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'''Joe Martin''' (born between 1911 and 1913 – died after 1931) was a [[Captivity (animal)|captive]] [[orangutan]] who appeared in at least 50 American films of the silent era, including approximately 20 comedy shorts, several serials, two [[Tarzan in film, television and other non-print media|Tarzan movies]], [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]]'s melodrama ''[[Black Orchids (film)|Black Orchid]]'' and its remake ''[[Trifling Women]]'', the [[Max Linder]] feature comedy ''[[Seven Years Bad Luck]]'', and the [[Irving Thalberg]]-produced ''[[Merry-Go-Round (1923 film)|Merry-Go-Round]]''.
Joe Martin was [[human]]-[[acculturated]] and was characterized as [[Anthropomorphism|human-like]] during his life. Upon entering adolescence, Joe Martin began to physically attack humans and other animals, including studio staff, director [[Al Santell]], his trainers, and actors including [[Dorothy Phillips]] and [[Edward Connelly]]. At least three of these cases were apparent defenses of a woman, child, or animal. He staged major zoo escapes at least twice, once releasing the wolves and the elephant on the way out, and, separately, while evading recapture, relieving a police officer of his gun.
In 1924, [[Universal Pictures]] deemed Joe Martin too dangerous to work in film and sold him to the [[Al G. Barnes Circus]], where he remained until approximately 1931. Although the circumstances of his death are unknown, Joe Martin had a long lifespan for a captive orangutan of his era.
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