
Joe Martin
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
1923

Hollywood
1923

The Adventures of Tarzan
1921

A Monkey Hero
1921

Seven Years Bad Luck
1921

Looney Lions and Monkey Business
1919

Spangles
1926

King of the Circus
1920

Trifling Women
1922

Black Orchids
1917

Monkey Stuff
1919

The Evil Eye
1920

Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915

A Prohibition Monkey
1920

The Black Box
1915

Man and Beast
1917

A Baby Doll Bandit
1920

A Monkey Movie Star
1921

Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1915