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Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

ActingBorn August 29, 1906Died April 21, 1982 (age 75)Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers, August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Sawyer gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse. Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in the Rin Tin Tin television program, a film, and on radio. On Stories of the Century in 1954, he portrayed Butch Cassidy, a role which he repeated in the 1958 episode "The Outlaw Legion" of the syndicated western series Frontier Doctor starring Rex Allen, with Doris Singleton and Michael Ansara as fellow guest stars. Sawyer also appeared on ABC's, Maverick, Sugarfoot, Peter Gunn, and Surfside 6 as well as NBC's Bat Masterson. Sawyer died April 21, 1982, in Ashland, Oregon from liver cancer. He was 75. His interment was in Oregon.

Filmography

1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1992
Legends of the West

as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1991Movie
1962
How the West Was Won

as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1960
North to Alaska

as Land Commissioner

Movie
1960
Surfside 6

as Leon Huff

TV
1959
Lock-Up

as Sgt. McEvoy

TV
1958
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

Movie
1957
Sugarfoot

as Fighting Sam Brown

TV
1956
The Killing

as Mike O'Reilly

Movie
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks

as Bancroft Baines

Movie
1954
Johnny Dark

as Carl Svenson

Movie
1954
Riding Shotgun

as Tom Biggert

Movie
1954Movie
1953Movie
1952
Mr. Walkie Talkie

as Sgt. Ames

Movie
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.

as Whitey Franks (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Red Skies of Montana

