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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.
BODY OF WORK
Joe Martin's Filmography
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Spangles
as The Chimp (uncredited)
Hollywood
as Orangutan
Merry-Go-Round
as Chimp (uncredited)
Trifling Women
as Orangutan (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan
as Man in Ape Suit
A Monkey Movie Star
as Self
A Monkey Hero
as Monkey Hero
Seven Years Bad Luck
as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
A Prohibition Monkey
as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
The Evil Eye
as Orangutan (uncredited)
A Baby Doll Bandit
as The Chimp
King of the Circus
as Chimp (uncredited)
Monkey Stuff
as A Chimp
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
as The Chimp
Man and Beast
as The Orang-Outang
No Poster
Making Monkey Business
as The Ape
Black Orchids
as Haitim-Tai
No Poster
What Darwin Missed
as The Wise Oran-Outang
No Poster
Hungry Happy's Dream
as Joe Martin the Chimp
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
as Orangutan
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
as Joe Martin - the Inheritance
The Black Box
as Chimp