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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) — The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
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Merry-Go-Round (1923) — Chimp (uncredited)
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The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) — Man in Ape Suit
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Trifling Women (1922) — Orangutan (Uncredited)
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Hollywood (1923) — Orangutan
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Black Orchids (1917) — Haitim-Tai
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Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry (1915) — Orangutan
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Spangles (1926) — The Chimp (Uncredited)
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Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose (1915) — Joe Martin - the Inheritance
- Hungry Happy's Dream (1916) — Joe Martin the Chimp
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Looney Lions and Monkey Business (1919) — The Chimp
- What Darwin Missed (1916) — The Wise Oran-Outang
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The Black Box (1915) — Chimp
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The Evil Eye (1920) — Orangutan (Uncredited)
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King of the Circus (1920) — Chimp (Uncredited)
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A Prohibition Monkey (1920) — Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
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A Baby Doll Bandit (1920) — The Chimp
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Monkey Stuff (1919) — A Chimp
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Man and Beast (1917) — The Orang-Outang
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A Monkey Movie Star (1921) — Himself
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A Monkey Hero (1921) — Monkey Hero