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