Groucho Marx, Chico Marx and Harpo Marx in A Day at the Races (1937)
Caption: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx and Harpo Marx in A Day at the Races (1937)
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: March 22, 1887
Star sign: Aries
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Known for: A Night at the Opera (1935), Duck Soup (1933), A Day at the Races (1937), The Big Store (1941)
Source: IMDB
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 ...