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