Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

1906-08-29 Guelph, Ontario, Canada Male 190 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-08-29

Place of Birth

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Known Credits

190

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Joe Sauers, Joe Sauer, Joseph Sauers, Joseph Sawyer

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

How the West Was Won

1962

Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

Dark Command

1940

Bushropp

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

Whitey Franks (uncredited)

Frontier Marshal

1939

Curley Bill

The Man from Montreal

1939

Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)

Johnny Dark

1954

Carl Svenson

The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956

Bancroft Baines

The Lady and the Mob

1939

Blinky Mack

The Lady Fights Back

1937

Swede Jannsen

The Notorious Sophie Lang

1934

Building Guard (uncredited)

Maker of Men

1931

Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)

You're in the Army Now

1941

Sergeant Madden

Tanks a Million

1941

Sgt. William Ames

A Letter From Bataan

1942

Roy - John's Brother-in-Law

Brewster's Millions

1945

Hacky Smith

The Lady from Cheyenne

1941

Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman

Inside Information

1939

Detective Grazzi

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

1991

Sgt. Biff O'Hara

The Case of the Howling Dog

1934

Carl Trask (uncredited)

The Band Plays On

1934

Mr. Thomas

Crash Donovan

1936

Henchman (uncredited)

Hold Your Man

1933

Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)

Gridiron Flash

1934

Coach Eversmith

College Coach

1933

Holcomb

I Stole a Million

1939

Billings

Christmas Eve

1947

Private Detective

North to Alaska

1960

Land Commissioner

The Public Enemy

1931

Pool Player (uncredited)

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

1958

Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

It Came from Outer Space

1953

Frank Daylon

Death on the Diamond

1934

"Dunc" Spencer

As You Were

1951

Sgt. Ames

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Bookkeeper

Pride of the Marines

1936

Tennessee

The Outlaw

1943

Charley Woodruff

Behind the Criminal

1937

Red Manders

If You Knew Susie

1948

Zero Zantini

Deadline at Dawn

1946

Babe Dooley

Gilda

1946

Casey

San Quentin

1937

'Sailor Boy' Hansen

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

1995

Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

1939

The Sergeant

The Walking Dead

1936

'Trigger' Smith

The Killing

1956

Mike O'Reilly

Last of the Duanes

1941

Bull Lossomer

And Baby Makes Three

1949

Police officer

College Rhythm

1934

Spud Miller

Hit the Ice

1943

Buster

Roses Are Red

1947

Police Lt. Rocky Wall

Sergeant York

1941

Sergeant Early

Little Big Shot

1935

Doré's Henchman

And Sudden Death

1936

Police Sgt. Sanborn

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

Steve Davis

Three Cornered Moon

1933

Head Lifeguard (uncredited)

Lucky Cisco Kid

1940

Bill Stevens

Man of Iron

1935

Crawford

Red Skies of Montana

1952

R. A. 'Pop' Miller

Reported Missing

1937

'Brad' Martin

High Tension

1936

Terry Madden

The Storm

1938

Kelly

Operation Haylift

1950

George Swallow

Swamp Water

1941

Hardy Ragan

Frisco Kid

1935

Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)

Riding Shotgun

1954

Tom Biggert

Special Agent

1935

Rich - Chief Henchman

South of Dixie

1944

Ernest Hatcher

Golden Harvest

1933

Farmhand (uncredited)

