Chico Marx(1887-1961)

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Chico Marx in A Night in Casablanca (1946)

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

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The Big Store (1941)

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, 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.

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Awards
- 3 wins total

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Known for

Duck Soup

7.7

Chicolini(as The Four Marx Brothers)

1933

A Night at the Opera

7.8

Fiorello

1935

Horse Feathers

7.5

Baravelli(as The Four Marx Brothers)

1932

At the Circus

6.8

Antonio

1939

Credits

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Actor

General Electric Theater
6.7
TV Series
- Harry
- 1959
Playhouse 90
8.3
TV Series
- Mr. Kramer
- 1958
The Story of Mankind
4.8
- Monk
- 1957
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
7.2
Short
- Cameo appearance (Piano player)
- 1956
The College Bowl
6.2
TV Series
- Chico Ravelli
- 1950–1951
The Bigelow Theatre
7.5
TV Series
- Papa Romani
- 1950
The Silver Theatre
6.9
TV Series
- Papa Romani
- 1950
Love Happy
5.8
- Faustino the Great
- 1949
A Night in Casablanca
6.9
- Corbaccio
- 1946
The Big Store
6.5
- Ravelli
- 1941
Go West
6.8
- Joe Panello
- 1940
At the Circus
6.8
- Antonio
- 1939
Room Service
6.6
- Harry Binelli (as The Marx Brothers)
- 1938
A Day at the Races
7.5
- Tony
- 1937
Hollywood - The Second Step
6.3
Short
- Chico Marx
- 1936

Soundtrack

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
8.2
Video
- performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night" (uncredited)
- 2008
Hannah and Her Sisters
7.8
- performer: "Freedonia's Going To War" (uncredited)
- 1986
Love Happy
5.8
- performer: Gypsy Love Song" (1898), "Polonaise in A Flat, Op. 53" (1842) (uncredited)
- 1949
A Night in Casablanca
6.9
- performer: "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor" (1847), "Beer Barrel Polka" (1927), "Moonlight Cocktail" (1941) (uncredited)
- 1946
The Big Store
6.5
- performer: "Tenement Symphony" (1941), "Mamãe Eu Quero" (1937) (uncredited)
- 1941
Go West
6.8
- performer: "Ridin' the Range" (1940), "The Woodpecker Song" (1939) (uncredited)
- 1940
At the Circus
6.8
- performer: "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" (1939), "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" (1934), "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (pub. 1765) (uncredited)
- 1939
A Day at the Races
7.5
- performer: "On the Beach at Bali-Bali" (1935), "Hungarian Rhapsody No.2" (opening) (1847), "Down by the Old Mill Stream" (1908) (uncredited)
- 1937
A Night at the Opera
7.8
- performer: "All I Do Is Dream of You" (1934) (uncredited)
- 1935
Baby Be Good
5.7
Short
- writer: "I'm Daffy Over You" (uncredited)
- 1935
Ha! Ha! Ha!
7.0
Short
- writer: "I'm Daffy Over You" (uncredited)
- 1934
Duck Soup
7.7
- performer: "The Country's Going to War" (1933) (uncredited)
- 1933
Stoopnocracy
5.8
Short
- writer: "I'm Daffy Over You" (uncredited)
- 1933
If I Had a Million
6.9
- writer: "I'm Daffy Over You"
- 1932
Horse Feathers
7.5
- performer: "Everyone Says I Love You" (1932), "I'm Daffy Over You" (1930)
- writer: "I'm Daffy Over You" (1930) ("Collegiate" (1925), uncredited)
- 1932

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Personal details

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Alternative names
- Marx Brothers
Height
- 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Born
- March 22, 1887
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- October 11, 1961
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(heart ailment)
Spouses
Children
- Maxine Marx
Parents
Relatives
Other works
Radio: Starred with brother Groucho Marx in "Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel".
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Trivia
Was an avid poker player and is rumored to have had a photographic memory so good, he could memorize the positions of cards in a deck. When a check written by Chico was found in mobster Bugsy Siegel's wallet at the time of his death, Chico was interrogated by police. He insisted the check was payment of a gambling debt from a poker game. When asked about his knowledge of Siegel's criminal activities, Chico stated, "We never discussed business." Groucho Marx later said of this incident, "Chico was lucky that Bugsy was shot. If Bugsy had tried to cash that check, it would have bounced. Then Bugsy would have shot Chico."