Editing Harpo Marx (section)

== In other media ==
In 1936, he rode an ostrich on a team of [[polo]]-playing film stars who appeared as [[caricature]]s in the [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Production's]] ''[[Mickey's Polo Team]]'', alongside [[Charlie Chaplin]] and [[Laurel and Hardy]].<ref name="DisneyPoloTeam">{{cite web |title=Mickey's Polo Team is Released |url=https://d23.com/this-day/mickeys-polo-team-is-released/ |website=Walt Disney Archives |date=January 4, 1936 |publisher=Disney |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> Walt Disney would later feature Harpo (with Groucho and Chico) as one of [[King Cole|King Cole's]] "Fiddlers Three" in the [[Silly Symphony]] ''[[Mother Goose Goes Hollywood]]''.<ref name="IMDbMotherGoose">{{cite web |last1=Reeves |first1=Jon |title=Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938) - Plot Summary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030465/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl |website=IMDb |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
Harpo was also caricatured in [[Fleischer Studios|Fleischer Studios']] [[Popeye]] cartoon ''[[Popeye the Sailor filmography (Fleischer Studios)#1934|Sock-A-Bye Baby]]'' (1934), in which Harpo's harp playing awakens Popeye's baby <ref name="IMDbSockABye">{{cite web |last1=Reeves |first1=Jon |title=Sock-a-Bye, Baby (1934) - Plot Summary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025807/plotsummary |website=IMDb |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> resulting in Popeye punching Marx, apparently fatally (as suggested when Harpo develops a halo and ascends to the heavens). [[Friz Freleng]]'s 1936 [[Merrie Melodies]] cartoon ''[[The Coo-Coo Nut Grove]]'' caricatured Harpo, one of multiple celebrities appearing as an animal, as a bird with a red beak who chases a "woman" who is later revealed to be [[Groucho Marx|Groucho]].<ref name="BerkeleyCooCooNutGrove">{{cite web |title=The Coocoo Nut Grove (1935) |url=https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mrcvault/videographies/coocoo-nut-grove-1935 |website=Berkeley Library |publisher=University of California |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>

Harpo also took an interest in painting. Some of his works can be seen in his autobiography, in which he recalls having tried to paint a nude female model, but that he had frozen up because he simply did not know how to paint properly. The model, pitying Marx, taught him some basic brush strokes. Eventually, the original project was abandoned in lieu of a painting, by the model herself, of a fully-clothed Harpo.<ref>Marx 1961, pp. 204–205.</ref> Marx himself was the subject of a sketch by [[Salvador Dalí]],<ref name="PMoA">{{cite web|title=Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object: Harpo Marx|url=http://philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/82907.html|website=Philadelphia Museum of Art|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> who was Harpo's friend and wrote the screenplay ''[[Giraffes on Horseback Salad]]''.<ref name="NPRDali">{{cite web |last1=Breslow |first1=Peter |title=Salvador Dalí Meets The Marx Brothers In 'Giraffes On Horseback Salad' |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/04/07/710032236/salvador-dal-meets-the-marx-brothers-in-giraffes-on-horseback-salad |website=NPR |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>

Harpo recorded an album of harp music for [[RCA Victor]] (''Harp by Harpo'', 1952) and two for [[Mercury Records]] (''Harpo in Hi-Fi'', 1957; ''Harpo at Work'', 1958).<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web |title=Harpo Marx Discography |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/281711-Harpo-Marx |website=Discogs |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>

