Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    22

  • Gender

    Male

  • Place of Birth

    Indonesian Archipelago

  • Also Known As

    Joe Martin the Chimp

    Charlie Chimpanzee

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.