Joe Sawyer
Acting
Born: August 29, 1906 · Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Died: April 21, 1982 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Killing
1956
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Gilda
1946
How the West Was Won
1962
The Public Enemy
1931
The Roaring Twenties
1939
It Came from Outer Space
1953
Sergeant York
1941
The Petrified Forest
1936
North to Alaska
1960
The Informer
1935
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Photos (3)
Movies (179)
The Grapes of Wrath
Bookkeeper
How the West Was Won
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Gilda
Casey
The Roaring Twenties
The Sergeant
The Killing
Mike O'Reilly
Union Pacific
Shamus (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Sgt. Doolittle
North to Alaska
Land Commissioner
A Double Life
Pete Bonner
Sergeant York
Sergeant Early
Deadline - U.S.A.
Whitey Franks (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
'Trigger' Smith
The Public Enemy
Pool Player (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
Tom Biggert
The Long Voyage Home
Davis
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Karl Straeder
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Werner Renz
Santa Fe Trail
Kitzmiller
The Flying Missile
Fuss Payne
The Informer
Bartly Mulholland
Big Brown Eyes
Jack Sully
Deadline at Dawn
Babe Dooley
The Petrified Forest
Jackie
Dark Command
Bushropp
Jimmy the Gent
Mike (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
Frank Daylon
Belle Starr
John Cole
The Outlaw
Charley Woodruff
Black Legion
Cliff Summers
The Case of the Howling Dog
Carl Trask (uncredited)
Hold Your Man
Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
And Baby Makes Three
Police officer
Stolen Heaven
Bako
Down Mexico Way
Allen
Swamp Water
Hardy Ragan
Ace of Aces
Captain Daly
Inside Job
Police Capt. Thomas
Brewster's Millions
Hacky Smith
San Quentin
'Sailor Boy' Hansen
Death on the Diamond
"Dunc" Spencer
King of the Lumberjacks
Jigger
Hit the Ice
Buster
I Stole a Million
Billings
Legends of the West
Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay
Charlie
Special Agent
Rich - Chief Henchman
Frisco Kid
Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Eddie Corbett
Fall In
Sgt. Ames
Buckskin Frontier
Brannigan
Let's Face It
Sgt. Wiggins
Sing and Like It
Gunner - Hood
Taza, Son of Cochise
Sgt. Hamma
Coroner Creek
Frank Yordy
Tarzan's Revenge
Olaf Punch
Blondie's Hero
Sergeant Gateson
The Whole Town's Talking
Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
Roses Are Red
Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Half Past Midnight
Det. Lt. Joe Nash
Big Town After Dark
Monk
Olsen’s Big Moment
Dapper' Danny Reynolds
Great Guy
Joe Burton
I Found Stella Parish
Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
Two in a Crowd
Bonelli's Henchman
Eskimo
Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
Passport Husband
Duke Selton
Down in San Diego
Dutch
The Accusing Finger
Father Regan, chaplain
Slim
Windy Wilcox
They Gave Him a Gun
Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
The Band Plays On
Mr. Thomas
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Sgt. Regan
Freshman Love
Coach Kendall
Comin' Round the Mountain
Kalem McCoy
The Storm
Kelly
Little Big Shot
Doré's Henchman
Red Skies of Montana
R. A. 'Pop' Miller
About Face
Sgt. William Ames
Sabotage
Gardner
Stagecoach Kid
Thatcher
Joe Palooka, Champ
Lefty
You're in the Army Now
Sergeant Madden
Sundown Jim
Ben Moffitt
Raiders of Ghost City
Idaho Jones
Arsène Lupin
Leroux (uncredited)
G.I. War Brides
Sgt. Frank Moraski
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tucson
Tod Bryant
Yanks Ahoy
Sgt. Ames
Always in Trouble
Buster Mussendorfer
College Humor
Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
Wildcat Bus
Burke
Hey, Rookie
Sergeant
Hay Foot
Sergeant Ames
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Red
The Naughty Nineties
Bailey
Son of a Sailor
Slug
The Lady and the Mob
Blinky Mack
The Singing Sheriff
Squint
Johnny Dark
Carl Svenson
Moonlight on the Prairie
Luke Thomas
College Coach
Holcomb
High Powered
Spike Kenny
Pride of the Marines
Tennessee
Deputy Marshal
Eli Cressett
The Country Doctor
Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
Reported Missing
'Brad' Martin
Huddle
Slater
Maker of Men
Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
Tanks a Million
Sgt. William Ames
The Untamed Breed
Hoy Keegan
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Building Guard (uncredited)
Lucky Cisco Kid
Bill Stevens
High Tension
Terry Madden
Special Investigator
Jim Plummer
The Gay Amigo
Sergeant McNulty
Navy Blues
Chips
Heart of the North
Red Crocker
Golden Harvest
Farmhand (uncredited)
Frontier Marshal
Curley Bill
Alaska Highway
Roughhouse
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Sgt. Ames
Christmas Eve
Private Detective
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Bancroft Baines
Kazan
Sandz Jepson
Looking for Trouble
Max Stanley
Crash Donovan
Henchman (uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble
Officer Ames
Women Without Names
Principal Keeper Grimley
Prairie Chickens
Albertson
Gridiron Flash
Coach Eversmith
If You Knew Susie
Zero Zantini
Broadway Gondolier
'Red'
The Lady from Cheyenne
Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
As You Were
Sgt. Ames
Fighting Father Dunne
Steve Davis
The Arizonian
Henchman Keeler
Moon Over Las Vegas
Joe
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Jake
Pride of Maryland
Knuckles
Taxi, Mister
Eddie Corbett
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Sgt. Biff O'Hara
Murder with Pictures
Inspector Tom Bacon
The Stranger's Return
Thresher
The Border Legion
Jim Gulden
Saturday's Millions
Coach
Car 99
Whitey, burly henchman
Indian Uprising
Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
The Prescott Kid
Marshal Willoughby
Brooklyn Orchid
Eddie Corbett
Fighting Back
Police Sergeant Scudder
The Man from Montreal
Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Lucky Stiff
Tony
Three Cornered Moon
Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
Motor Madness
Steve Dolan
Wrecking Crew
Fred Bunce
Last of the Duanes
Bull Lossomer
The Runaround
Hutchins
Inside Information
Detective Grazzi
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
A Son Comes Home
First Truck Driver
College Rhythm
Spud Miller
Cowboy in Manhattan
Louie
Melody Ranch
Jasper Wildhack
Rose Bowl
Announcer
And Sudden Death
Police Sgt. Sanborn
A Letter From Bataan
Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
South of Dixie
Ernest Hatcher
Operation Haylift
George Swallow
Sequoia
Forest Ranger (uncredited)
A Dangerous Adventure
Dutch
Man of Iron
Crawford
Midnight Madonna
Wolfe
Sleepy Lagoon
Lumpy
The Westerner
Bob Lockhart
The Traveling Saleswoman
Cactus Jack
Tornado
Charlie Muscles
Behind the Criminal
Red Manders
Honeymoon Deferred
Detective James
TV Shows (9)
Peter Gunn
1 eps
Surfside 6
Leon Huff · 1 eps
Sugarfoot
Fighting Sam Brown · 1 eps
The Abbott and Costello Show
Chopper · 1 eps
Lock-Up
Sgt. McEvoy · 1 eps
Racket Squad
1 eps
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
164 eps
Everglades
1 eps
Harrigan and Son
1 eps