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.
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Joe Martin — movies and TV shows
9.0FilmHollywood
1923
6.6FilmThe Adventures of Tarzan
1921
7.0FilmLady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915
6.2FilmMerry-Go-Round
1923
6.7FilmSeven Years Bad Luck
1921
8.0FilmKing of the Circus
1920
8.0FilmA Baby Doll Bandit
1920
3.0FilmTrifling Women
1922
8.0FilmLooney Lions and Monkey Business
1919
9.0FilmA Prohibition Monkey
1920
8.0FilmJoe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1915
1.0FilmBlack Orchids
1917
6.0FilmThe Black Box
1915
7.0FilmThe Evil Eye
1920
7.0FilmSpangles
1926
FilmMan and Beast
1917
8.0FilmMonkey Stuff
1919
FilmA Monkey Movie Star
1921
FilmA Monkey Hero
1921