Joe Martin
Birthday
N/A
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Indonesian Archipelago
Also know 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.
Acting
(1921) Seven Years Bad Luck
as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
(1921) The Adventures of Tarzan
as Man in Ape Suit
(1917) Black Orchids
as Haitim-Tai
(1926) Spangles
as The Chimp (Uncredited)
(1922) Trifling Women
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
(1915) Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
as Orangutan
(1917) Man and Beast
as The Orang-Outang
(1915) Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
as Joe Martin - the Inheritance
(1916) Hungry Happy's Dream
as Joe Martin the Chimp
(1919) Looney Lions and Monkey Business
as The Chimp
(1916) What Darwin Missed
as The Wise Oran-Outang
(1923) Merry-Go-Round
as Chimp (uncredited)
(1915) The Black Box
as Chimp
(1923) Hollywood
as Orangutan
(1920) The Evil Eye
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
(1920) King of the Circus
as Chimp (Uncredited)
(1921) A Monkey Movie Star
as Himself
(1921) A Monkey Hero
as Monkey Hero
(1920) A Prohibition Monkey
as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
(1920) A Baby Doll Bandit
as The Chimp
(1919) Monkey Stuff
as A Chimp
(1917) Making Monkey Business
as The Ape