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Joe Martin
Born: Unknown in Indonesian Archipelago
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.
Rated Filmography (16)
Sorted by Score9.0
Hollywood
1923
9.0
A Prohibition Monkey
1920
8.0
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1915
8.0
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
1919
8.0
King of the Circus
1920
8.0
A Baby Doll Bandit
1920
8.0
Monkey Stuff
1919
7.0
Spangles
1926
7.0
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915
7.0
The Evil Eye
1920
6.7
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921
6.6
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
6.3
Merry-Go-Round
1923
6.0
The Black Box
1915
3.0
Trifling Women
1922
1.0
Black Orchids
1917