Joe Martin
Known for Acting
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
Hollywood
1923
as Orangutan
Merry-Go-Round
1923
as Chimp (uncredited)
Spangles
1926
as The Chimp (Uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
as Man in Ape Suit
Trifling Women
1922
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
A Prohibition Monkey
1920
as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
Black Orchids
1917
as Haitim-Tai
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921
as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Hungry Happy's Dream
1916
as Joe Martin the Chimp
Man and Beast
1917
as The Orang-Outang
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915
as Orangutan
The Black Box
1915
as Chimp
A Monkey Hero
1921
as Monkey Hero
Making Monkey Business
1917
as The Ape
The Evil Eye
1920
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
1919
as The Chimp
What Darwin Missed
1916
as The Wise Oran-Outang
King of the Circus
1920
as Chimp (Uncredited)
Monkey Stuff
1919
as A Chimp
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1915
as Joe Martin - the Inheritance