Portrait of Joe Martin

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.

Place of Birth: Indonesian Archipelago

Filmography

1926
Spangles

as The Chimp (Uncredited)

1923
Hollywood

as Orangutan

1923
Merry-Go-Round

as Chimp (uncredited)

1922
Trifling Women

as Orangutan (Uncredited)

1921
The Adventures of Tarzan

as Man in Ape Suit

1921
1921
A Monkey Hero

as Monkey Hero

1921
Seven Years Bad Luck

as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)

1920
A Prohibition Monkey

as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang

1920
The Evil Eye

as Orangutan (Uncredited)

1920
A Baby Doll Bandit

as The Chimp

1920
King of the Circus

as Chimp (Uncredited)

1919
Monkey Stuff

as A Chimp

1917
Man and Beast

as The Orang-Outang

1917
Black Orchids

as Haitim-Tai

1915
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose

as Joe Martin - the Inheritance

1915