
Joe Sawyer
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-08-29
Day of Death
1982-04-21 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Joe Sawyer
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.
Acting
(1995)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1992)
Legends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
(1991)
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
(1962)
How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
(1960)
North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner
(1958)
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
(1956)
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
(1956)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines
(1954)
Riding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert
(1954)
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma
(1954)
Johnny Dark
as Carl Svenson
(1953)
It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon
(1952)
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
(1952)
Red Skies of Montana
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
(1952)
Indian Uprising
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
(1952)
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Sgt. Ames
(1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Kalem McCoy
(1951)
As You Were
as Sgt. Ames
(1950)
Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson
(1950)
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Cactus Jack
(1950)
The Flying Missile
as Fuss Payne
(1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Jake
(1950)
Operation Haylift
as George Swallow
(1949)
The Lucky Stiff
as Tony
(1949)
Kazan
as Sandz Jepson
(1949)
Deputy Marshal
as Eli Cressett
(1949)
The Gay Amigo
as Sergeant McNulty
(1949)
And Baby Makes Three
as Police officer
(1949)
Tucson
as Tod Bryant
(1949)
Stagecoach Kid
as Thatcher
(1948)
Coroner Creek
as Frank Yordy
(1948)
If You Knew Susie
as Zero Zantini
(1948)
Fighting Father Dunne
as Steve Davis
(1948)
Half Past Midnight
as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
(1948)
Here Comes Trouble
as Officer Ames
(1948)
Fighting Back
as Police Sergeant Scudder
(1948)
The Untamed Breed
as Hoy Keegan
(1947)
Christmas Eve
as Private Detective
(1947)
A Double Life
as Pete Bonner
(1947)
Roses Are Red
as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
(1947)
Big Town After Dark
as Monk
(1946)
Gilda
as Casey
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Babe Dooley
(1946)
The Runaround
as Hutchins
(1946)
Inside Job
as Police Capt. Thomas
(1946)
G.I. War Brides
as Sgt. Frank Moraski
(1946)
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Lefty
(1945)
The Naughty Nineties
as Bailey
(1945)
High Powered
as Spike Kenny
(1945)
Brewster's Millions
as Hacky Smith
(1944)
Raiders of Ghost City
as Idaho Jones
(1944)
Hey, Rookie
as Sergeant
(1944)
South of Dixie
as Ernest Hatcher
(1944)
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Joe
(1944)
The Singing Sheriff
as Squint
(1943)
The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff
(1943)
Hit the Ice
as Buster
(1943)
Tornado
as Charlie Muscles
(1943)
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as Karl Straeder
(1943)
Buckskin Frontier
as Brannigan
(1943)
Let's Face It
as Sgt. Wiggins
(1943)
Alaska Highway
as Roughhouse
(1943)
Yanks Ahoy
as Sgt. Ames
(1943)
Sleepy Lagoon
as Lumpy
(1943)
Taxi, Mister
as Eddie Corbett
(1943)
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Louie
(1943)
Prairie Chickens
as Albertson
(1942)
Wrecking Crew
as Fred Bunce
(1942)
Hay Foot
as Sergeant Ames
(1942)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Eddie Corbett
(1942)
Fall In
as Sgt. Ames
(1942)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Eddie Corbett
(1942)
Sundown Jim
as Ben Moffitt
(1942)
About Face
as Sgt. William Ames
(1942)
A Letter From Bataan
as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Sergeant Early
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Doolittle
(1941)
Belle Starr
as John Cole
(1941)
Swamp Water
as Hardy Ragan
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
(1941)
Down Mexico Way
as Allen
(1941)
Tanks a Million
as Sgt. William Ames
(1941)
You're in the Army Now
as Sergeant Madden
(1941)
Down in San Diego
as Dutch
(1941)
Last of the Duanes
as Bull Lossomer
