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