Joe Martin
Acting
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.
Films (22)
Spangles
1926
Hollywood
1923
Merry-Go-Round
1923
Trifling Women
1922
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
A Monkey Movie Star
1921
A Monkey Hero
1921
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921
A Prohibition Monkey
1920
The Evil Eye
1920
A Baby Doll Bandit
1920
King of the Circus
1920
Monkey Stuff
1919
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
1919
Man and Beast
1917
Making Monkey Business
1917
Black Orchids
1917
What Darwin Missed
1916
Hungry Happy's Dream
1916
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1915
The Black Box
1915