Zeppo Marx
Herbert Marx ( born February 25, 1901 in New York; † 29 November 1979 in Palm Springs, California ), known as Zeppo Marx, was an American actor and occasional member of the comedy troupe of the Marx Brothers. He was the son of Minnie and Sam Marx.
Life
Zeppo was in the first five Marx Brothers films of the " straight man " of the force, at the expense of the jokes were made, or the romantic lover, before he gave up his acting career. His film character was so transparent that he could not stand against the figures of his brothers Groucho, Harpo or Chico and " ... the audience always mistook him for the extras " - as the filmmaker and film critic Georg Seeßlen wrote. His role was therefore often assumed in later films of other actors.
His brother Groucho Marx claimed in one of his performances, the name Zeppo would assume that he came in the same year to the world when the first Zeppelin went in the air ( however, this was in 1900 ). Occasionally the entertainer Art Fisher is mentioned as a namesake. He is said to have missed the brothers at a poker game in Rockford (Illinois ) their nicknames based on a popular comic series. For the boxing and hotheaded brawler could, according to Groucho, the Zippo lighters with which Groucho used to light his cigar, originally intended as a name in question. However, since at this time the star of a chimpanzee Dressage number to the name of "Mr. Zippo " heard was Herbert from this Artist name not happy and insisted that " to spell Zeppo ".
Zeppo Marx owned a company that manufactured spare parts for military equipment during World War II and for operation with the fifth brother, Gummo Marx, a successful theatrical agency.
On April 12, 1927 married Zeppo Marx Marion Benda. Together they adopted a child in 1944, Timothy. On May 12, 1954 their marriage was divorced again. On September 18, 1959 he married Barbara Blakely ( later wife of Frank Sinatra ), from whom he was divorced in 1973.
He died in 1979 from lung cancer.
Shows
- The Street Cinderella (1918 )
- On the Mezzanine Floor ( 1921)
- I'll say she is (1923 )
- The Cocoanuts (1929 )