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Joe Sawyer
Born · August 29, 1906
Died · April 21, 1982 (75 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Bio
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.
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.4
1995
Legends of the West
Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
0.0
1992
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Sgt. Biff O'Hara
7.3
1991
How the West Was Won
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
7.0
1962
Everglades
(1 episode)
8.5
1961
North to Alaska
Land Commissioner
6.5
1960
Harrigan and Son
(1 episode)
0.0
1960
Surfside 6
Leon Huff · (1 episode)
5.0
1960
Lock-Up
Sgt. McEvoy · (1 episode)
6.2
1959
Peter Gunn
(1 episode)
6.5
1958
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
10.0
1958
Sugarfoot
Fighting Sam Brown · (1 episode)
4.8
1957
The Killing
Mike O'Reilly
7.7
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Bancroft Baines
6.4
1956
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
(164 episodes)
6.9
1954
Johnny Dark
Carl Svenson
5.0
1954
Riding Shotgun
Tom Biggert
6.0
1954
Taza, Son of Cochise
Sgt. Hamma
5.5
1954
It Came from Outer Space
Frank Daylon
6.3
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
Chopper · (1 episode)
7.1
1952
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Sgt. Ames
5.0
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.
Whitey Franks (uncredited)
6.8
1952
Red Skies of Montana
R. A. 'Pop' Miller
5.2
1952
Indian Uprising
Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
6.2
1952
As You Were
Sgt. Ames
5.0
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
Kalem McCoy
6.0
1951
Racket Squad
(1 episode)
6.0
1951
The Flying Missile
Fuss Payne
4.8
1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Jake
6.3
1950
Operation Haylift
George Swallow
5.0
1950
Blondie's Hero
Sergeant Gateson
6.3
1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
Cactus Jack
4.5
1950
And Baby Makes Three
Police officer
4.9
1949
Deputy Marshal
Eli Cressett
6.8
1949
Kazan
Sandz Jepson
0.0
1949
Stagecoach Kid
Thatcher
6.0
1949
The Lucky Stiff
Tony
4.8
1949
The Gay Amigo
Sergeant McNulty
6.5
1949
Tucson
Tod Bryant
6.0
1949
The Untamed Breed
Hoy Keegan
5.0
1948
Ford Theatre
(1 episode)
0.0
1948
Fighting Back
Police Sergeant Scudder
6.0
1948
Coroner Creek
Frank Yordy
6.1
1948
Fighting Father Dunne
Steve Davis
6.0
1948
Here Comes Trouble
Officer Ames
4.6
1948
Half Past Midnight
Det. Lt. Joe Nash
6.0
1948
If You Knew Susie
Zero Zantini
7.5
1948
A Double Life
Pete Bonner
6.3
1947
Big Town After Dark
Monk
5.5
1947
Roses Are Red
Police Lt. Rocky Wall
5.5
1947
Christmas Eve
Private Detective
5.3
1947
G.I. War Brides
Sgt. Frank Moraski
0.0
1946
Inside Job
Police Capt. Thomas
5.6
1946
The Runaround
Hutchins
0.0
1946
Joe Palooka, Champ
Lefty
0.0
1946
Gilda
Casey
7.5
1946
Deadline at Dawn
Babe Dooley
6.2
1946
The Naughty Nineties
Bailey
6.8
1945
Brewster's Millions
Hacky Smith
6.6
1945
High Powered
Spike Kenny
0.0
1945
The Singing Sheriff
Squint
8.0
1944
Raiders of Ghost City
Idaho Jones
6.0
1944
South of Dixie
Ernest Hatcher
0.0
1944
Hey, Rookie
Sergeant
0.0
1944
Moon Over Las Vegas
Joe
0.0
1944
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Karl Straeder
6.1
1943
Sleepy Lagoon
Lumpy
4.5
1943
Tornado
Charlie Muscles
5.5
1943
Let's Face It
Sgt. Wiggins
4.5
1943
Yanks Ahoy
Sgt. Ames
6.3
1943
Alaska Highway
Roughhouse
5.0
1943
Hit the Ice
Buster
5.9
1943
Prairie Chickens
Albertson
0.0
1943
Cowboy in Manhattan
Louie
0.0
1943
Buckskin Frontier
Brannigan
6.0
1943
Taxi, Mister
Eddie Corbett
4.2
1943
The Outlaw
Charley Woodruff
5.4
1943
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Eddie Corbett
5.5
1942
Fall In
Sgt. Ames
6.0
1942
Wrecking Crew
Fred Bunce
5.5
1942
A Letter From Bataan
Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
4.5
1942
About Face
Sgt. William Ames
6.0
1942
Sundown Jim
Ben Moffitt
0.0
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
Eddie Corbett
6.0
1942
Hay Foot
Sergeant Ames
6.0
1942
You're in the Army Now
Sergeant Madden
3.6
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Sgt. Doolittle
6.6
1941
Swamp Water
Hardy Ragan
6.3
1941
Down Mexico Way
Allen
0.0
1941
Sergeant York
Sergeant Early
7.2
1941
Last of the Duanes
Bull Lossomer
6.0
1941
Belle Starr
John Cole
5.6