Harpo made television appearances through the 1950s and 60s, including a 1955 episode of ''[[I Love Lucy]],'' in which he and [[Lucille Ball]] re-enacted the famous mirror scene from ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]].''<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0609287|title=I Love Lucy: Lucy and Harpo Marx}}</ref> Both Marx and Ball, clad in his typical clothes, portray Harpo.<ref name="CBSLucy">{{cite web |title=10 of the best "I love Lucy" episodes |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/best-i-love-lucy-episodes/7/ |website=CBS News |date=October 14, 2016 |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> He also appeared on [[NBC]]'s ''The Martha Raye Show'' circa 1950.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Martha Raye Show |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actress-martha-raye-poses-with-harpo-marx-for-the-the-news-photo/545129793 |website=Getty Images |date=March 26, 2015 |publisher=Getty |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> Harpo and Chico appeared in the May 8, 1959, episode of ''[[General Electric Theater]]'' titled "The Incredible Jewelry Robbery" entirely in [[pantomime]].<ref name="TVComGenElectric">{{cite web |title=General Electric Theater Season 7 Episode 23 The Incredible Jewel Robbery |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/general-electric-theater/the-incredible-jewel-robbery-487891/ |website=TV.com |publisher=Red Ventures Company |access-date=1 December 2020 |archive-date=November 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102151932/http://www.tv.com/shows/general-electric-theater/the-incredible-jewel-robbery-487891/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The episode concluded with a brief surprise appearance by Groucho. In 1960, Marx appeared in his first dramatic role, in an episode of ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]'' titled "A Silent Panic".<ref name="HagleySilentPanic">{{cite web |title=A Silent Panic |url=https://digital.hagley.org/FILM-1995300-FC348 |website=[[Hagley Digital Archives]] |publisher=Hagley Museum and Library |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> Harpo plays a deaf-mute who witnesses a gangland murder while working as a "mechanical man" in a [[department store]] window. In 1961, to publicize his [[autobiography]] ''Harpo Speaks!'', he appeared on ''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'',<ref>{{cite book |title=Inside the NBC vault : Today show interviews with Harpo Marx, 1961, Groucho Marx, 1963, William Marx, 1985 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57054236 |via=WorldCat |year=1988 |publisher=OCLC |isbn=9780573670503 |oclc=57054236 |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> ''[[Play Your Hunch]]'',<ref name="MervMemoir">{{cite book |last1=Griffin |first1=Merv |title=Merv: Making the Good Life Last |date=30 October 2007 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=978-0743236829 |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hf-upKBQGrQC&q=harpo+marx+play+your+hunch&pg=PA40 |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> ''[[Candid Camera]]'',<ref name="TVGuide121760">{{cite journal |title=Commercials: How Many? How Long? How Often? |journal=TV Guide |date=17 December 1960 |volume=Bonanza |issue=Checkmate }}</ref> ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'',<ref name="SecretIMDb">{{cite web |title=I've Got A Secret Episode dated 33 May 1961 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0609758/ |website=IMDb |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> ''[[Here's Hollywood]]'', ''[[Art Linkletter's House Party]]'',<ref name="TVComHouseParty">{{cite web |title=Art Linkletter's House Party Season 5 Episode 190 May 24, 1957 |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/art-linkletters-house-party/may-24-1957-2540585/ |website=TV.com |publisher=Red Ventures Company |access-date=1 December 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Groucho's ''[[You Bet Your Life]]'',<ref name="SparkBetYourLife">{{cite web |title=You Bet Your Life |url=https://www.sparkmuseum.org/you-bet-your-life/ |website=Spark Museum of Electrical Invention |publisher=SPARK Museum |access-date=1 December 2020 |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624180144/https://www.sparkmuseum.org/you-bet-your-life/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.<ref name="GettyEdSullivan">{{cite web |title=Sullivan & Marx on "The Ed Sullivan Show" |url=https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/american-television-personality-ed-sullivan-hugs-comedian-news-photo/71006319?language=fr |website=Getty Images | date=May 22, 2006 |publisher=Getty |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>

In November 1961, he guest-starred with [[Carol Burnett]] in an installment of ''[[The DuPont Show of the Week]]'' titled "The Wonderful World of Toys".<ref name="PaleyDupont">{{cite web |title=DUPONT SHOW OF THE WEEK: ROBERT MONTGOMERY PRESENTS: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF TOYS {CAROL BURNETT, HARPO MARX, EDIE ADAMS, MERV GRIFFIN, AND OTHERS} (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=harpo+marx&p=1&item=B:26275 |website=The Paley Center for Media |publisher=The Paley Center |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> The show was filmed in [[Central Park]]<ref name="IMDbDupont">{{cite web |title="The Dupont Show of the Week" The Wonderful World of Toys |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0566784/ |website=IMDb |date=November 12, 1961 |publisher=Amazon |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> and featured Marx playing "[[Autumn Leaves (1945 song)|Autumn Leaves]]" on the harp.<ref name="TVComDupont">{{cite web |title=The Dupont Show of the Week: Season 1, Episode 9: The Wonderful World of Toys |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-dupont-show-of-the-week/the-wonderful-world-of-toys-219616/ |website=TV.com |publisher=Red Ventures |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116001808/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-dupont-show-of-the-week/the-wonderful-world-of-toys-219616/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other stars appearing in the episode included [[Eva Gabor]], [[Audrey Meadows]], [[Mitch Miller]] and [[Milton Berle]].<ref name="IMDbDupont" /> A visit to the set inspired poet [[Robert Lowell]] to pen his poem ''Harpo Marx.''{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

Late 1962 brought Harpo's final pair of television appearances, which aired within a month of each other. He portrayed a guardian angel on the September 25 episode of [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]'s ''[[The Red Skelton Hour]]''.<ref name="PaleyRedSkelton">{{cite web |title=RED SKELTON HOUR, THE (HARPO MARX, MAHALIA JACKSON, VIRGINIA GREY, DYAN CANNON) (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=cbs+television+w..&p=81&item=T82:0232 |website=The Paley Center for Media |publisher=The Paley Center |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> His final role, opposite show star [[Fess Parker]], was as himself on the October 20 episode, "Musicale", of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s sitcom ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series)|Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''<ref name="NJComMarxTVCollectionDVD">{{cite web |last1=Voger |first1=Mark |title='Marx Brothers TV Collection' on DVD |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2014/08/marx_brothers.html |website=NJ.com |date=August 15, 2014 |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> (based on [[Frank Capra|Frank Capra's]] [[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington|film of the same name]]).<ref>{{cite news| last=Hickey| first=Matthew| title=TV's Silent Panic: Harpo Marx & the Golden Age of Television| magazine=Filmfax| pages=64–69| date=May–June 1996}}</ref>