Joe Martin
Date of birth:
Place of birth: Indonesian Archipelago
Known for: Acting
Also 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.
Movie Credits
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921-02-06
After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring b
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921-12-01
Tarzan spurns the love of La, Queen of Opar. When he isn't trying to keep the Bolshevik Rokoff and C
Black Orchids
1917-01-01
Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father
Spangles
1926-11-07
At a three-ring circus, 'Spangles' Delancy, a beautiful bareback horse rider, falls in love with a w
Man and Beast
1917-06-25
During the great drought on the South African veldt, bitterness erupts between the von Haagen and To
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915-10-14
This is another comedy, in which trick photography plays a large part. It is a travesty on the tempe
Trifling Women
1922-11-06
Leon de Severac is fed up with his daughter Jacqueline, who is constantly seducing men. Hoping to di
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1915-09-15
An old maid receives a telegram from the administrator of a distant uncle's will, stating that he is
Hungry Happy's Dream
1916-04-06
H. Oboe Rhodes, a "knight of the road," limps into a large city with the idea of appeasing his hunge
The Black Box
1915-03-08
Science fiction serial, presumed lost.
What Darwin Missed
1916-08-12
Prof. Alonzo Bozzle, an eccentric zoologist, has taken up the study of evolution as promulgated by D
Merry-Go-Round
1923-07-01
A nobleman, posing as a necktie salesman, falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, eve
Hollywood
1923-08-19
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She l
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
1919-04-23
The adventures of an escaped convict.
The Evil Eye
1920-04-30
This serial, starring boxer Leslie King, is presumed lost.
King of the Circus
1920-01-02
Eddie King goes up against a villainous circus owner in this action adventure which was directed by
A Monkey Hero
1921-04-19
Here's a surefire number if ever there was one. Filled with innumerable original gags and laugh-gett
A Monkey Movie Star
1921-07-04
Joe dreams he has become a high-salaried, temperamental movie star.
A Prohibition Monkey
1920-09-13
The town of Beer Bottle Bend is so tough that the babies chew tobacco. It is run in a high, wide, an
A Baby Doll Bandit
1920-01-12
Weazel Tail Bend was so crooked it couldn't see straight, but one day the town was brightened consid
Monkey Stuff
1919-07-07
Two-reel comedy, directed by William S. Campbell staring noted orangutan actor, Joe Martin
Making Monkey Business
1917-06-12
Betty has a rich inheritance, but she can't find it. She is engaged to Detective Duffer. One day. "T