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

Merry-Go-Round

Chimp (uncredited)

The Adventures of Tarzan

Man in Ape Suit

Seven Years Bad Luck

The Chimpanzee (uncredited)

King of the Circus

Chimp (uncredited)

Hollywood

Orangutan

Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry

Orangutan

Looney Lions and Monkey Business

The Chimp

Black Orchids

Haitim-Tai