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Zeppo Marx

American actor
Also known as: Herbert Marx
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Lobby card for Duck Soup (1933) showing Harpo Marx in a blue uniform, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, and Groucho Marx with a painted mustache and glasses, standing together.
Marx Brothers on a lobby card for Duck Soup (From left) Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, and Groucho Marx featured on a lobby card for the film Duck Soup (1933), directed by Leo McCarey.

Zeppo Marx (born Herbert Marx) was the youngest of the five Marx Brothers, an American comedy team famous for their inventive and anarchic humor. He was born in New York City on February 25, 1901. Unlike his brothers Groucho, Harpo, and Chico, Zeppo typically played the "straight man" role in their acts and films. He appeared in the Marx Brothers' first five films, including The Cocoanuts (1929), Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932), and Duck Soup (1933). After Duck Soup, Zeppo left the performing group and became a successful talent agent. He passed away on November 30, 1979.12

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