13 Facts About Gummo Marx

Milton "Gummo" Marx was an American vaudevillian performer, actor, comedian, and theatrical agent.

Gummo Marx was the second youngest of the five Marx Brothers.

Gummo Marx had no taste for the theatre, never appeared in any of his brothers' films, and became a successful businessman.

Gummo Marx's parents were Sam Marx, and Minnie Schoenberg Marx.

Gummo Marx's mother was from Dornum in East Frisia, and his father was a native of Alsace and worked as a tailor.

Gummo Marx was the first of his brothers to make his debut on stage, pretending to be a dummy in an act with his uncle Henry Shean, the brother of Al Shean, in 1899.

Gummo Marx later joined with Zeppo and operated a theatrical agency.

Gummo Marx represented other on-screen talent and a number of writers, and was well-respected as a businessman.

Gummo Marx rarely required contracts, believing that if the people he represented liked his work, they would stay with him.

Around the time he left his brothers' Vaudeville act, Gummo Marx applied for a patent for a clothes-packing rack.

Gummo Marx married Helen von Tilzer nee Theaman, on May 3,1929.

Gummo Marx died on April 21,1977, at his home in Palm Springs, California, aged 84, from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Gummo Marx's death was never reported to Groucho, who by that time had become so ill and weak that it was thought the news would be a further detriment to his health.