Harpo Marx on Harpo. Harpo later played the role in Los Angeles opposite Woollcott, who had inspired the character of Sheridan Whiteside. In 1961 Harpo published his autobiography, "Harpo Speaks". Because he never spoke a word in character, many believed he actually was mute. In fact, radio and TV news recordings of his voice can be found on the Internet, in documentaries, and on bonus materials of Marx Brothers DVDs. A reporter who interviewed him in the early 1930s wrote that "he [Harpo] ... had a deep and distinguished voice, like a professional announcer", and like his brothers, spoke with a New
Marx the First Marx the First Marx the First is a 1973 novel by Scottish writer Bruce Marshall. It is the second novel of a three volume series. "Urban the Ninth" is the first and "Peter the Second" the final. In this Catholic comic thriller Pope Marx the First returns to the Vatican after being thought lost in an air crash two years previous. He takes over from Cardinal Stephen, who had been elected as Urban IX, an "accidental Pope" during the time Marx was thought lost. Pope Marx, a very liberal Catholic, plans to make many radical changes to Catholic teaching, practices