Joe Sawyer
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.
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- Born:
- Aug 29, 1906 In Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 177
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Public Enemy 1931-04-23
- Latest Project:
- Movie Legends of the West 1992-09-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Legends of the West | Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' | 1992-09-08 |
| Movie | How the West Was Won | Riverboat Officer (uncredited) | 1962-11-02 |
| Series | Everglades | Unknown | 1961-10-09 |
| Series | Harrigan and Son | Unknown | 1960-10-14 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
| Movie | North to Alaska | Land Commissioner | 1960-11-07 |
| Series | Lock-Up | Unknown | 1959-09-28 |
| Movie | The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara | 1958-08-01 |
| Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
| Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
| Movie | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Bancroft Baines | 1956-04-01 |
| Movie | The Killing | Mike O'Reilly | 1956-06-06 |
| Movie | Taza, Son of Cochise | Sgt. Hamma | 1954-02-18 |
| Movie | Riding Shotgun | Tom Biggert | 1954-04-01 |
| Movie | Johnny Dark | Carl Svenson | 1954-06-25 |
| Series | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | 1954-10-15 | |
| Movie | It Came from Outer Space | Frank Daylon | 1953-06-05 |
| Movie | Indian Uprising | Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh | 1952-01-02 |
| Movie | Mr. Walkie Talkie | Sgt. Ames | 1952-11-28 |
| Movie | Red Skies of Montana | R. A. 'Pop' Miller | 1952-01-23 |
| Movie | Deadline - U.S.A. | Whitey Franks (uncredited) | 1952-03-14 |
| Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
| Movie | As You Were | Sgt. Ames | 1951-10-05 |
| Movie | Comin' Round the Mountain | Kalem McCoy | 1951-07-26 |
| Movie | The Traveling Saleswoman | Cactus Jack | 1950-02-15 |
| Movie | Blondie's Hero | Sergeant Gateson | 1950-03-09 |
| Movie | Operation Haylift | George Swallow | 1950-05-05 |
| Movie | The Flying Missile | Fuss Payne | 1950-12-24 |
| Movie | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Jake | 1950-05-25 |
| Movie | The Lucky Stiff | Tony | 1949-05-26 |
| Movie | Tucson | Tod Bryant | 1949-04-27 |
| Movie | The Gay Amigo | Sergeant McNulty | 1949-05-13 |
| Movie | And Baby Makes Three | Police officer | 1949-12-02 |
| Movie | Deputy Marshal | Eli Cressett | 1949-10-28 |
| Movie | Stagecoach Kid | Thatcher | 1949-06-02 |
| Movie | Here Comes Trouble | Officer Ames | 1948-03-15 |
| Movie | If You Knew Susie | Zero Zantini | 1948-02-07 |
| Movie | Fighting Father Dunne | Steve Davis | 1948-05-12 |
| Movie | Half Past Midnight | Det. Lt. Joe Nash | 1948-03-01 |
| Movie | Fighting Back | Police Sergeant Scudder | 1948-07-30 |
| Movie | The Untamed Breed | Hoy Keegan | 1948-10-20 |
| Series | Ford Theatre | Unknown | 1948-10-17 |
| Movie | Coroner Creek | Frank Yordy | 1948-07-01 |
| Movie | Roses Are Red | Police Lt. Rocky Wall | 1947-11-10 |
| Movie | Christmas Eve | Private Detective | 1947-10-31 |
| Movie | A Double Life | Pete Bonner | 1947-12-25 |
| Movie | Big Town After Dark | Monk | 1947-12-12 |
| Movie | Gilda | Casey | 1946-04-25 |
| Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Babe Dooley | 1946-03-18 |
| Movie | Joe Palooka, Champ | Lefty | 1946-05-26 |
| Movie | The Runaround | Hutchins | 1946-06-04 |
| Movie | G.I. War Brides | Sgt. Frank Moraski | 1946-08-12 |
| Movie | Inside Job | Police Capt. Thomas | 1946-06-14 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Hacky Smith | 1945-04-07 |
| Movie | High Powered | Spike Kenny | 1945-02-27 |
