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