Zeppo also invented the Marman Clamp that was put to use during WWII for securing goods in the hold and it had the unenviable distinction of holding the atomic bombs in place in Enola Gay in 1945. His brothers often said that off camera Zeppo was both the funniest and naturally talented of all the Marx brothers which was quite an endorsement considering he only starred in five of the Marx Brothers movies.Īway from the screen and stage he was a bit of an engineering whizz and in 1969 he invented a watch that monitored the cardiac pulse, it would create an alarm if the person went into cardiac arrest and he filed 2 patents on his design. He was so good that it made me get better quicker". Indeed he was so good that his brothers sometimes viewed him as a potential usurper with even Groucho recognising his talent as he was quoted as saying about him: "When I had my appendix out, Zeppo took over for me.
Imagine being born as the youngest of the five Marx brothers and being raised in the shadow of some of the sharpest comical minds and quicksilver tongues in the history of comedy? Such was the lot of Zeppo Marx and he grew up learning so much from all of his brothers that he was able to stand in for any of them when they were ill or otherwise unavailable to act.
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