1941
Tanks a Million
Sgt. William Ames
5.3
1941
Down in San Diego
Dutch
5.5
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
5.2
1941
Santa Fe Trail
Kitzmiller
5.8
1940
The Border Legion
Jim Gulden
5.2
1940
The Long Voyage Home
Davis
6.6
1940
Melody Ranch
Jasper Wildhack
5.8
1940
Wildcat Bus
Burke
4.6
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid
Bill Stevens
5.6
1940
Dark Command
Bushropp
6.3
1940
King of the Lumberjacks
Jigger
3.0
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Bookkeeper
7.8
1940
Women Without Names
Principal Keeper Grimley
4.8
1940
The House Across the Bay
Charlie
5.3
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
Detective James
6.0
1940
The Man from Montreal
Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
3.8
1939
The Roaring Twenties
The Sergeant
7.5
1939
Sabotage
Gardner
7.0
1939
I Stole a Million
Billings
6.0
1939
Frontier Marshal
Curley Bill
6.1
1939
Inside Information
Detective Grazzi
0.0
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Werner Renz
6.1
1939
Union Pacific
Shamus (uncredited)
6.5
1939
The Lady and the Mob
Blinky Mack
6.3
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Red
5.6
1939
Gambling Ship
Tony Garzoni
0.0
1938
Heart of the North
Red Crocker
3.7
1938
Always in Trouble
Buster Mussendorfer
6.0
1938
The Storm
Kelly
0.0
1938
Passport Husband
Duke Selton
6.0
1938
Stolen Heaven
Bako
0.0
1938
Tarzan's Revenge
Olaf Punch
4.4
1938
Behind the Criminal
Red Manders
5.7
1937
The Lady Fights Back
Swede Jannsen
6.0
1937
Reported Missing
'Brad' Martin
0.0
1937
A Dangerous Adventure
Dutch
1.0
1937
Midnight Madonna
Wolfe
0.0
1937
Slim
Windy Wilcox
6.3
1937
San Quentin
'Sailor Boy' Hansen
6.5
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
6.2
1937
Navy Blues
Chips
5.0
1937
Black Legion
Cliff Summers
6.6
1937
Great Guy
Joe Burton
6.2
1936
Rose Bowl
Announcer
6.0
1936
The Accusing Finger
Father Reed, chaplain
4.7
1936
Two in a Crowd
Bonelli's Henchman
0.0
1936
Murder with Pictures
Inspector Tom Bacon
5.1
1936
Crash Donovan
Henchman (uncredited)
0.0
1936
A Son Comes Home
First Truck Driver
1.0
1936
High Tension
Terry Madden
5.4
1936
And Sudden Death
Police Sgt. Sanborn
0.0
1936
Special Investigator
Jim Plummer
5.8
1936
Big Brown Eyes
Jack Sully
6.3
1936
Pride of the Marines
Tennessee
6.0
1936
The Country Doctor
Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
6.0
1936
The Walking Dead
'Trigger' Smith
6.2
1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Sgt. Regan
5.0
1936
The Petrified Forest
Jackie
7.1
1936
Freshman Love
Coach Kendall
6.0
1936
Man of Iron
Crawford
6.0
1935
Frisco Kid
Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
6.8
1935
I Found Stella Parish
Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
7.0
1935
Moonlight on the Prairie
Luke Thomas
5.5
1935
Special Agent
Rich - Chief Henchman
6.2
1935
Little Big Shot
Doré's Henchman
6.0
1935
Broadway Gondolier
'Red'
5.4
1935
The Arizonian
Henchman Keeler
0.0
1935
The Informer
Bartly Mulholland
6.7
1935
Car 99
Whitey, burly henchman
5.0
1935
The Whole Town's Talking
Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
6.8
1935
Sequoia
Forest Ranger (uncredited)
6.0
1935
The Band Plays On
Mr. Thomas
8.5
1934
The Westerner
Bob Lockhart
0.0
1934
College Rhythm
Spud Miller
4.7
1934
Prescott Kid
Marshal Willoughby
0.0
1934
Gridiron Flash
Coach Eversmith
3.3
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
Carl Trask (uncredited)
6.5
1934
Death on the Diamond
"Dunc" Spencer
7.0
1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Building Guard (uncredited)
6.0
1934
Sing and Like It
Gunner - Hood
4.3
1934
Looking for Trouble
Max Stanley
6.8
1934
Jimmy the Gent
Mike (uncredited)
6.3
1934
Son of a Sailor
Slug
5.0
1933
Eskimo
Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
6.5
1933
College Coach
Holcomb
4.2
1933
Ace of Aces
Captain Daly
5.6
1933
Saturday's Millions
Coach
0.0
1933
Golden Harvest
Farmhand (uncredited)
5.0
1933
Three-Cornered Moon
Head Lifeguard
5.2
1933
The Stranger's Return
Thresher
6.2
1933
College Humor
Tex Roust
5.6
1933
Hold Your Man
Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
6.1
1933
Huddle
Slater
6.6
1932
Arsène Lupin
Leroux (uncredited)
6.9
1932
Maker of Men
Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
0.0
1931
The Public Enemy
Pool Player (uncredited)
7.2
1931