Joe Martin
ActingAlso Known As
Joe Martin the Chimp, Charlie Chimpanzee
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.
Movies
(22 total)
Seven Years Bad Luck
as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Merry-Go-Round
as Chimp (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan
as Man in Ape Suit
Black Orchids
as Haitim-Tai
Trifling Women
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
Hollywood
as Orangutan
The Black Box
as Chimp
Spangles
as The Chimp (Uncredited)
Man and Beast
as The Orang-Outang
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
as Joe Martin - the Inheritance
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
as The Chimp
The Evil Eye
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
King of the Circus
as Chimp (Uncredited)
A Monkey Hero
as Monkey Hero
A Monkey Movie Star
as Himself
A Prohibition Monkey
as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
A Baby Doll Bandit
as The Chimp
Monkey Stuff
as A Chimp