Let's Face It

1943

Sgt. Wiggins

A Son Comes Home

1936

First Truck Driver

Fall In

1942

Sgt. Ames

The Whole Town's Talking

1935

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

Two in a Crowd

1936

Bonelli's Henchman

Navy Blues

1937

Chips

Ace of Aces

1933

Captain Daly

About Face

1942

Sgt. William Ames

Prescott Kid

1934

Marshal Willoughby

Yanks Ahoy

1943

Sgt. Ames

Sabotage

1939

Gardner

Always in Trouble

1938

Buster Mussendorfer

The Accusing Finger

1936

Father Regan, chaplain

Brooklyn Orchid

1942

Eddie Corbett

Indian Uprising

1952

Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

Women Without Names

1940

Principal Keeper Grimley

Sing and Like It

1934

Gunner - Hood

Car 99

1935

Whitey, burly henchman

Hay Foot

1942

Sergeant Ames

Tornado

1943

Charlie Muscles

The Flying Missile

1950

Fuss Payne

Heart of the North

1938

Red Crocker

Big Brown Eyes

1936

Jack Sully

Taza, Son of Cochise

1954

Sgt. Hamma

The Informer

1935

Bartly Mulholland

Arsène Lupin

1932

Leroux (uncredited)

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

1943

Karl Straeder

The Untamed Breed

1948

Hoy Keegan

Passport Husband

1938

Duke Selton

G.I. War Brides

1946

Sgt. Frank Moraski

Santa Fe Trail

1940

Kitzmiller

Jimmy the Gent

1934

Mike (uncredited)

Sundown Jim

1942

Ben Moffitt

Belle Starr

1941

John Cole

Here Comes Trouble

1948

Officer Ames

Sequoia

1935

Forest Ranger (uncredited)

A Double Life

1947

Pete Bonner

Prairie Chickens

1943

Albertson

Special Investigator

1936

Jim Plummer

The Westerner

1934

Bob Lockhart

Legends of the West

1992

Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'

Union Pacific

1939

Shamus (uncredited)

Pride of Maryland

1951

Knuckles

Slim

1937

Windy Wilcox

Mr. Walkie Talkie

1952

Sgt. Ames

Coroner Creek

1948

Frank Yordy

Eskimo

1933

Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)

Fighting Back

1948

Police Sergeant Scudder

Blondie's Hero

1950

Sergeant Gateson

Stolen Heaven

1938

Bako

Black Legion

1937

Cliff Summers

The Runaround

1946

Hutchins

Great Guy

1936

Joe Burton

Buckskin Frontier

1943

Brannigan

The Gay Amigo

1949

Sergeant McNulty

Hey, Rookie

1944

Sergeant

Kazan

1949

Sandz Jepson

Huddle

1932

Slater

Deputy Marshal

1949

Eli Cressett

Looking for Trouble

1934

Max Stanley

Taxi, Mister

1943

Eddie Corbett

Melody Ranch

1940

Jasper Wildhack

Wrecking Crew

1942

Fred Bunce

I Found Stella Parish

1935

Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)

Stagecoach Kid

1949

Thatcher

Tucson

1949

Tod Bryant

Half Past Midnight

1948

Det. Lt. Joe Nash

Wildcat Bus

1940

Burke

They Gave Him a Gun

1937

Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)

Sleepy Lagoon

1943

Lumpy

Alaska Highway

1943

Roughhouse

Inside Job

1946

Police Capt. Thomas

Rose Bowl

1936

Announcer

College Humor

1933

Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)

The Country Doctor

1936

Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)

Tarzan's Revenge

1938

Olaf Punch

The Arizonian

1935

Henchman Keeler

Gambling Ship

1938

Tony Garzoni

Raiders of Ghost City

1944

Idaho Jones

Murder with Pictures

1936

Inspector Tom Bacon

The Border Legion

1940

Jim Gulden

Freshman Love

1936

Coach Kendall

High Powered

1945

Spike Kenny

Honeymoon Deferred

1940

Detective James

TV Credits

Peter Gunn

1958

(1 episodes)

Surfside 6

1960

Leon Huff (1 episodes)

Sugarfoot

1957

Fighting Sam Brown (1 episodes)

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952

Chopper (1 episodes)

Lock-Up

1959

Sgt. McEvoy (1 episodes)

Racket Squad

1951

(1 episodes)

Everglades

1961

(1 episodes)

Ford Theatre

1948

(1 episodes)

Harrigan and Son

1960

(1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

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