Lee Siegel, author of Groucho Marx: The Comedy of Existence, wanted his biography to uncover the real man behind the iconic mustache. What Siegel found, he says, was "a thoroughgoing misanthrope." ...

Dick Cavett is 86 years old and appears to be in fine physical and mental shape. His friend and idol Groucho Marx is dead, has been for a long time, having taken his last breath and offered his ...

The Marx Brothers are arguably America's most famous four brothers. They are definitely also the funniest. There is Chico, with the fake Italian accent; Harpo, the silent type, who let a horn do ...

Groucho Marx visits “The Dick Cavett Show” in 1969. Courtesy of Photo by Ron Baldwin “We saw the world the same,” Cavett said. “A couple of times people have said, ‘There’s something ...

6 Groucho Marx “I’ve drawn Groucho Marx many times over the years,” says Friedman. “I’ve drawn him young, middle-aged and old. He’s one of my favorite comedians, ...

Groucho Marx is sitting at dinner in London in 1964 when his host, the poet and critic T.S. Eliot, asks him to do the quippy, pun-filled speech from the trial scene in his 1933 film “Duck Soup.” ...

Now on public television, and just released on DVD, is “Frank Ferrante’s Groucho.” He’s played it onstage 35 years, 500 cities, 3,000 performances.

Groucho Marx has been dead since 1977, but to hear his grandson talk about him, one can imagine a smile on his face, those remarkable eyebrows raising “He and I became very close in his later ...

Frank Ferrante has been playing Groucho Marx for more than 35 years, but he is much more than an impersonator. He is a serious actor and a true student of both the history of comedy and its ...

Miriam Marx Allen, the eldest daughter of Groucho Marx who helped edit his popular quiz show and turned his letters into a story that revealed a side of the famous actor few knew, has died at the ...

Does Groucho Marx still matter? You bet your life he does. The best case for his relevance is Frank Ferrante’s “An Evening With Groucho,” which the 61-year-old actor will deliver three times ...