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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 29, 1906
Place of Birth:
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Joe Sawyer
Biography
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Legends of the West | Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' |
| 1991 | Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West | Sgt. Biff O'Hara |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Riverboat Officer (uncredited) |
| 1960 | North to Alaska | Land Commissioner |
| 1958 | The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara |
| 1956 | The Killing | Mike O'Reilly |
| 1956 | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Bancroft Baines |
| 1954 | Johnny Dark | Carl Svenson |
| 1954 | Riding Shotgun | Tom Biggert |
| 1954 | Taza, Son of Cochise | Sgt. Hamma |
| 1953 | It Came from Outer Space | Frank Daylon |
| 1952 | Red Skies of Montana | R. A. 'Pop' Miller |
| 1952 | Mr. Walkie Talkie | Sgt. Ames |
| 1952 | Indian Uprising | Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh |
| 1952 | Deadline - U.S.A. | Whitey Franks (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Kalem McCoy |
| 1951 | As You Were | Sgt. Ames |
| 1950 | Blondie's Hero | Sergeant Gateson |
| 1950 | Operation Haylift | George Swallow |
| 1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Jake |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile | Fuss Payne |
| 1950 | The Traveling Saleswoman | Cactus Jack |
| 1949 | Kazan | Sandz Jepson |
| 1949 | The Lucky Stiff | Tony |
| 1949 | Deputy Marshal | Eli Cressett |
| 1949 | Tucson | Tod Bryant |
| 1949 | The Gay Amigo | Sergeant McNulty |
| 1949 | And Baby Makes Three | Police officer |
| 1949 | Stagecoach Kid | Thatcher |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek | Frank Yordy |
| 1948 | Half Past Midnight | Det. Lt. Joe Nash |
| 1948 | Here Comes Trouble | Officer Ames |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne | Steve Davis |
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie | Zero Zantini |
| 1948 | Fighting Back | Police Sergeant Scudder |
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed | Hoy Keegan |
| 1947 | A Double Life | Pete Bonner |
| 1947 | Roses Are Red | Police Lt. Rocky Wall |
| 1947 | Big Town After Dark | Monk |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Private Detective |
| 1946 | Gilda | Casey |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Babe Dooley |
| 1946 | The Runaround | Hutchins |
| 1946 | G.I. War Brides | Sgt. Frank Moraski |
| 1946 | Inside Job | Police Capt. Thomas |
| 1946 | Joe Palooka, Champ | Lefty |
| 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Bailey |
| 1945 | Brewster's Millions | Hacky Smith |
| 1945 | High Powered | Spike Kenny |
| 1944 | The Singing Sheriff | Squint |
| 1944 | Raiders of Ghost City | Idaho Jones |
| 1944 | Moon Over Las Vegas | Joe |
| 1944 | Hey, Rookie | Sergeant |
| 1944 | South of Dixie | Ernest Hatcher |
| 1943 | The Outlaw | Charley Woodruff |
| 1943 | Hit the Ice | Buster |
| 1943 | Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Karl Straeder |
| 1943 | Buckskin Frontier | Brannigan |
| 1943 | Taxi, Mister | Eddie Corbett |
| 1943 | Tornado | Charlie Muscles |
| 1943 | Yanks Ahoy | Sgt. Ames |
| 1943 | Alaska Highway | Roughhouse |
| 1943 | Prairie Chickens | Albertson |
| 1943 | Let's Face It | Sgt. Wiggins |
| 1943 | Cowboy in Manhattan | Louie |
| 1943 | Sleepy Lagoon | Lumpy |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Orchid | Eddie Corbett |
| 1942 | Hay Foot | Sergeant Ames |
| 1942 | About Face | Sgt. William Ames |
| 1942 | The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Eddie Corbett |
| 1942 | Fall In | Sgt. Ames |
| 1942 | A Letter From Bataan | Roy - John's Brother-in-Law |
| 1942 | Sundown Jim | Ben Moffitt |
| 1942 | Wrecking Crew | Fred Bunce |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Sergeant Early |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Sgt. Doolittle |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | John Cole |
| 1941 | Down Mexico Way | Allen |
| 1941 | Last of the Duanes | Bull Lossomer |
| 1941 | Tanks a Million | Sgt. William Ames |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman |
| 1941 | Swamp Water | Hardy Ragan |
| 1941 | You're in the Army Now | Sergeant Madden |
| 1941 | Down in San Diego | Dutch |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Bookkeeper |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Kitzmiller |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Charlie |
| 1940 | The Border Legion | Jim Gulden |
| 1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid | Bill Stevens |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus | Burke |
| 1940 | King of the Lumberjacks | Jigger |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Bushropp |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Davis |
