Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Indonesian Archipelago
Also Known As
Joe Martin the ChimpCharlie Chimpanzee
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
Hollywood
as Orangutan
Merry-Go-Round
as Chimp (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan
as Man in Ape Suit
Seven Years Bad Luck
as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Black Orchids
as Haitim-Tai
Man and Beast
as The Orang-Outang
A Monkey Movie Star
as Himself
King of the Circus
as Chimp (Uncredited)
The Evil Eye
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
as Orangutan
Spangles
as The Chimp (Uncredited)
Trifling Women
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
A Prohibition Monkey
as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
as The Chimp
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
as Joe Martin - the Inheritance
The Black Box
as Chimp
Monkey Stuff
as A Chimp
A Monkey Hero
as Monkey Hero
A Baby Doll Bandit
as The Chimp