: Zeppo Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, 1929 GO WEST, Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, 1940 GO WEST, The Marx Brothers in a publicity pose with co-star, Diana Lewis, 1940 A DAY AT THE RACES, from top: Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, 1937 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, from left: Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, (The Marx Brothers), 1935 A DAY AT THE RACES, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, 1937
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 10% The Story of Mankind Monk (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 34% Love Happy Faustino (Character) - 1949
63% 69% A Night in Casablanca Corbaccio (Character) - 1946
90% 60% Go West Joe Panello (Character) - 1940
100% 63% At the Circus Antonio (Character) - 1939
64% 56% Room Service Harry Binelli (Character) - 1938
95% 89% A Day at the Races Tony (Character) - 1937
97% 90% A Night at the Opera Fiorello (Character) - 1935
91% 91% Duck Soup Chicolini (Character) - 1933
97% 86% Horse Feathers Baravelli (Character) - 1932
90% 84% Monkey Business Chico (Character) - 1931
97% 89% Animal Crackers Signor Emanuel Ravelli (Character) - 1930
95% 69% The Cocoanuts Chico (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Humor Risk Henchman (Character) - 1921

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Bet Your Life Guest 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1954-1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1951