Joe Martin
Department: 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.
Known For
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Black Orchids
1917
Spangles
1926
Trifling Women
1922
Man and Beast
1917
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1915
Hungry Happy's Dream
1916
What Darwin Missed
1916
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
1919
The Black Box
1915
The Evil Eye
1920
King of the Circus
1920
Merry-Go-Round
1923
Hollywood
1923
A Monkey Hero
1921
A Monkey Movie Star
1921
A Prohibition Monkey
1920
A Baby Doll Bandit
1920
Monkey Stuff
1919
Making Monkey Business
1917