Chico Marx

His mother was from Dornum in East Frisia; and his father was a native of Alsace and worked as a tailor. " The opposite was true of Harpo who reportedly could only play two tunes on the piano which typically thwarted Chico's scam and resulted in both brothers' being fired. In their second feature Animal Crackers he recognizes someone he knows to be a shady character impersonating a respected art collector:

Ravelli (Chico): "How is it you got to be Roscoe W.

Leonard was the oldest of the Marx Brothers though he was not the first-born; he was preceded by Manfred Marx who died in infancy. In addition to his work as a performer he played an important role in the management and development of the act at least in its early years.