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Joe Martin

Actor
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

1923
Merry-Go-Round · as Chimp (uncredited)
1923
Hollywood · as Orangutan
1921
Adventures of Tarzan · as Man In Ape Suit
1921
Seven Years Bad Luck · as The Chimpanzee (uncredited)

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