Joe Martin
- Known for
- Acting
- Birthplace
- Indonesian Archipelago
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
Spangles 1926
as The Chimp (uncredited)
Hollywood 1923
as Orangutan
Merry-Go-Round 1923
as Chimp (uncredited)
Trifling Women 1922
as Orangutan (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
Seven Years Bad Luck 1921
as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
A Prohibition Monkey 1920
as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
The Evil Eye 1920
as Orangutan (uncredited)
A Baby Doll Bandit 1920
as The Chimp
King of the Circus 1920
as Chimp (uncredited)
Monkey Stuff 1919
as A Chimp
Looney Lions and Monkey Business 1919
as The Chimp
Man and Beast 1917
as The Orang-Outang
- Making Monkey Business
Making Monkey Business 1917
as The Ape
Black Orchids 1917
as Haitim-Tai
- What Darwin Missed
What Darwin Missed 1916
as The Wise Oran-Outang
- Hungry Happy's Dream
Hungry Happy's Dream 1916
as Joe Martin the Chimp
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
Credits from TMDB.