Films with the four Marx Brothers : Films with the three Marx Brothers ( post-Zeppo ) : Solo endeavors : In the 1974 Academy Awards telecast , Jack Lemmon presented Groucho with an honorary Academy Award to a standing ovation . The award was also on behalf of Harpo , Chico , and Zeppo , whom Lemmon mentioned by name . It was one of Groucho 's final major public appearances . " I wish that Harpo and Chico could be here to share with me this great honor " , he said , naming the two deceased brothers ( Zeppo was still alive at the time ) . Groucho also praised the late Margaret Dumont as a great straight woman who never understood any of his jokes
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