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