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Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

Actor · Died August 19, 1977, aged 86 · New York City, New York, USA

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. His rapid-fire delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers. He made thirteen feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life. His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated stooped posture, glasses, cigars, and a thick greasepaint mustache and eyebrows.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 2, 1890
Died
August 19, 1977 (aged 86)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 27% in 30 days

What are Groucho Marx's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
37%
Bonds
23%
Society
17%
Power
13%
Self
8%
Ideas
2%
Deception11 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Wry: How sincerely it treats its story and characters, from ironic to earnest. Browse their wry movies.
Tone · Sincerity
ironicearnest

A split, not a type: Ironic 7 · Wry 3 · Earnest 8

Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 1 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 8

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 12 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 14 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 17

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 7

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Trickster: 10 of 16 analyzed roles.

Trickster
10 of 16
Hero
5 of 16
Ally
1 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
14
Joyful
13
Manic
2
Thrilling
4
Warm
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Fun17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy16
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Groucho Marx's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Groucho Marx's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

45 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 47 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Love, Marilyn(2012)

    as Sam Grunion

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s(1984)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as (archive footage)

  • That's Entertainment, Part II(1976)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • 29/73 Ready-Made (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Writer

  • Skidoo(1968)

    as God

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Actor

  • Birds Do It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Man Looking Through Window At Melvin Flying

  • I Dream of Jeannie(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Groucho Marx

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • The Big Parade of Comedy(1964)

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

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Hold-Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as John Graham

  • The Mikado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Ko-Ko

  • The Incredible Jewel Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Suspect in lineup

  • The Bell Telephone Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Ko-Ko

  • The Story of Mankind(1957)

    as Peter Minuit

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?(1957)

    as George Schmidlap (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Stage conductor

  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as John Graham · as Suspect in a Police Lineup (uncredited)

  • A Girl in Every Port(1952)

    as Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Double Dynamite(1951)

    as Emile J. Keck

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Groucho Marx

  • The Jack Benny Program (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Groucho Marx

  • Love Happy(1949)

    as Sam Grunion

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Life of Riley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Story

  • Copacabana(1947)

    as Lionel Q. Deveraux

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • A Night in Casablanca(1946)

    as Ronald Kornblow

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Big Store(1941)

    as Wolf J. Flywheel

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Go West(1940)

    as S. Quentin Quale

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • At the Circus(1939)

    as Attorney J. Cheever Loophole

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Room Service(1938)

    as Gordon Miller

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Sunday Night at the Trocadero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Groucho Marx

  • A Day at the Races(1937)

    as Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The King and the Chorus Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Writer

  • Yours for the Asking(1936)

    as Sunbather (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • A Night at the Opera(1935)

    as Otis B. Driftwood

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Duck Soup(1933)

    as Rufus T. Firefly

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Groucho Marx's Home Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director · as Self

  • Horse Feathers(1932)

    as Professor Wagstaff

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • I'll Say She Is (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Caesar's Ghost

  • Monkey Business(1931)

    as Groucho

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The House That Shadows Built (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Caesar's Ghost

  • Animal Crackers(1930)

    as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Cocoanuts(1929)

    as Hammer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Humor Risk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Villain

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 44 titles from 1921 to 1988.

Biggest box office

Duck Soup (1933)

$106K worldwide

Highest rated

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Midcredits 95th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout

Top draw in 9 MovieCove titles.

  • 1929Screen debut· The Cocoanuts
  • 1929First top-billed film· The Cocoanuts
  • 1933Breakout· Duck Soup

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting40 of 44: 40 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thDirecting1 of 44: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleWriting3 of 44: 3 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1920s2 · acting1930s14 · 12 acting · 2 crew1940s6 · 5 acting · 1 crew1950s10 · acting1960s7 · acting1970s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew1980s3 · acting

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 82% of 17 roles
293444

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Groucho Marx's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 25 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

74th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Midcredits 95th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Groucho Marx's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Groucho Marx work with?

People who share at least 2 of Groucho Marx's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chico Marx shares the most, 14.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers