Groucho Marx

Comedian and actor Groucho Marx performed in over a dozen films with The Marx Brothers, and hosted the game show You Bet Your Life in the 1950s. He is known for his witty one-liners, and a quirky facial disposition, including mustache and cigar.

Marx and his brothers performed on the vaudeville circuit as singers before transitioning to comedians. After the development of Groucho's wise-talking character, the brothers had a series of hit plays on Broadway before signing with Paramount Pictures in the late 1920s. After Duck Soup, the team moved on to MGM where they released A Night at the Opera.

Marx began hosting You Bet Your Life when it premiered on radio in 1947. In 1950, the show switched to television and ran until 1961. Though some contingencies believe many of Marx's one-liners were scripted, the consensus remains that Marx ad-libbed the majority of his jokes.

• "Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped."
• "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."
• "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
• "She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."
• "Time wounds all heels."
• "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I don't know."
• "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• October 2, 1890: Born

• 1926: Humor Risk

• 1929: The Cocoanuts

• 1930: Animal Crackers

• 1931: Monkey Business

• 1932: Horse Feathers - IMDb Listing

• 1933: Duck Soup - IMDb Listing

• 1935: A Night at the Opera

• 1937: A Day at the Races

• 1938: Room Service

• 1939: At the Circus

• 1940: Go West

• 1941: The Big Store

• 1946: A Night in Casablanca

• 1947: Copacabana

• 1949: Love Happy

• 1951: Double Dynamite

• 1952: A Girl in Every Port

• 1957: The Story of Mankind

• 1968: Skidoo

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