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Kitzmiller
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookkeeper
(1940)
Dark Command
as Bushropp
(1940)
The Long Voyage Home
as Davis
(1940)
Melody Ranch
as Jasper Wildhack
(1940)
Women Without Names
as Principal Keeper Grimley
(1940)
The House Across the Bay
as Charlie
(1940)
Wildcat Bus
as Burke
(1940)
The Border Legion
as Jim Gulden
(1940)
King of the Lumberjacks
as Jigger
(1940)
Honeymoon Deferred
as Detective James
(1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Bill Stevens
(1939)
The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Shamus (uncredited)
(1939)
I Stole a Million
as Billings
(1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Werner Renz
(1939)
(1939)
Frontier Marshal
as Curley Bill
(1939)
Sabotage
as Gardner
(1939)
The Lady and the Mob
as Blinky Mack
(1939)
The Man from Montreal
as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
(1939)
Inside Information
as Detective Grazzi
(1938)
Heart of the North
as Red Crocker
(1938)
Passport Husband
as Duke Selton
(1938)
The Storm
as Kelly
(1938)
Always in Trouble
as Buster Mussendorfer
(1938)
Tarzan's Revenge
as Olaf Punch
(1938)
Stolen Heaven
as Bako
(1938)
Gambling Ship
as Tony Garzoni
(1937)
Black Legion
as Cliff Summers
(1937)
San Quentin
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
(1937)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
(1937)
Slim
as Windy Wilcox
(1937)
A Dangerous Adventure
as Dutch
(1937)
The Lady Fights Back
as Swede Jannsen
(1937)
Midnight Madonna
as Wolfe
(1937)
Behind the Criminal
as Red Manders
(1937)
Reported Missing
as 'Brad' Martin
(1937)
Navy Blues
as Chips
(1936)
The Petrified Forest
as Jackie
(1936)
The Walking Dead
as 'Trigger' Smith
(1936)
The Accusing Finger
as Father Reed, chaplain
(1936)
Big Brown Eyes
as Jack Sully
(1936)
Great Guy
as Joe Burton
(1936)
Two in a Crowd
as Bonelli's Henchman
(1936)
Freshman Love
as Coach Kendall
(1936)
High Tension
as Terry Madden
(1936)
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1936)
Murder with Pictures
as Inspector Tom Bacon
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
(1936)
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Sgt. Regan
(1936)
Rose Bowl
as Announcer
(1936)
And Sudden Death
as Police Sgt. Sanborn
(1936)
Special Investigator
as Jim Plummer
(1936)
A Son Comes Home
as First Truck Driver
(1936)
Pride of the Marines
as Tennessee
(1935)
The Informer
as Bartly Mulholland
(1935)
Frisco Kid
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
(1935)
Car 99
as Whitey, burly henchman
(1935)
Special Agent
as Rich - Chief Henchman
(1935)
The Whole Town's Talking
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
(1935)
The Arizonian
as Henchman Keeler
(1935)
Broadway Gondolier
as 'Red'
(1935)
Man of Iron
as Crawford
(1935)
I Found Stella Parish
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
(1935)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Luke Thomas
(1935)
Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman
(1935)
Sequoia
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
(1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Carl Trask (uncredited)
(1934)
Jimmy the Gent
as Mike (uncredited)
(1934)
Sing and Like It
as Gunner - Hood
(1934)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Building Guard (uncredited)
(1934)
The Band Plays On
as Mr. Thomas
(1934)
Looking for Trouble
as Max Stanley
(1934)
Death on the Diamond
as "Dunc" Spencer
(1934)
Gridiron Flash
as Coach Eversmith
(1934)
College Rhythm
as Spud Miller
(1934)
The Westerner
as Bob Lockhart
(1934)
Prescott Kid
as Marshal Willoughby
(1933)
Hold Your Man
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
(1933)
College Coach
as Holcomb
(1933)
Three-Cornered Moon
as Head Lifeguard
(1933)
The Stranger's Return
as Thresher
(1933)
College Humor
as Tex Roust
(1933)
Eskimo
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
(1933)
Golden Harvest
as Farmhand (uncredited)
(1933)
Son of a Sailor
as Slug
(1933)
Saturday's Millions
as Coach
(1933)
Ace of Aces
as Captain Daly
(1932)
Huddle
as Slater
(1932)
Arsène Lupin
as Leroux (uncredited)
(1931)
The Public Enemy
as Pool Player (uncredited)
(1931)
Maker of Men
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
(1930)
Crew
(1950)
Operation Haylift
Producer, Writer