About

Known credits:
180
Birthday:
1906-08-29
Place of birth:
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Website:
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Joe Sawyer

Overview

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

Acting
1995 Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey Actor Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited) 58
Average
1992 Legends of the West Actor Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' N/A
N/A
1991 Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West Actor Sgt. Biff O'Hara 59
Average
1962 How the West Was Won Actor Riverboat Officer (uncredited) 64
Fair
1960 North to Alaska Actor Land Commissioner 60
Fair
1958 The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin Actor Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara N/A
N/A
1956 The Killing Actor Mike O'Reilly 72
Good
1956 The Kettles in the Ozarks Actor Bancroft Baines 58
Average
1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Actor 69
Fair
1954 Johnny Dark Actor Carl Svenson 59
Average
1954 Riding Shotgun Actor Tom Biggert 58
Average
1954 Taza, Son of Cochise Actor Sgt. Hamma 58
Average
1953 It Came from Outer Space Actor Frank Daylon 60
Fair
1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie Actor Sgt. Ames N/A
N/A
1952 Deadline - U.S.A. Actor Whitey Franks (uncredited) 59
Average
1952 Red Skies of Montana Actor R. A. 'Pop' Miller 59
Average
1952 Indian Uprising Actor Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh 59
Average
1951 As You Were Actor Sgt. Ames N/A
N/A
1951 Comin' Round the Mountain Actor Kalem McCoy 59
Average
1950 The Flying Missile Actor Fuss Payne 59
Average
1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek Actor Jake 59
Average
1950 Operation Haylift Actor George Swallow 59
Average
1950 Blondie's Hero Actor Sergeant Gateson 59
Average
1950 The Traveling Saleswoman Actor Cactus Jack 58
Average
1949 And Baby Makes Three Actor Police officer 58
Average
1949 Deputy Marshal Actor Eli Cressett 59
Average
1949 Kazan Actor Sandz Jepson N/A
N/A
1949 Stagecoach Kid Actor Thatcher 59
Average
1949 The Lucky Stiff Actor Tony 58
Average
1949 The Gay Amigo Actor Sergeant McNulty 59
Average
1949 Tucson Actor Tod Bryant 59
Average
1948 The Untamed Breed Actor Hoy Keegan 58
Average
1948 Fighting Back Actor Police Sergeant Scudder 59
Average
1948 Coroner Creek Actor Frank Yordy 58
Average
1948 Fighting Father Dunne Actor Steve Davis 58
Average
1948 Here Comes Trouble Actor Officer Ames 58
Average
1948 Half Past Midnight Actor Det. Lt. Joe Nash 59
Average
1948 If You Knew Susie Actor Zero Zantini 59
Average
1947 A Double Life Actor Pete Bonner 59
Average
1947 Big Town After Dark Actor Monk 58
Average
1947 Roses Are Red Actor Police Lt. Rocky Wall 58
Average
1947 Christmas Eve Actor Private Detective 58
Average
1946 G.I. War Brides Actor Sgt. Frank Moraski N/A
N/A
1946 Inside Job Actor Police Capt. Thomas 59
Average
1946 The Runaround Actor Hutchins N/A
N/A
1946 Joe Palooka, Champ Actor Lefty N/A
N/A
1946 Gilda Actor Casey 67
Fair
1946 Deadline at Dawn Actor Babe Dooley 59
Average
1945 The Naughty Nineties Actor Bailey 59
Average
1945 Brewster's Millions Actor Hacky Smith 59
Average
1945 High Powered Actor Spike Kenny N/A
N/A
1944 The Singing Sheriff Actor Squint 59
Average
1944 Raiders of Ghost City Actor Idaho Jones 59
Average
1944 South of Dixie Actor Ernest Hatcher N/A
N/A
1944 Hey, Rookie Actor Sergeant N/A
