Acting
Joe Martin
- Born
- —
- Place
- Indonesian Archipelago
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.
Filmography
Known for
6.7Seven Years Bad Luck
1921
6.6The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
1.0Black Orchids
1917
7.0Spangles
1926
3.0Trifling Women
1922
7.0Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915
Man and Beast
1917
8.0Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1915
8.0Looney Lions and Monkey Business
1919
6.3Merry-Go-Round
1923
6.0The Black Box
1915
9.0Hollywood
1923
7.0The Evil Eye
1920
8.0King of the Circus
1920
A Monkey Movie Star
1921
A Monkey Hero
1921
9.0A Prohibition Monkey
1920
8.0A Baby Doll Bandit
1920