1. Arthur Julius Marx was an American writer, the son of entertainer Groucho Marx and his first wife, Ruth Johnson.
13 Facts About Arthur Marx
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Arthur Marx was named after Groucho's brother who went by the alternative stage name Harpo.
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When he was 10, the family moved to Southern California, where the Arthur Marx Brothers continued their film careers.
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Arthur Marx was a nationally ranked tennis player before he was 18.
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Arthur Marx spent four years in the United States Coast Guard during World War II serving in the South Pacific.
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Arthur Marx was hospitalized at Tacloban for malaria; and, when discharged, was assigned to form and be master of ceremonies of an amateur show providing entertainment for those in rear areas passed over by USO.
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Arthur Marx wrote about this experience in his book Son of Groucho.
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Arthur Marx was co-creator of the TV series Mickey starring Mickey Rooney.
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Arthur Marx wrote both fiction and non-fiction pieces for magazines throughout his career.
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Arthur Marx wrote over a dozen books, including The Ordeal of Willie Brown a humorous fictionalization of his tennis years, and Not as a Crocodile a collection of family oriented humor essays.
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Arthur Marx's books included Goldwyn: A Biography of the Man Behind the Myth, Red Skelton: An Unauthorized Biography, The Nine Lives of Mickey Rooney, The Secret Life of Bob Hope: An Unauthorized Biography and the tennis-themed murder mystery Set to Kill.
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Arthur Marx's next novel, Tulip was a thriller-mystery and it was followed in 2008 by Lust for Death, a roman a clef about a Bob Hope-like character named Jack Faith.
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Arthur Marx wrote in Son of Groucho that while he himself was married to his first wife Irene, he had an affair with her sister-in-law Lois Kahn, whom he later married after divorcing Irene.