N/A
1944 Moon Over Las Vegas Actor Joe N/A
N/A
1943 Tarzan's Desert Mystery Actor Karl Straeder 59
Average
1943 Sleepy Lagoon Actor Lumpy 58
Average
1943 Tornado Actor Charlie Muscles 58
Average
1943 Let's Face It Actor Sgt. Wiggins 58
Average
1943 Yanks Ahoy Actor Sgt. Ames 59
Average
1943 Alaska Highway Actor Roughhouse 58
Average
1943 Hit the Ice Actor Buster 58
Average
1943 Cowboy in Manhattan Actor Louie N/A
N/A
1943 Prairie Chickens Actor Albertson N/A
N/A
1943 Buckskin Frontier Actor Brannigan 58
Average
1943 Taxi, Mister Actor Eddie Corbett 58
Average
1943 The Outlaw Actor Charley Woodruff 58
Average
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn Actor Eddie Corbett 59
Average
1942 Fall In Actor Sgt. Ames 59
Average
1942 Wrecking Crew Actor Fred Bunce 58
Average
1942 A Letter From Bataan Actor Roy - John's Brother-in-Law 58
Average
1942 About Face Actor Sgt. William Ames 58
Average
1942 Sundown Jim Actor Ben Moffitt N/A
N/A
1942 Brooklyn Orchid Actor Eddie Corbett N/A
N/A
1942 Hay Foot Actor Sergeant Ames 59
Average
1941 You're in the Army Now Actor Sergeant Madden 58
Average
1941 They Died with Their Boots On Actor Sgt. Doolittle 60
Fair
1941 Swamp Water Actor Hardy Ragan 59
Average
1941 Down Mexico Way Actor Allen N/A
N/A
1941 Sergeant York Actor Sergeant Early 62
Fair
1941 Last of the Duanes Actor Bull Lossomer 59
Average
1941 Tanks a Million Actor Sgt. William Ames 58
Average
1941 Belle Starr Actor John Cole 58
Average
1941 Down in San Diego Actor Dutch 59
Average
1941 The Lady from Cheyenne Actor Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman 58
Average
1940 Santa Fe Trail Actor Kitzmiller 58
Average
1940 The Border Legion Actor Jim Gulden 59
Average
1940 The Long Voyage Home Actor Davis 59
Average
1940 Melody Ranch Actor Jasper Wildhack 59
Average
1940 Wildcat Bus Actor Burke 58
Average
1940 Lucky Cisco Kid Actor Bill Stevens 59
Average
1940 Dark Command Actor Bushropp 59
Average
1940 King of the Lumberjacks Actor Jigger 58
Average
1940 The Grapes of Wrath Actor Bookkeeper 71
Good
1940 Women Without Names Actor Principal Keeper Grimley 59
Average
1940 The House Across the Bay Actor Charlie 58
Average
1940 Honeymoon Deferred Actor Detective James 59
Average
1939 The Man from Montreal Actor Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) 58
Average
1939 The Roaring Twenties Actor The Sergeant 64
Fair
1939 Sabotage Actor Gardner 59
Average
1939 I Stole a Million Actor Billings 59
Average
1939 Frontier Marshal Actor Curley Bill 58
Average
1939 Inside Information Actor Detective Grazzi N/A
N/A
1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy Actor Werner Renz 58
Average
1939 Union Pacific Actor Shamus (uncredited) 59
Average
1939 The Lady and the Mob Actor Blinky Mack 59
Average
1939 You Can't Get Away with Murder Actor Red 58
Average
1938 Gambling Ship Actor Tony Garzoni N/A
N/A
1938 Heart of the North Actor Red Crocker 58
Average
1938 Always in Trouble Actor Buster Mussendorfer 59
Average
1938 The Storm Actor Kelly 58
Average
1938 Passport Husband Actor Duke Selton 59
Average
1938 Stolen Heaven Actor Bako N/A
N/A
1938 Tarzan's Revenge Actor Olaf Punch 58
Average
1937 Behind the Criminal Actor Red Manders 59
Average
1937 The Lady Fights Back Actor Swede Jannsen 59
Average
1937 Reported Missing Actor 'Brad' Martin N/A
N/A
1937 A Dangerous Adventure Actor Dutch 58
Average
1937 Midnight Madonna Actor Wolfe N/A
N/A
1937 San Quentin Actor 'Sailor Boy' Hansen 59
