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