Person

Joe Martin

Acting · 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.

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  Hollywood

  Orangutan

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  Merry-Go-Round

  Chimp (uncredited)

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  The Adventures of Tarzan

  Man in Ape Suit

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  Seven Years Bad Luck

  The Chimpanzee (uncredited)

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  Black Orchids

  Haitim-Tai

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  Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry

  Orangutan

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  Spangles

  The Chimp (Uncredited)

• What Darwin Missed

  The Wise Oran-Outang

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  Looney Lions and Monkey Business

  The Chimp

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  The Evil Eye

  Orangutan (Uncredited)

• 1926SpanglesThe Chimp (Uncredited)
• 1923HollywoodOrangutan
• 1923Merry-Go-RoundChimp (uncredited)
• 1922Trifling WomenOrangutan (Uncredited)
• 1921The Adventures of TarzanMan in Ape Suit
• 1921A Monkey Movie StarHimself
• 1921A Monkey HeroMonkey Hero
• 1921Seven Years Bad LuckThe Chimpanzee (uncredited)
• 1920A Prohibition MonkeyJoe Martin - An Orang-outang
• 1920The Evil EyeOrangutan (Uncredited)
• 1920A Baby Doll BanditThe Chimp
• 1920King of the CircusChimp (Uncredited)
• 1919Monkey StuffA Chimp
• 1919Looney Lions and Monkey BusinessThe Chimp
• 1917Man and BeastThe Orang-Outang
• 1917Making Monkey BusinessThe Ape
• 1917Black OrchidsHaitim-Tai
• 1916What Darwin MissedThe Wise Oran-Outang
• 1916Hungry Happy's DreamJoe Martin the Chimp
• 1915Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went DryOrangutan
• 1915Joe Martin Turns 'Em LooseJoe Martin - the Inheritance
• 1915The Black BoxChimp