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