I think he's from the Marx Bros film, "A Day at the Races"

( BargeArse - Maker of fine Trouser Trumpets since 1863., Fri 20 Oct 2006, 5:58, archived)

That-a was not-a shitty movie.

( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Fri 20 Oct 2006, 6:17, archived)