as R. A. 'Pop' Miller

Movie
1952
Indian Uprising

as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

Movie
1951
As You Were

as Sgt. Ames

Movie
1951Movie
1951Movie
1950
The Flying Missile

as Fuss Payne

Movie
1950
Operation Haylift

as George Swallow

Movie
1950
Blondie's Hero

as Sergeant Gateson

Movie
1950Movie
1949
And Baby Makes Three

as Police officer

Movie
1949
Deputy Marshal

as Eli Cressett

Movie
1949
Kazan

as Sandz Jepson

Movie
1949
Stagecoach Kid

as Thatcher

Movie
1949Movie
1949
The Gay Amigo

as Sergeant McNulty

Movie
1949
Tucson

as Tod Bryant

Movie
1948
The Untamed Breed

as Hoy Keegan

Movie
1948
Fighting Back

as Police Sergeant Scudder

Movie
1948
Coroner Creek

as Frank Yordy

Movie
1948
Fighting Father Dunne

as Steve Davis

Movie
1948
Here Comes Trouble

as Officer Ames

Movie
1948
Half Past Midnight

as Det. Lt. Joe Nash

Movie
1948
If You Knew Susie

as Zero Zantini

Movie
1947
A Double Life

as Pete Bonner

Movie
1947Movie
1947
Roses Are Red

as Police Lt. Rocky Wall

Movie
1947
Christmas Eve

as Private Detective

Movie
1946
G.I. War Brides

as Sgt. Frank Moraski

Movie
1946
Inside Job

as Police Capt. Thomas

Movie
1946
The Runaround

as Hutchins

Movie
1946Movie
1946
Gilda

as Casey

Movie
1946
Deadline at Dawn

as Babe Dooley

Movie
1945Movie
1945
Brewster's Millions

as Hacky Smith

Movie
1945
High Powered

as Spike Kenny

Movie
1944Movie
1944
Raiders of Ghost City

as Idaho Jones

Movie
1944
South of Dixie

as Ernest Hatcher

Movie
1944
Hey, Rookie

as Sergeant

Movie
1944Movie
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery

as Karl Straeder

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Tornado

as Charlie Muscles

Movie
1943
Let's Face It

as Sgt. Wiggins

Movie
1943
Yanks Ahoy

as Sgt. Ames

Movie
1943
Alaska Highway

as Roughhouse

Movie
1943
Hit the Ice

as Buster

Movie
1943
Prairie Chickens

as Albertson

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Buckskin Frontier

as Brannigan

Movie
1943
Taxi, Mister

as Eddie Corbett

Movie
1943
The Outlaw

as Charley Woodruff

Movie
1942Movie
1942
Fall In

as Sgt. Ames

Movie
1942
Wrecking Crew

as Fred Bunce

Movie
1942
A Letter From Bataan

as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law

Movie
1942
About Face

as Sgt. William Ames

Movie
1942
Sundown Jim

as Ben Moffitt

Movie
1942
Brooklyn Orchid

as Eddie Corbett

Movie
1942
Hay Foot

as Sergeant Ames

Movie
1941
You're in the Army Now

as Sergeant Madden

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Swamp Water

as Hardy Ragan

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Sergeant York

as Sergeant Early

Movie
1941
Last of the Duanes

as Bull Lossomer

Movie
1941
Belle Starr

as John Cole

Movie
1941
Tanks a Million

as Sgt. William Ames

Movie
1941Movie
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne

as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman

Movie
1940
Santa Fe Trail

as Kitzmiller

Movie
1940
The Border Legion

as Jim Gulden

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Melody Ranch

as Jasper Wildhack

Movie
1940
Wildcat Bus

as Burke

Movie
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid

as Bill Stevens

Movie
1940
Dark Command

as Bushropp

Movie
1940Movie
1940
The Grapes of Wrath

as Bookkeeper

Movie
1940
Women Without Names

as Principal Keeper Grimley

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Honeymoon Deferred

as Detective James

Movie
1939
The Man from Montreal

as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)

Movie
1939
The Roaring Twenties

as The Sergeant

Movie
1939
Sabotage

as Gardner

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Frontier Marshal

as Curley Bill

Movie
1939
Inside Information

as Detective Grazzi

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Union Pacific

as Shamus (uncredited)

Movie
1939
The Lady and the Mob

as Blinky Mack

Movie
1938
Gambling Ship

as Tony Garzoni

Movie
1938
Heart of the North

as Red Crocker

Movie
1938
Always in Trouble

as Buster Mussendorfer

Movie
1938
The Storm

as Kelly

Movie
1938
Passport Husband

as Duke Selton

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Tarzan's Revenge

as Olaf Punch

Movie
1937
Behind the Criminal

as Red Manders

Movie
1937
The Lady Fights Back

as Swede Jannsen

Movie
1937
Reported Missing

as 'Brad' Martin

Movie
1937Movie
1937Movie
1937
Slim

as Windy Wilcox

Movie
1937
San Quentin

as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen

Movie
1937
They Gave Him a Gun

as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Motor Madness

as Steve Dolan

Movie
1937
Navy Blues

as Chips

Movie
1937
Black Legion

as Cliff Summers

Movie
1936
Great Guy

as Joe Burton

Movie
1936
Rose Bowl

as Announcer

Movie
1936
The Accusing Finger

as Father Regan, chaplain

Movie
1936
Two in a Crowd

as Bonelli's Henchman

Movie
1936
Murder with Pictures

as Inspector Tom Bacon

Movie
1936
Crash Donovan

as Henchman (uncredited)

Movie
1936
A Son Comes Home

as First Truck Driver

Movie
1936
High Tension

as Terry Madden

Movie
1936
And Sudden Death

as Police Sgt. Sanborn

Movie
1936
Special Investigator

as Jim Plummer

Movie
1936
Big Brown Eyes

as Jack Sully

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Country Doctor

as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Walking Dead

as 'Trigger' Smith

Movie
1936Movie
1936Movie
1936
Freshman Love

as Coach Kendall

Movie
1935
Man of Iron

as Crawford

Movie
1935
Frisco Kid

as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)

Movie
1935
I Found Stella Parish

as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Special Agent

as Rich - Chief Henchman

Movie
1935
Little Big Shot

as Doré's Henchman

Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Arizonian

as Henchman Keeler

Movie
1935
The Informer

as Bartly Mulholland

Movie
1935
Car 99

as Whitey, burly henchman

Movie
1935
The Whole Town's Talking

as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Sequoia

as Forest Ranger (uncredited)

Movie
1934
The Band Plays On

as Mr. Thomas

Movie
1934
The Westerner

as Bob Lockhart

Movie
1934
College Rhythm

as Spud Miller

Movie
1934
The Prescott Kid

as Marshal Willoughby

Movie
1934
Gridiron Flash

as Coach Eversmith

Movie
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog

as Carl Trask (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Death on the Diamond

as "Dunc" Spencer

Movie
1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang

as Building Guard (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Sing and Like It

as Gunner - Hood

Movie
1934
Looking for Trouble

as Max Stanley

Movie
1934
Jimmy the Gent

as Mike (uncredited)

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Eskimo

as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)

Movie
1933
College Coach

as Holcomb

Movie
1933
Ace of Aces

as Captain Daly

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Golden Harvest

as Farmhand (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Three Cornered Moon

as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)

Movie
1933Movie
1933
College Humor

as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)

Movie
1933
Hold Your Man

as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Olsen’s Big Moment

as Dapper' Danny Reynolds

Movie
1932
Huddle

as Slater

Movie
1932
Arsène Lupin

as Leroux (uncredited)

Movie
1931
Maker of Men

as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)

Movie
1931
The Public Enemy

as Pool Player (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 29, 1906
Day of DeathApril 21, 1982
Place of BirthGuelph, Ontario, Canada
Popularity0.6