Joe Martin
January 1, 1970 (54 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 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 · A Monkey Movie Star as Himself
- 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
- 1919 · Looney Lions and Monkey Business as The Chimp
- 1917 · Man and Beast as The Orang-Outang
- 1917 · Making Monkey Business as The Ape
- 1917 · Black Orchids as Haitim-Tai
- 1916 · What Darwin Missed as The Wise Oran-Outang
- 1916 · Hungry Happy's Dream as Joe Martin the Chimp
- 1915 · Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry as Orangutan
- 1915 · Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose as Joe Martin - the Inheritance
- 1915 · The Black Box as Chimp