Joe Martin

from Indonesian Archipelago

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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.

Timeline

1926

  • Poster for Spangles

    The Chimp (uncredited)

1923

  • Poster for Merry-Go-Round

    Chimp (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hollywood

    Orangutan

1922

  • Poster for Trifling Women

    Orangutan (uncredited)

1921

  • Poster for Seven Years Bad Luck

    The Chimpanzee (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Monkey Hero

    Monkey Hero

  • Poster for A Monkey Movie Star

    Self

  • Poster for The Adventures of Tarzan

    Man in Ape Suit

1920

  • Poster for King of the Circus

    Chimp (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Baby Doll Bandit

    The Chimp

  • Poster for The Evil Eye

    Orangutan (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Prohibition Monkey

    Joe Martin - An Orang-outang

1919

  • Poster for Looney Lions and Monkey Business

    The Chimp

  • Poster for Monkey Stuff

    A Chimp

1917

1916

1915

  • Poster for The Black Box

    Chimp

  • Poster for Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose

    Joe Martin - the Inheritance

  • Poster for Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry

    Orangutan