Gummo Marx

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~ CHICO MARX ~ Leonard Marx, was Born on March 22, 1887 New York, NY. Died on October 11, 1961 Hollywood, California, USA. (heart ailment) As a kid trying to negotiate his way through various gang territories to a floating crap game or a new pool hall where he was not yet known as a hustler, Leonard (Chico) Marx learned to fake several accents. Because he later employed an Italian accent in the Marx Brothers' act, people assumed his name was pronounced "Cheeko." Instead, Leonard was dubbed "Chicko" for his other consuming passion, women (or "chicks") at which he was more successful than gambling, but when a typesetter dropped the "k" out of his name, When the brothers let it stay as Chico. Chico was the brother who guided the Marxes to stardom. He took over the act's managment (amicably) from their mother, Minnie, and through audacity and charm, Chico secured the Brothers their first international (London) booking, their first Broadway show and their MGM contract with Irving Thalberg among other successes. Chico adopted the Italian dialect routines no doubt from the many Italian immigrants he grew up with in his New York City neighborhood. An avid gambler and womanizer, (chasing "chicks" some say is how he got his nickname), he was an accomplished pianist with his own unique finger pecking style. Marx, Leonard With his brothers, he usually played a rakish con artist with a Italian accent. He often had a scene where he would play the piano in his own unique comedy way. ~ ZEPPO MARX ~ Herbert Marx, Born on February 25, 1901, New York, USA. Died on November 30, 1979, Palm Springs, California, USA (cancer) The youngest of The Marx Brothers, Zeppo was put into the role of the straight man after his brother Gummo left the act. Zeppo also acted as an understudy to all three of his brothers, and he has been said to have played Grouchos part better than Groucho himself. After playing small parts in the first five Marx Brothers movies, Zeppo felt his talent wasn't being used to its full extent and left the act to join Gummo as an agent. Somewhat of a mechanical whiz, Zeppo invented a wristwatch that would monitor the pulse rate of cardiac patients, and his company, Marman Products, produced clamping devices which were used in the first atomic bomb raids over Japan in 1945. Zeppo died on November 30, 1979, from cancer. When Milton "Gummo" Marx left the troupe of brothers early in their vaudeville days to become a manufacturer, Zeppo, the youngest of the five Marx Brothers, joined the troupe as the new Marx Brother. Zeppo was the least zany of the quartet and would play the straight man to the other brothers. After doing five movies (Duck Soup (1933) was the last), Zeppo decided that he did not fit in as a straight man in a comedy troupe. He left the group to join a talent management company in Hollywood founded by his brother Gummo.In real life, he was supposedly the funniest of his brothers despite always playing the straight man in their films. Throughout his life, he had many careers including inventor, talent agent, manufacturer, commercial fisherman, and grapefruit grower. had his ashes scattered at sea.