| Movie | The Naughty Nineties | Bailey | 1945-06-20 |
| Movie | Hey, Rookie | Sergeant | 1944-04-06 |
| Movie | South of Dixie | Ernest Hatcher | 1944-06-23 |
| Movie | Moon Over Las Vegas | Joe | 1944-04-01 |
| Movie | The Singing Sheriff | Squint | 1944-09-01 |
| Movie | Raiders of Ghost City | Idaho Jones | 1944-07-25 |
| Movie | Prairie Chickens | Albertson | 1943-05-21 |
| Movie | Cowboy in Manhattan | Louie | 1943-05-21 |
| Movie | Taxi, Mister | Eddie Corbett | 1943-04-16 |
| Movie | Hit the Ice | Buster | 1943-06-02 |
| Movie | The Outlaw | Charley Woodruff | 1943-02-05 |
| Movie | Buckskin Frontier | Brannigan | 1943-05-14 |
| Movie | Alaska Highway | Roughhouse | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Karl Straeder | 1943-12-26 |
| Movie | Tornado | Charlie Muscles | 1943-08-09 |
| Movie | Let's Face It | Sgt. Wiggins | 1943-08-04 |
| Movie | Yanks Ahoy | Sgt. Ames | 1943-06-29 |
| Movie | Brooklyn Orchid | Eddie Corbett | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | Hay Foot | Sergeant Ames | 1942-01-02 |
| Movie | Sundown Jim | Ben Moffitt | 1942-03-27 |
| Movie | Wrecking Crew | Fred Bunce | 1942-11-07 |
| Movie | The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Eddie Corbett | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | About Face | Sgt. William Ames | 1942-04-16 |
| Movie | Fall In | Sgt. Ames | 1942-11-20 |
| Movie | Tanks a Million | Sgt. William Ames | 1941-09-12 |
| Movie | Down in San Diego | Dutch | 1941-08-01 |
| Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman | 1941-04-11 |
| Movie | Belle Starr | John Cole | 1941-09-12 |
| Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Sgt. Doolittle | 1941-11-20 |
| Movie | Sergeant York | Sergeant Early | 1941-09-27 |
| Movie | Swamp Water | Hardy Ragan | 1941-11-16 |
| Movie | You're in the Army Now | Sergeant Madden | 1941-12-25 |
| Movie | Down Mexico Way | Allen | 1941-10-15 |
| Movie | The Grapes of Wrath | Bookkeeper | 1940-03-15 |
| Movie | King of the Lumberjacks | Jigger | 1940-04-13 |
| Movie | Women Without Names | Principal Keeper Grimley | 1940-03-14 |
| Movie | Dark Command | Bushropp | 1940-04-15 |
| Movie | Honeymoon Deferred | Detective James | 1940-02-16 |
| Movie | The House Across the Bay | Charlie | 1940-03-01 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Kitzmiller | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | Lucky Cisco Kid | Bill Stevens | 1940-06-28 |
| Movie | The Long Voyage Home | Davis | 1940-11-16 |
| Movie | The Border Legion | Jim Gulden | 1940-12-05 |
| Movie | Melody Ranch | Jasper Wildhack | 1940-09-15 |
| Movie | Wildcat Bus | Burke | 1940-08-23 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Werner Renz | 1939-05-06 |
| Movie | Union Pacific | Shamus (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Red | 1939-03-23 |
| Movie | Frontier Marshal | Curley Bill | 1939-07-28 |
| Movie | The Lady and the Mob | Blinky Mack | 1939-04-03 |
| Movie | Rio | Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | The Man from Montreal | Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1939-12-09 |
| Movie | I Stole a Million | Billings | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | The Roaring Twenties | The Sergeant | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | Sabotage | Gardner | 1939-10-13 |
| Movie | Stolen Heaven | Bako | 1938-05-11 |
| Movie | The Storm | Kelly | 1938-10-28 |
| Movie | Tarzan's Revenge | Olaf Punch | 1938-01-07 |
| Movie | Passport Husband | Duke Selton | 1938-07-15 |
| Movie | Heart of the North | Red Crocker | 1938-12-10 |
| Movie | Gambling Ship | Tony Garzoni | 1938-12-16 |
| Movie | Always in Trouble | Buster Mussendorfer | 1938-10-28 |
| Movie | They Gave Him a Gun | Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
