Harpo Marx Harpo Marx Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and musician, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho Marx and Chico Marx, Harpo's comic style was visual, being an example of both clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish blonde wig, and never spoke during performances (he blew a horn or whistled to communicate). He frequently used props such as a horn cane, made up of a lead pipe, tape, and a bulbhorn, and
Adolph Dattan Adolph Dattan Adolph Traugott Arthur Dattan (Russian name: Адольф Васильевич Даттан: Adolph Vassilevich Dattan, born 22 October 1854 in Rudersdorf (Thuringia), Germany, died 14 August 1924 in Naumburg (Saale), Germany. A German-Russian merchant and part-owner of Kunst and Albers, a large trading company in Vladivostok, Russia, he made a name for himself as a philanthropist and supporter of the sciences. During World War I, he was exiled under suspicion of espionage to a remote area of Siberia. Adolph Dattan was born in Rudersdorf, near Buttstädt, Germany, the youngest of ten children. His father was a Lutheran village pastor and the