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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.864 |
| Birthday | |
| Place of Birth | Indonesian Archipelago |
| Also Known As | Joe Martin the Chimp, Charlie Chimpanzee, |
1921
Seven Years Bad Luck
6.7/35
After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck, but in doing so causes himself the worst...
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Seven Years Bad Luck
1921
The Adventures of Tarzan
5.8/3
Tarzan spurns the love of La, Queen of Opar. When he isn't trying to keep the Bolshevik Rokoff and Clayton (pretender to the Greystoke estate) from re...
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The Adventures of Tarzan
1917
Black Orchids
1/1
Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father relates a story in which an equally frivolous woma...
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Black Orchids
1926
Spangles
0/0
At a three-ring circus, 'Spangles' Delancy, a beautiful bareback horse rider, falls in love with a wanted man, Dick Radley, who uses the circus as a h...
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Spangles
1917
Man and Beast
0/0
During the great drought on the South African veldt, bitterness erupts between the von Haagen and Townsend families when they quarrel over a cattle sp...
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Man and Beast
1915
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
5/1
This is another comedy, in which trick photography plays a large part. It is a travesty on the temperance question, siding with the dry element. On th...
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Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1922
Trifling Women
1/1
Leon de Severac is fed up with his daughter Jacqueline, who is constantly seducing men. Hoping to discourage her from her flirtatious behavior, he tel...
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Trifling Women
1915
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
0/0
An old maid receives a telegram from the administrator of a distant uncle's will, stating that he is shipping her share of the inheritance in a box. W...
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Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose
1916
Hungry Happy's Dream
0/0
H. Oboe Rhodes, a "knight of the road," limps into a large city with the idea of appeasing his hunger. His first quest is the welcoming doors of a sal...
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Hungry Happy's Dream
1915
The Black Box
6/1
Science fiction serial, presumed lost.
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The Black Box
1916
What Darwin Missed
0/0
Prof. Alonzo Bozzle, an eccentric zoologist, has taken up the study of evolution as promulgated by Darwin and is pondering especially on the idea that...
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What Darwin Missed
1923
Merry-Go-Round
6/14
A nobleman, posing as a necktie salesman, falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, even though he is already married to the daughter of...
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Merry-Go-Round
1923
Hollywood
7/1
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtim...
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Hollywood
1919
Looney Lions and Monkey Business
0/0
The adventures of an escaped convict.
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Looney Lions and Monkey Business
1920
The Evil Eye
0/0
This serial, starring boxer Leslie King, is presumed lost.
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The Evil Eye
1920
King of the Circus
0/0
Eddie King goes up against a villainous circus owner in this action adventure which was directed by genre specialist J.P. McGowan and released in 18 c...
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King of the Circus
1921
A Monkey Hero
0/0
Here's a surefire number if ever there was one. Filled with innumerable original gags and laugh-getting animal stuff, it forms an offering that's good...
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A Monkey Hero
1921
A Monkey Movie Star
0/0
Joe dreams he has become a high-salaried, temperamental movie star.
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A Monkey Movie Star
1920
A Prohibition Monkey
0/0
The town of Beer Bottle Bend is so tough that the babies chew tobacco. It is run in a high, wide, and handsome manner by the owner of Riley's Saloon....
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A Prohibition Monkey
1920
A Baby Doll Bandit
0/0
Weazel Tail Bend was so crooked it couldn't see straight, but one day the town was brightened considerably by the arrival of Miss Betsy Beautiful, who...
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A Baby Doll Bandit
1919
Monkey Stuff
0/0
Two-reel comedy, directed by William S. Campbell staring noted orangutan actor, Joe Martin
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Monkey Stuff
1917
Making Monkey Business
0/0
Betty has a rich inheritance, but she can't find it. She is engaged to Detective Duffer. One day. "The Flea" comes to rob her, bringing his accomplice...
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