| Movie | Navy Blues | Chips | 1937-03-29 |
| Movie | Black Legion | Cliff Summers | 1937-01-30 |
| Movie | Slim | Windy Wilcox | 1937-06-24 |
| Movie | San Quentin | 'Sailor Boy' Hansen | 1937-05-24 |
| Movie | Midnight Madonna | Wolfe | 1937-07-01 |
| Movie | The Lady Fights Back | Swede Jannsen | 1937-10-01 |
| Movie | Reported Missing | 'Brad' Martin | 1937-08-15 |
| Movie | A Dangerous Adventure | Dutch | 1937-07-21 |
| Movie | Behind the Criminal | Red Manders | 1937-10-30 |
| Movie | The Country Doctor | Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) | 1936-03-12 |
| Movie | Big Brown Eyes | Jack Sully | 1936-04-03 |
| Movie | The Walking Dead | 'Trigger' Smith | 1936-03-01 |
| Movie | Freshman Love | Coach Kendall | 1936-01-18 |
| Movie | And Sudden Death | Police Sgt. Sanborn | 1936-06-16 |
| Movie | The Petrified Forest | Jackie | 1936-02-08 |
| Movie | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Sgt. Regan | 1936-02-17 |
| Movie | Special Investigator | Jim Plummer | 1936-05-08 |
| Movie | Rose Bowl | Announcer | 1936-11-30 |
| Movie | High Tension | Terry Madden | 1936-07-10 |
| Movie | The Accusing Finger | Father Regan, chaplain | 1936-11-17 |
| Movie | Great Guy | Joe Burton | 1936-12-01 |
| Movie | Crash Donovan | Henchman (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
| Movie | Murder with Pictures | Inspector Tom Bacon | 1936-09-24 |
| Movie | Two in a Crowd | Bonelli's Henchman | 1936-10-03 |
| Movie | The Informer | Bartly Mulholland | 1935-05-09 |
| Movie | The Arizonian | Henchman Keeler | 1935-06-27 |
| Movie | Car 99 | Whitey, burly henchman | 1935-03-02 |
| Movie | Sequoia | Forest Ranger (uncredited) | 1935-01-16 |
| Movie | Broadway Gondolier | 'Red' | 1935-07-27 |
| Movie | The Whole Town's Talking | Mannion's Thug (uncredited) | 1935-02-22 |
| Movie | Special Agent | Rich - Chief Henchman | 1935-09-14 |
| Movie | Little Big Shot | Doré's Henchman | 1935-09-07 |
| Movie | Man of Iron | Crawford | 1935-12-21 |
| Movie | I Found Stella Parish | Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1935-11-16 |
| Movie | Frisco Kid | Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1935-11-30 |
| Movie | Moonlight on the Prairie | Luke Thomas | 1935-11-02 |
| Movie | Sing and Like It | Gunner - Hood | 1934-04-20 |
| Movie | Looking for Trouble | Max Stanley | 1934-03-28 |
| Movie | Death on the Diamond | "Dunc" Spencer | 1934-09-14 |
| Movie | Jimmy the Gent | Mike (uncredited) | 1934-03-09 |
| Movie | College Rhythm | Spud Miller | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | The Case of the Howling Dog | Carl Trask (uncredited) | 1934-09-22 |
| Movie | The Band Plays On | Mr. Thomas | 1934-12-21 |
| Movie | Prescott Kid | Marshal Willoughby | 1934-11-08 |
| Movie | Gridiron Flash | Coach Eversmith | 1934-10-06 |
| Movie | Three Cornered Moon | Head Lifeguard (uncredited) | 1933-08-04 |
| Movie | The Stranger's Return | Thresher | 1933-07-28 |
| Movie | Hold Your Man | Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited) | 1933-06-30 |
| Movie | Golden Harvest | Farmhand (uncredited) | 1933-09-21 |
| Movie | College Humor | Tex Roust | 1933-07-05 |
| Movie | Saturday's Millions | Coach | 1933-09-30 |
| Movie | Ace of Aces | Captain Daly | 1933-10-20 |
| Movie | Eskimo | Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) | 1933-11-14 |
| Movie | Son of a Sailor | Slug | 1933-11-29 |
| Movie | College Coach | Holcomb | 1933-11-04 |
| Movie | Arsène Lupin | Leroux (uncredited) | 1932-02-26 |
| Movie | Huddle | Slater | 1932-05-14 |
| Movie | The Public Enemy | Pool Player (uncredited) | 1931-04-23 |
| Movie | Maker of Men | Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) | 1931-08-03 |