Joe Sawyer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1906
- Died
- April 21, 1982 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Filmography
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Movie · as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends of the West
Movie · as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Movie · as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
How the West Was Won
Movie · as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Everglades
TV · 1 ep
North to Alaska
Movie · as Land Commissioner
Surfside 6
TV · as Leon Huff · 1 ep
Harrigan and Son
TV · 1 ep
Lock-Up
TV · as Sgt. McEvoy · 1 ep
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
Movie · as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep
Sugarfoot
TV · as Fighting Sam Brown · 1 ep
The Killing
Movie · as Mike O'Reilly
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Movie · as Bancroft Baines
Johnny Dark
Movie · as Carl Svenson
Riding Shotgun
Movie · as Tom Biggert
Taza, Son of Cochise
Movie · as Sgt. Hamma
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV · 164 eps
It Came from Outer Space
Movie · as Frank Daylon
Red Skies of Montana
Movie · as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Movie · as Sgt. Ames
Indian Uprising
Movie · as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Deadline - U.S.A.
Movie · as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Chopper · 1 ep
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie · as Kalem McCoy
As You Were
Movie · as Sgt. Ames
Pride of Maryland
Movie · as Knuckles
Racket Squad
TV · 1 ep
Blondie's Hero
Movie · as Sergeant Gateson
Operation Haylift
Movie · as George Swallow
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Movie · as Jake
The Flying Missile
Movie · as Fuss Payne
The Traveling Saleswoman
Movie · as Cactus Jack
Kazan
Movie · as Sandz Jepson
The Lucky Stiff
Movie · as Tony
Deputy Marshal
Movie · as Eli Cressett
Tucson
Movie · as Tod Bryant
The Gay Amigo
Movie · as Sergeant McNulty
And Baby Makes Three
Movie · as Police officer
Stagecoach Kid
Movie · as Thatcher
Coroner Creek
Movie · as Frank Yordy
Half Past Midnight
Movie · as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
Here Comes Trouble
Movie · as Officer Ames
Fighting Father Dunne
Movie · as Steve Davis
If You Knew Susie
Movie · as Zero Zantini
Fighting Back
Movie · as Police Sergeant Scudder
The Untamed Breed
Movie · as Hoy Keegan
Ford Theatre
TV · 1 ep
A Double Life
Movie · as Pete Bonner
Roses Are Red
Movie · as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Big Town After Dark
Movie · as Monk
Christmas Eve
Movie · as Private Detective
Gilda
Movie · as Casey
Deadline at Dawn
Movie · as Babe Dooley
The Runaround
Movie · as Hutchins
G.I. War Brides
Movie · as Sgt. Frank Moraski
Inside Job
Movie · as Police Capt. Thomas
Joe Palooka, Champ
Movie · as Lefty
The Naughty Nineties
Movie · as Bailey
Brewster's Millions
Movie · as Hacky Smith
High Powered
Movie · as Spike Kenny
The Singing Sheriff
Movie · as Squint
Raiders of Ghost City
Movie · as Idaho Jones
Moon Over Las Vegas
Movie · as Joe
Hey, Rookie
Movie · as Sergeant
South of Dixie
Movie · as Ernest Hatcher
The Outlaw
Movie · as Charley Woodruff
Hit the Ice
Movie · as Buster
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Movie · as Karl Straeder
Buckskin Frontier
Movie · as Brannigan
Taxi, Mister
Movie · as Eddie Corbett
Tornado
Movie · as Charlie Muscles
Yanks Ahoy
Movie · as Sgt. Ames
Alaska Highway
Movie · as Roughhouse
Prairie Chickens
Movie · as Albertson
Let's Face It
Movie · as Sgt. Wiggins
Cowboy in Manhattan
Movie · as Louie
Sleepy Lagoon
Movie · as Lumpy
Brooklyn Orchid
Movie · as Eddie Corbett
Hay Foot
Movie · as Sergeant Ames
About Face
Movie · as Sgt. William Ames
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Movie · as Eddie Corbett
Fall In
Movie · as Sgt. Ames
A Letter From Bataan
Movie · as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
Sundown Jim
Movie · as Ben Moffitt
Wrecking Crew
Movie · as Fred Bunce
Sergeant York
Movie · as Sergeant Early
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie · as Sgt. Doolittle
Belle Starr
Movie · as John Cole
Down Mexico Way
Movie · as Allen
Last of the Duanes
Movie · as Bull Lossomer
Tanks a Million
Movie · as Sgt. William Ames
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie · as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
Swamp Water
Movie · as Hardy Ragan
You're in the Army Now
Movie · as Sergeant Madden
Down in San Diego
Movie · as Dutch
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · as Bookkeeper