Average
1937 They Gave Him a Gun Actor Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) 58
Average
1937 Navy Blues Actor Chips 59
Average
1937 Black Legion Actor Cliff Summers 59
Average
1936 Great Guy Actor Joe Burton 59
Average
1936 Rose Bowl Actor Announcer 59
Average
1936 The Accusing Finger Actor Father Reed, chaplain 58
Average
1936 Two in a Crowd Actor Bonelli's Henchman N/A
N/A
1936 Murder with Pictures Actor Inspector Tom Bacon 58
Average
1936 Crash Donovan Actor Henchman (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1936 A Son Comes Home Actor First Truck Driver 58
Average
1936 High Tension Actor Terry Madden 58
Average
1936 And Sudden Death Actor Police Sgt. Sanborn N/A
N/A
1936 Special Investigator Actor Jim Plummer 58
Average
1936 Big Brown Eyes Actor Jack Sully 59
Average
1936 Pride of the Marines Actor Tennessee 59
Average
1936 The Country Doctor Actor Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) 59
Average
1936 The Walking Dead Actor 'Trigger' Smith 59
Average
1936 The Leathernecks Have Landed Actor Sgt. Regan 59
Average
1936 The Petrified Forest Actor Jackie 61
Fair
1936 Freshman Love Actor Coach Kendall 59
Average
1935 Man of Iron Actor Crawford 59
Average
1935 Frisco Kid Actor Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) 59
Average
1935 I Found Stella Parish Actor Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) 59
Average
1935 Moonlight on the Prairie Actor Luke Thomas 59
Average
1935 Special Agent Actor Rich - Chief Henchman 59
Average
1935 Little Big Shot Actor Doré's Henchman 59
Average
1935 Broadway Gondolier Actor 'Red' 58
Average
1935 The Arizonian Actor Henchman Keeler N/A
N/A
1935 The Informer Actor Bartly Mulholland 60
Fair
1935 Car 99 Actor Whitey, burly henchman 59
Average
1935 The Whole Town's Talking Actor Mannion's Thug (uncredited) 59
Average
1935 Sequoia Actor Forest Ranger (uncredited) 59
Average
1934 The Bands Plays On Actor Mr. Thomas 59
Average
1934 The Westerner Actor Bob Lockhart N/A
N/A
1934 College Rhythm Actor Spud Miller 58
Average
1934 Prescott Kid Actor Marshal Willoughby N/A
N/A
1934 Gridiron Flash Actor Coach Eversmith 58
Average
1934 The Case of the Howling Dog Actor Carl Trask (uncredited) 59
Average
1934 Death on the Diamond Actor "Dunc" Spencer 59
Average
1934 The Notorious Sophie Lang Actor Building Guard (uncredited) 58
Average
1934 Sing and Like it Actor Gunner - Hood 58
Average
1934 Looking for Trouble Actor Max Stanley 59
Average
1934 Jimmy the Gent Actor Mike (uncredited) 59
Average
1933 Son of a Sailor Actor Slug 58
Average
1933 Eskimo Actor Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) 59
Average
1933 College Coach Actor Holcomb 58
Average
1933 Ace of Aces Actor Captain Daly 59
Average
1933 Saturday's Millions Actor Coach N/A
N/A
1933 Golden Harvest Actor Farmhand (uncredited) 58
Average
1933 Three-Cornered Moon Actor Head Lifeguard 59
Average
1933 The Stranger's Return Actor Thresher 59
Average
1933 College Humor Actor Tex Roust 58
Average
1933 Hold Your Man Actor Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited) 58
Average
1932 Huddle Actor Slater 59
Average
1932 Arsène Lupin Actor Leroux (uncredited) 59
Average
1931 Maker of Men Actor Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1931 The Public Enemy Actor Pool Player (uncredited) 64
Fair

Writing
1950 Operation Haylift Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
1950 Operation Haylift Production Producer 59
Average