Joe Martin
Actor
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
Seven Years Bad Luck
February 6, 1921
Merry-Go-Round
July 1, 1923
The Adventures of Tarzan
December 1, 1921
Trifling Women
November 6, 1922
Hollywood
August 19, 1923
Black Orchids
January 1, 1917
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
October 14, 1915
Spangles
November 7, 1926
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
September 15, 1915
The Black Box
March 8, 1915
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
April 23, 1919
The Evil Eye
April 30, 1920
Acting22
- 1926Spangles as The Chimp (uncredited)
- 1923Hollywood as Orangutan
- 1923Merry-Go-Round as Chimp (uncredited)
- 1922Trifling Women as Orangutan (uncredited)
- 1921The Adventures of Tarzan as Man in Ape Suit
- 1921A Monkey Movie Star as Self
- 1921A Monkey Hero as Monkey Hero
- 1921Seven Years Bad Luck as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
- 1920A Prohibition Monkey as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
- 1920