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Joe Martin

Joe Martin

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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
Spangles poster
Spangles
1926 • The Chimp (Uncredited)
Hollywood poster
Hollywood
1923 • Orangutan
Merry-Go-Round poster
Merry-Go-Round
1923 • Chimp (uncredited)
Trifling Women poster
Trifling Women
1922 • Orangutan (Uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan poster
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921 • Man in Ape Suit
A Monkey Movie Star poster
A Monkey Movie Star
1921 • Himself
A Monkey Hero poster
A Monkey Hero
1921 • Monkey Hero
Seven Years Bad Luck poster
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921 • The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
A Prohibition Monkey poster
A Prohibition Monkey
1920 • Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
The Evil Eye poster
The Evil Eye
1920 • Orangutan (Uncredited)
A Baby Doll Bandit poster
A Baby Doll Bandit
1920 • The Chimp
King of the Circus poster
King of the Circus
1920 • Chimp (Uncredited)
Monkey Stuff poster
Monkey Stuff
1919 • A Chimp
Looney Lions and Monkey Business poster
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
1919 • The Chimp
Man and Beast poster
Man and Beast
1917 • The Orang-Outang
No Image
Making Monkey Business
1917 • The Ape
Black Orchids poster
Black Orchids
1917 • Haitim-Tai
No Image
What Darwin Missed
1916 • The Wise Oran-Outang
No Image
Hungry Happy's Dream
1916 • Joe Martin the Chimp
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry poster
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915 • Orangutan
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose poster
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1915 • Joe Martin - the Inheritance
The Black Box poster
The Black Box
1915 • Chimp