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
Seven Years Bad Luck
The Adventures of Tarzan
Black Orchids
Spangles
Trifling Women
Man and Beast
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
Hungry Happy's Dream
What Darwin Missed
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
The Black Box
The Evil Eye
King of the Circus
Merry-Go-Round
Hollywood
A Monkey Hero
A Monkey Movie Star
A Prohibition Monkey
A Baby Doll Bandit
Monkey Stuff
Making Monkey Business