Portrait of Groucho Marx

Acting

Groucho Marx

Career

Active from 1921 to 1982, with a break from 1963 to 1972, busiest in 1931 and 1937 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
24
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera
GoodWatch score88/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards ยท Academy Honorary Award

    1973 ยท Won

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Groucho Marx Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.8, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    2.4, average 4.7
  • Tension
    4.0, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Slapstick Comedy 6
  • Marx Brothers 6
  • Musical Numbers 4
  • Farce 4
  • Classic Comedy 4
  • Golden Age Hollywood 3
  • Slapstick Humor 3
  • Screwball Comedy 3
  • Vaudeville Humor 2
  • Wordplay & Puns 2
  • Absurdist Situations 2
  • Iconic Performances 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

3 titles
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

as (archive footage)

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)

as (archive footage)

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 70
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage)

29/73 Ready-Made
29/73 Ready-Made (1973)

Writer

1960s

6 titles ยท average score 60
Skidoo
Skidoo (1968)
GoodWatch score 43

as God

Birds Do It
Birds Do It (1966)

as Man Looking Through Window At Melvin Flying

I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Groucho Marx

The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Hold-Out
The Hold-Out (1962)

as John Graham

The Mikado
The Mikado (1960)

as Ko-Ko

1950s

10 titles ยท average score 54
The Incredible Jewel Robbery
The Incredible Jewel Robbery (1959)

as Suspect in lineup

The Bell Telephone Hour
The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)

TV show ยท as Ko-Ko

The Story of Mankind
The Story of Mankind (1957)
GoodWatch score 34

as Peter Minuit

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
GoodWatch score 79

as George Schmidlap (uncredited)

Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956)

as Stage conductor

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Suspect in a Police Lineup (uncredited) / John Graham

A Girl in Every Port
A Girl in Every Port (1952)
GoodWatch score 37

as Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn

Double Dynamite
Double Dynamite (1951)
GoodWatch score 55

as Emile J. Keck

The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Groucho Marx

Mr. Music
Mr. Music (1950)
GoodWatch score 56

as Groucho Marx

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 62
Love Happy
Love Happy (1949)
GoodWatch score 51

as Sam Grunion

The Life of Riley
The Life of Riley (1949)
GoodWatch score 74

Story

Copacabana
Copacabana (1947)
GoodWatch score 37

as Lionel Q. Deveraux

A Night in Casablanca
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ronald Kornblow

The Big Store
The Big Store (1941)
GoodWatch score 64

as Wolf J. Flywheel

Go West
Go West (1940)
GoodWatch score 77

as S. Quentin Quale

1930s

14 titles ยท average score 73
At the Circus
At the Circus (1939)
GoodWatch score 78

as Attorney J. Cheever Loophole

Room Service
Room Service (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

as Gordon Miller

A Day at the Races
A Day at the Races (1937)
GoodWatch score 86

as Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush

The King and the Chorus Girl
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
GoodWatch score 45

as Groucho Marx

A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera (1935)
GoodWatch score 88

as Otis B. Driftwood

Duck Soup
Duck Soup (1933)
GoodWatch score 85

as Rufus T. Firefly

Groucho Marx's Home Movies
Groucho Marx's Home Movies (1933)

Director

Horse Feathers
Horse Feathers (1932)
GoodWatch score 82

as Professor Wagstaff

Monkey Business
Monkey Business (1931)
GoodWatch score 76

as Groucho

The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built (1931)

as Caesar's Ghost

Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers (1930)
GoodWatch score 80

as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding

1920s

2 titles ยท average score 74
The Cocoanuts
The Cocoanuts (1929)
GoodWatch score 74

as Hammer

Humor Risk
Humor Risk (1921)

as Villain