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