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