Harpo Marx for the name Adolph (as a child, he was routinely called "Ahdie" instead). The name change may have also happened because of the similarity between Harpo's name and Adolph Marks, a prominent show business attorney in Chicago. Urban legends stating that the name change came about during World War I due to anti-German sentiment in the US, or during World War II because of the stigma that Adolf Hitler imposed on the name, are groundless. His first screen appearance was in the film "Humor Risk" (1921), with his brothers, although according to Groucho, it was only screened once and then
Carl Adolph Castenschiold He purchased Hagestedgaard in 1769. He was appointed to "etatsråd" in 1777 and chamberlain in 1780. He married Dorothea Augusta Brøer (1744 - 14 June 1819) on 5 May 1760 at Hagestedgård.The couple had 10 children but several of them died as infants. He married, for a second time, Dorothea Lyngbye (1761 - 9 July 1838) on 14 June 1820. Carl Adolph Castenschiold Carl Adolph Castenschioldm née Carl Adolph Carstens (1740 – 30 July 1820) was a Danish landowner and chamberlain. He owned knabstrup Manor (1760-1764) and Hagestedgaard (1769-1720). He was the brother of Joachim Castenschiold. Castenschiold was born on