Santa Fe Trail
Movie · as Kitzmiller
The House Across the Bay
Movie · as Charlie
The Border Legion
Movie · as Jim Gulden
Lucky Cisco Kid
Movie · as Bill Stevens
Wildcat Bus
Movie · as Burke
King of the Lumberjacks
Movie · as Jigger
Dark Command
Movie · as Bushropp
The Long Voyage Home
Movie · as Davis
Women Without Names
Movie · as Principal Keeper Grimley
Melody Ranch
Movie · as Jasper Wildhack
Honeymoon Deferred
Movie · as Detective James
The Roaring Twenties
Movie · as The Sergeant
I Stole a Million
Movie · as Billings
Inside Information
Movie · as Detective Grazzi
Frontier Marshal
Movie · as Curley Bill
The Lady and the Mob
Movie · as Blinky Mack
Union Pacific
Movie · as Shamus (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Movie · as Werner Renz
Sabotage
Movie · as Gardner
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie · as Red
The Man from Montreal
Movie · as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
Stolen Heaven
Movie · as Bako
Always in Trouble
Movie · as Buster Mussendorfer
Passport Husband
Movie · as Duke Selton
Tarzan's Revenge
Movie · as Olaf Punch
Heart of the North
Movie · as Red Crocker
Gambling Ship
Movie · as Tony Garzoni
The Storm
Movie · as Kelly
Black Legion
Movie · as Cliff Summers
Behind the Criminal
Movie · as Red Manders
Navy Blues
Movie · as Chips
The Lady Fights Back
Movie · as Swede Jannsen
Reported Missing
Movie · as 'Brad' Martin
They Gave Him a Gun
Movie · as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
A Dangerous Adventure
Movie · as Dutch
San Quentin
Movie · as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
Midnight Madonna
Movie · as Wolfe
Slim
Movie · as Windy Wilcox
Motor Madness
Movie · as Steve Dolan
The Walking Dead
Movie · as 'Trigger' Smith
The Petrified Forest
Movie · as Jackie
Special Investigator
Movie · as Jim Plummer
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Movie · as Sgt. Regan
The Accusing Finger
Movie · as Father Regan, chaplain
Murder with Pictures
Movie · as Inspector Tom Bacon
Big Brown Eyes
Movie · as Jack Sully
Two in a Crowd
Movie · as Bonelli's Henchman
Rose Bowl
Movie · as Announcer
A Son Comes Home
Movie · as First Truck Driver
The Country Doctor
Movie · as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
High Tension
Movie · as Terry Madden
Great Guy
Movie · as Joe Burton
Freshman Love
Movie · as Coach Kendall
And Sudden Death
Movie · as Police Sgt. Sanborn
Crash Donovan
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)
Pride of the Marines
Movie · as Tennessee
The Informer
Movie · as Bartly Mulholland
Special Agent
Movie · as Rich - Chief Henchman
Little Big Shot
Movie · as Doré's Henchman
Frisco Kid
Movie · as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Moonlight on the Prairie
Movie · as Luke Thomas
Car 99
Movie · as Whitey, burly henchman
Broadway Gondolier
Movie · as 'Red'
Man of Iron
Movie · as Crawford
The Arizonian
Movie · as Henchman Keeler
Sequoia
Movie · as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
The Whole Town's Talking
Movie · as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
I Found Stella Parish
Movie · as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Prescott Kid
Movie · as Marshal Willoughby
Sing and Like It
Movie · as Gunner - Hood
Gridiron Flash
Movie · as Coach Eversmith
The Case of the Howling Dog
Movie · as Carl Trask (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent
Movie · as Mike (uncredited)
Looking for Trouble
Movie · as Max Stanley
The Band Plays On
Movie · as Mr. Thomas
Death on the Diamond
Movie · as "Dunc" Spencer
College Rhythm
Movie · as Spud Miller
The Westerner
Movie · as Bob Lockhart
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Movie · as Building Guard (uncredited)
Eskimo
Movie · as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
College Humor
Movie · as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
The Stranger's Return
Movie · as Thresher
Ace of Aces
Movie · as Captain Daly
Son of a Sailor
Movie · as Slug
Three Cornered Moon
Movie · as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
College Coach
Movie · as Holcomb
Golden Harvest
Movie · as Farmhand (uncredited)
Saturday's Millions
Movie · as Coach
Hold Your Man
Movie · as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
Olsen’s Big Moment
Movie · as Dapper' Danny Reynolds
Huddle
Movie · as Slater
Arsène Lupin
Movie · as Leroux (uncredited)
Maker of Men
Movie · as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
Movie · as Pool Player (uncredited)
Campus Sweethearts
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