| 1940 | Women Without Names | Principal Keeper Grimley |
| 1940 | Melody Ranch | Jasper Wildhack |
| 1940 | Honeymoon Deferred | Detective James |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | The Sergeant |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Billings |
| 1939 | Inside Information | Detective Grazzi |
| 1939 | Frontier Marshal | Curley Bill |
| 1939 | The Lady and the Mob | Blinky Mack |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Shamus (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Werner Renz |
| 1939 | Sabotage | Gardner |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Red |
| 1939 | The Man from Montreal | Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) |
| 1938 | Stolen Heaven | Bako |
| 1938 | Always in Trouble | Buster Mussendorfer |
| 1938 | Passport Husband | Duke Selton |
| 1938 | Tarzan's Revenge | Olaf Punch |
| 1938 | Heart of the North | Red Crocker |
| 1938 | Gambling Ship | Tony Garzoni |
| 1938 | The Storm | Kelly |
| 1937 | Black Legion | Cliff Summers |
| 1937 | Behind the Criminal | Red Manders |
| 1937 | Navy Blues | Chips |
| 1937 | The Lady Fights Back | Swede Jannsen |
| 1937 | Reported Missing | 'Brad' Martin |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) |
| 1937 | A Dangerous Adventure | Dutch |
| 1937 | San Quentin | 'Sailor Boy' Hansen |
| 1937 | Midnight Madonna | Wolfe |
| 1937 | Slim | Windy Wilcox |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead | 'Trigger' Smith |
| 1936 | The Petrified Forest | Jackie |
| 1936 | Special Investigator | Jim Plummer |
| 1936 | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Sgt. Regan |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger | Father Reed, chaplain |
| 1936 | Murder with Pictures | Inspector Tom Bacon |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Jack Sully |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowd | Bonelli's Henchman |
| 1936 | Rose Bowl | Announcer |
| 1936 | A Son Comes Home | First Truck Driver |
| 1936 | The Country Doctor | Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) |
| 1936 | High Tension | Terry Madden |
| 1936 | Great Guy | Joe Burton |
| 1936 | Freshman Love | Coach Kendall |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death | Police Sgt. Sanborn |
| 1936 | Crash Donovan | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Pride of the Marines | Tennessee |
| 1935 | The Informer | Bartly Mulholland |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Rich - Chief Henchman |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot | Doré's Henchman |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid | Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) |
| 1935 | Moonlight on the Prairie | Luke Thomas |
| 1935 | Car 99 | Whitey, burly henchman |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | 'Red' |
| 1935 | Man of Iron | Crawford |
| 1935 | The Arizonian | Henchman Keeler |
| 1935 | Sequoia | Forest Ranger (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Mannion's Thug (uncredited) |
| 1935 | I Found Stella Parish | Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) |
| 1934 | Prescott Kid | Marshal Willoughby |
| 1934 | Sing and Like It | Gunner - Hood |
| 1934 | Gridiron Flash | Coach Eversmith |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog | Carl Trask (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Jimmy the Gent | Mike (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Looking for Trouble | Max Stanley |
| 1934 | The Band Plays On | Mr. Thomas |
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond | "Dunc" Spencer |
| 1934 | College Rhythm | Spud Miller |
| 1934 | The Westerner | Bob Lockhart |
| 1934 | The Notorious Sophie Lang | Building Guard (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Eskimo | Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) |
| 1933 | College Humor | Tex Roust |
| 1933 | The Stranger's Return | Thresher |
| 1933 | Ace of Aces | Captain Daly |
| 1933 | Son of a Sailor | Slug |
| 1933 | Three-Cornered Moon | Head Lifeguard |
| 1933 | College Coach | Holcomb |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest | Farmhand (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Saturday's Millions | Coach |
| 1933 | Hold Your Man | Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Huddle | Slater |
| 1932 | Arsène Lupin | Leroux (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Maker of Men | Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Public Enemy | Pool Player (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Everglades | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Leon Huff |
| 1960 | Harrigan and Son | |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | Sgt. McEvoy |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Fighting Sam Brown |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Chopper |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre |