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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Indonesian Archipelago

Joe Martin

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

Acting

1926

Spangles as The Chimp (Uncredited)

1923

Merry-Go-Round as Chimp (uncredited)
Hollywood as Orangutan

1922

Trifling Women as Orangutan (Uncredited)

1921

Seven Years Bad Luck as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan as Man in Ape Suit
A Monkey Hero as Monkey Hero

1920

The Evil Eye as Orangutan (Uncredited)
King of the Circus as Chimp (Uncredited)
A Prohibition Monkey as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
A Baby Doll Bandit as The Chimp

1919

Monkey Stuff as A Chimp

1917

Black Orchids as Haitim-Tai
Man and Beast as The Orang-Outang

1916

Hungry Happy's Dream as Joe Martin the Chimp
What Darwin Missed as The Wise Oran-Outang

1915

Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose as Joe Martin - the Inheritance
The Black Box as Chimp