Joe Martin (born between 1911 and 1913 – died after 1931) was a captive orangutan who appeared in at least 50 American films of the silent era, including approximately 20 comedy shorts, several serials, two Tarzan movies, Rex Ingram's melodrama Black Orchid and its remake Trifling Women, the Max Linder feature comedy Seven Years Bad Luck, and the Irving Thalberg-produced Merry-Go-Round.
Filmography
Seven Years Bad Luck
as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Merry-Go-Round
as Chimp (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan
as Man in Ape Suit
Trifling Women
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
Hollywood
as Orangutan
Black Orchids
as Haitim-Tai
Spangles
as The Chimp (Uncredited)
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
as Joe Martin - the Inheritance
Hungry Happy's Dream
as Joe Martin the Chimp
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
as The Chimp
What Darwin Missed
as The Wise Oran-Outang
The Black Box
as Chimp
The Evil Eye
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
King of the Circus
as Chimp (Uncredited)
A Prohibition Monkey
as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
A Baby Doll Bandit
as The Chimp
Monkey Stuff
as A Chimp
Making Monkey Business
as The Ape
Man and Beast
as The Orang-Outang