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Chico's lifelong gambling addiction compelled him to continue working in show business long after his brothers had retired in comfort from their Hollywood income, and in the early 1940s, he found himself playing in the same small, cheap theater halls in which he had begun his career 30 years earlier.
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Groucho Marx once said that Chico never practiced the pieces he played. Instead, before performances he soaked his fingers in hot water. He was known for 'shooting' the keys of the piano. He played passages with his thumb up and index finger straight, like a gun, as part of the act. Other examples of
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began his professional career singing with the Chico Marx Orchestra. Through the 1950s, Chico occasionally appeared on a variety of television anthology shows and some television commercials, most notably with Harpo (and a cameo appearance by Groucho) in "The Incredible Jewelry Robbery", a pantomime
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habit. His favorite gambling pursuits were card games, horse racing, dog racing, and various sports betting. His addiction cost him millions of dollars by his own account. When an interviewer in the late 1930s asked him how much money he had lost from gambling, he answered, "Find out how much money
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but the Marxes still pronounced it "Chick-oh", although others sometimes mistakenly pronounced it "Cheek-oh". Numerous radio recordings from the 1940s exist in which announcers and fellow actors mispronounce the nickname, but Chico does not correct them. As late as the 1950s, Groucho used the wrong
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to a standing ovation. The award was also for Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo, whom Lemmon mentioned by name. It was one of Groucho's last public appearances. "I wish that Harpo and Chico could be here to share with me this great honor," he said, naming the two deceased brothers (Zeppo was still alive at
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Billing himself as Chico (pronounced as "Chicko"), he used an Italian persona for his onstage character. Stereotyped ethnic characters were common with vaudevillians. His questionable Italian ethnicity was specifically referred to twice on film: In their second feature,
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Chico was married twice. His first marriage was to Betty Karp in 1917. They had a daughter, Maxine (1918–2009). His first marriage was affected by his infidelity, ending in divorce in 1940. He was very close to his daughter Maxine and gave her acting lessons.
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player, a game he and Harpo learned from their father. Groucho said Chico would throw away good cards (with the knowledge of spectators) to make the play "more interesting". Chico's last public appearance was in 1960, playing cards on the television show
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Harpo's got. That's how much I've lost." Gummo Marx, in an interview years after Chico's death, said: "Chico's favorite people were actors who gambled, producers who gambled, and women who screwed." In reference to Chico's well-known promiscuity,
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stated that "although Chico's technique was limited, his repertoire was not." The opposite was true of Harpo, who reportedly could play only two tunes on the piano, which typically thwarted Chico's scam and resulted in both brothers being fired.
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at the age of 74 on October 11, 1961, at his Hollywood home. He was the eldest brother and the first to die. He was survived by his second wife Mary and daughter Maxine (from his first marriage to Betty Karp).
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During his lifetime, his year of birth had commonly been given as 1891 instead of the true year of 1887. As a result, obituaries reported his age at the time of his death as 70 rather than 74
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in 1972, he states that his brother got the name Chico because he was a "chicken-chaser" (early 20th century slang for womanizer).
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Actors who have portrayed Chico Marx in stage revivals of the Marx Brothers musical plays include Peter Slutsker, Les Marsden and
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on one of the jobs. (During their boyhood, Chico and Harpo looked so much alike that they were often mistaken for each other.)
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There are moments, however, where his characters appear to be genuinely Italian; examples include the film
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Chico's second marriage was to Mary De Vithas. They married in 1958, three years before his death.
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His nickname (acquired during a card game in Galesburg, Illinois in 1914) was originally spelled
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which has become common practice today. Furthermore, it was Chico's connection with
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as a campus malt-shop owner who dispensed sodas and advice to the students.
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Harpo and Chico in "The Incredible Jewelry Robbery", a 1959 episode of
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in 1959; This was the final appearance of the three Marx Brothers.
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The Marx Brothers, from top: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo Marx
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as a great straight woman who never understood any of his jokes.
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As well as being a compulsive womanizer, Chico had a lifelong
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the time and in the audience). Groucho also praised the late
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quipped, "Chico didn't button his fly until he was seventy."
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Chico Marx on Championship Bridge with Charles Goren, 1960
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Well, things seem to be getting better around the country.
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Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers On Stage
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In a record album about the Marx Brothers, narrator
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Index

Leonard Marks

New York City
New York
Hollywood
California
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Sam "Frenchie" Marx
Minnie Schönberg
Harpo Marx
Groucho Marx
Gummo Marx
Zeppo Marx
Al Shean

Harpo
/ˈɪk/
CHIK-oh
Marx Brothers
Arthur
Julius
Milton
Herbert
Tyrolean hat
Manhattan
Sam Marx
Minnie Schoenberg Marx
Al Shean
Gallagher and Shean
Jewish

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