
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 Traveling Saleswoman
as Cactus Jack
(1950)
The Flying Missile
as Fuss Payne
(1950)
Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson
(1950)
Operation Haylift
as George Swallow
(1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Jake
(1949)
Stagecoach Kid
as Thatcher
(1949)
Deputy Marshal
as Eli Cressett
(1949)
The Gay Amigo
as Sergeant McNulty
(1949)
Tucson
as Tod Bryant
(1949)
Kazan
as Sandz Jepson
(1949)
And Baby Makes Three
as Police officer
(1949)
The Lucky Stiff
as Tony
(1948)
Coroner Creek
as Frank Yordy
(1948)
Here Comes Trouble
as Officer Ames
(1948)
If You Knew Susie
as Zero Zantini
(1948)
Half Past Midnight
as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
(1948)
The Untamed Breed
as Hoy Keegan
(1948)
Fighting Back
as Police Sergeant Scudder
(1948)
Fighting Father Dunne
as Steve Davis
(1947)
Christmas Eve
as Private Detective
(1947)
A Double Life
as Pete Bonner
(1947)
Big Town After Dark
as Monk
(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)
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Lefty
(1946)
G.I. War Brides
as Sgt. Frank Moraski
(1945)
Brewster's Millions
as Hacky Smith
(1945)
The Naughty Nineties
as Bailey
(1945)
High Powered
as Spike Kenny
(1944)
Hey, Rookie
as Sergeant
(1944)
Raiders of Ghost City
as Idaho Jones
(1944)
The Singing Sheriff
as Squint
(1944)
South of Dixie
as Ernest Hatcher
(1944)
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Joe
(1943)
The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff
(1943)
Hit the Ice
as Buster
(1943)
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as Karl Straeder
(1943)
Alaska Highway
as Roughhouse
(1943)
Let's Face It
as Sgt. Wiggins
(1943)
Tornado
as Charlie Muscles
(1943)
Buckskin Frontier
as Brannigan
(1943)
Taxi, Mister
as Eddie Corbett
(1943)
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Louie
(1943)
Sleepy Lagoon
as Lumpy
(1943)
Prairie Chickens
as Albertson
(1943)
Yanks Ahoy
as Sgt. Ames
(1942)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Eddie Corbett
(1942)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Eddie Corbett
(1942)
Wrecking Crew
as Fred Bunce
(1942)
Hay Foot
as Sergeant Ames
(1942)
Sundown Jim
as Ben Moffitt
(1942)
Fall In
as Sgt. Ames
(1942)
A Letter From Bataan
as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
(1942)
About Face
as Sgt. William Ames
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Sergeant Early
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Doolittle
(1941)
Swamp Water
as Hardy Ragan
(1941)
Belle Starr
as John Cole
(1941)
Down Mexico Way
as Allen
(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
(1941)
Last of the Duanes
as Bull Lossomer
(1941)
You're in the Army Now
as Sergeant Madden
(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)
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Bill Stevens
(1940)
The House Across the Bay
as Charlie
(1940)
Honeymoon Deferred
as Detective James
(1940)
Women Without Names
as Principal Keeper Grimley
(1940)
Melody Ranch
as Jasper Wildhack
(1940)
The Border Legion
as Jim Gulden
(1940)
Wildcat Bus
as Burke
(1940)
King of the Lumberjacks
as Jigger
(1939)
The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Shamus (uncredited)
(1939)
Frontier Marshal
as Curley Bill
(1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Werner Renz
(1939)
(1939)
I Stole a Million
as Billings
(1939)
The Man from Montreal
as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
(1939)
Sabotage
as Gardner
(1939)
The Lady and the Mob
as Blinky Mack
(1939)
Inside Information
as Detective Grazzi
(1938)
Stolen Heaven
as Bako
(1938)
Tarzan's Revenge
as Olaf Punch
(1938)
Always in Trouble
as Buster Mussendorfer
(1938)
Passport Husband
as Duke Selton
(1938)
The Storm
as Kelly
(1938)
Heart of the North
as Red Crocker
(1938)
Gambling Ship
as Tony Garzoni
(1937)
Black Legion
as Cliff Summers
(1937)
San Quentin
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
(1937)
Slim
as Windy Wilcox
(1937)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
(1937)
A Dangerous Adventure
as Dutch
(1937)
Midnight Madonna
as Wolfe
(1937)
Navy Blues
as Chips
(1937)
The Lady Fights Back
as Swede Jannsen
(1937)
Reported Missing
as 'Brad' Martin
(1937)
Behind the Criminal
as Red Manders
(1936)
The Petrified Forest
as Jackie
(1936)
Great Guy
as Joe Burton
(1936)
The Walking Dead
as 'Trigger' Smith
(1936)
The Accusing Finger
as Father Reed, chaplain
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
(1936)
Two in a Crowd
as Bonelli's Henchman
(1936)
High Tension
as Terry Madden
(1936)
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1936)
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Sgt. Regan
(1936)
Murder with Pictures
as Inspector Tom Bacon
(1936)
Rose Bowl
as Announcer
(1936)
A Son Comes Home
as First Truck Driver
(1936)
Big Brown Eyes
as Jack Sully
(1936)
And Sudden Death
as Police Sgt. Sanborn
(1936)
Freshman Love
as Coach Kendall
(1936)
Pride of the Marines
as Tennessee
(1936)
Special Investigator
as Jim Plummer
(1935)
The Informer
as Bartly Mulholland
(1935)
The Whole Town's Talking
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
(1935)
Frisco Kid
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
(1935)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Luke Thomas
(1935)
The Arizonian
as Henchman Keeler
(1935)
Broadway Gondolier
as 'Red'
(1935)
Car 99
as Whitey, burly henchman
(1935)
Man of Iron
as Crawford
(1935)
Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman
(1935)
Special Agent
as Rich - Chief Henchman
(1935)
I Found Stella Parish
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
(1935)
Sequoia
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
(1934)
The Band Plays On
as Mr. Thomas
(1934)
Death on the Diamond
as "Dunc" Spencer
(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)
Looking for Trouble
as Max Stanley
(1934)
Sing and Like It
as Gunner - Hood
(1934)
Gridiron Flash
as Coach Eversmith
(1934)
Prescott Kid
as Marshal Willoughby
(1934)
College Rhythm
as Spud Miller
(1934)
The Westerner
as Bob Lockhart
(1933)
Eskimo
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
(1933)
College Coach
as Holcomb
(1933)
Hold Your Man
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
(1933)
Three Cornered Moon
as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
(1933)
Saturday's Millions
as Coach
(1933)
Golden Harvest
as Farmhand (uncredited)
(1933)
Ace of Aces
as Captain Daly
(1933)
Son of a Sailor
as Slug
(1933)
The Stranger's Return
as Thresher
(1933)
College Humor
as Tex Roust
(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