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Joe Martin the Chimp
Charlie Chimpanzee
Joe Martin
Acting
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.
Filmography
Movies
Spangles
as The Chimp (Uncredited)
Hollywood
as Orangutan
Merry-Go-Round
as Chimp (uncredited)
Trifling Women
as Orangutan (Uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan
as Man in Ape Suit
Seven Years Bad Luck
as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)
A Monkey Movie Star
as Himself
A Monkey Hero
as Monkey Hero
A Prohibition Monkey
as Joe Martin - An Orang-outang
The Evil Eye
as Orangutan (Uncredited)