Harpo Marx (Person) AKA Arthur
Harpo Marx
1888 AD - 1964 AD
AKA Arthur
American comedian, actor, mime artist, and musician, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers.
Groucho: "Who is this?"
Chico: "Dat's-a my partner, but he no speak."
Groucho: "Oh, that's your silent partner!"
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09/28/1936 AD
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Harpo gets his stage name during a card game at the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, the dealer, Art Fisher, called him "Harpo" because he played the harp.
Harpo offers to "buy" Shirley Temple Harpo Marx would see this adorable girl who was about four-years-old along with her parents watching the Marx’s work on the set. During breaks in the filming, Harpo starting talking to the child and her parents. Groucho says, “Harpo was crazy about this girl.” He became so enchanted with this little girl, that he offered to adopt her and give her parents $50,000 as compensation. They of course refused.
artist
comedy
