Joe Sawyer
Born
August 29, 1906
Died
April 21, 1982 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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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)
1995
Legends of the West
Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
1992
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Sgt. Biff O'Hara
1991
How the West Was Won
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
1962
Everglades
(1 episode)
1961
North to Alaska
Land Commissioner
1960
Harrigan and Son
(1 episode)
1960
Surfside 6
Leon Huff · (1 episode)
1960
Lock-Up
Sgt. McEvoy · (1 episode)
1959
Peter Gunn
(1 episode)
1958
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
1958
Sugarfoot
Fighting Sam Brown · (1 episode)
1957
The Killing
Mike O'Reilly
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Bancroft Baines
1956
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
(164 episodes)
1954
Johnny Dark
Carl Svenson
1954
Riding Shotgun
Tom Biggert
1954
Taza, Son of Cochise
Sgt. Hamma
1954
It Came from Outer Space
Frank Daylon
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
Chopper · (1 episode)
1952
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Sgt. Ames
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.
Whitey Franks (uncredited)
1952
Red Skies of Montana
R. A. 'Pop' Miller
1952
Indian Uprising
Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
1952
As You Were
Sgt. Ames
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
Kalem McCoy
1951
Racket Squad
(1 episode)
1951
The Flying Missile
Fuss Payne
1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Jake
1950
Operation Haylift
George Swallow
1950
Blondie's Hero
Sergeant Gateson
1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
Cactus Jack
1950
And Baby Makes Three
Police officer
1949
Deputy Marshal
Eli Cressett
1949
Kazan
Sandz Jepson
1949
Stagecoach Kid
Thatcher
1949
The Lucky Stiff
Tony
1949
The Gay Amigo
Sergeant McNulty
1949
Tucson
Tod Bryant
1949
The Untamed Breed
Hoy Keegan
1948
Ford Theatre
(1 episode)
1948
Fighting Back
Police Sergeant Scudder
1948
Coroner Creek
Frank Yordy
1948
Fighting Father Dunne
Steve Davis
1948
Here Comes Trouble
Officer Ames
1948
Half Past Midnight
Det. Lt. Joe Nash
1948
If You Knew Susie
Zero Zantini
1948
A Double Life
Pete Bonner
1947
Big Town After Dark
Monk
1947
Roses Are Red
Police Lt. Rocky Wall
1947
Christmas Eve
Private Detective
1947
G.I. War Brides
Sgt. Frank Moraski
1946
Inside Job
Police Capt. Thomas
1946
The Runaround
Hutchins
1946
Joe Palooka, Champ
Lefty
1946
Gilda
Casey
1946
Deadline at Dawn
Babe Dooley
1946
The Naughty Nineties
Bailey
1945
Brewster's Millions
Hacky Smith
1945
High Powered
Spike Kenny
1945
The Singing Sheriff
Squint
1944
Raiders of Ghost City
Idaho Jones
1944
South of Dixie
Ernest Hatcher
1944
Hey, Rookie
Sergeant
1944
Moon Over Las Vegas
Joe
1944
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Karl Straeder
1943
Sleepy Lagoon
Lumpy
1943
Tornado
Charlie Muscles
1943
Let's Face It
Sgt. Wiggins
1943
Yanks Ahoy
Sgt. Ames
1943
Alaska Highway
Roughhouse
1943
Hit the Ice
Buster
1943
Prairie Chickens
Albertson
1943
Cowboy in Manhattan
Louie
1943
Buckskin Frontier
Brannigan
1943
Taxi, Mister
Eddie Corbett
1943
The Outlaw
Charley Woodruff
1943
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Eddie Corbett
1942
Fall In
Sgt. Ames
1942
Wrecking Crew
Fred Bunce
1942
A Letter From Bataan
Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
1942
About Face
Sgt. William Ames
1942
Sundown Jim
Ben Moffitt
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
Eddie Corbett
1942
Hay Foot
Sergeant Ames
1942
You're in the Army Now
Sergeant Madden
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Sgt. Doolittle
1941
Swamp Water
Hardy Ragan
1941
Down Mexico Way
Allen
1941
Sergeant York
Sergeant Early
1941
Last of the Duanes
Bull Lossomer
1941
Belle Starr
John Cole
1941
Tanks a Million
Sgt. William Ames
1941
Down in San Diego
Dutch
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
1941
Santa Fe Trail
Kitzmiller
1940
The Border Legion
Jim Gulden
1940
The Long Voyage Home
Davis
1940
Melody Ranch
Jasper Wildhack
1940
Wildcat Bus
Burke
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid
Bill Stevens
1940
Dark Command
Bushropp
1940
King of the Lumberjacks
Jigger
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Bookkeeper
1940
Women Without Names
Principal Keeper Grimley
1940
The House Across the Bay
Charlie
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
Detective James
1940
The Man from Montreal
Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
1939
The Roaring Twenties
The Sergeant
1939
Sabotage
Gardner
1939
I Stole a Million
Billings
1939
Frontier Marshal
Curley Bill
1939
Inside Information
Detective Grazzi
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Werner Renz
1939
Union Pacific
Shamus (uncredited)
1939
The Lady and the Mob
Blinky Mack
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Red
1939
Gambling Ship
Tony Garzoni
1938
Heart of the North
Red Crocker
1938
Always in Trouble
Buster Mussendorfer
1938
The Storm
Kelly
1938
Passport Husband
Duke Selton
1938
Stolen Heaven
Bako
1938
Tarzan's Revenge
Olaf Punch
1938
Behind the Criminal
Red Manders
1937
The Lady Fights Back
Swede Jannsen
1937
Reported Missing
'Brad' Martin
1937
A Dangerous Adventure
Dutch
1937
Midnight Madonna
Wolfe
1937
Slim
Windy Wilcox
1937
San Quentin
'Sailor Boy' Hansen
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
1937
Navy Blues
Chips
1937
Black Legion
Cliff Summers
1937
Great Guy
Joe Burton
1936
Rose Bowl
Announcer
1936
The Accusing Finger
Father Reed, chaplain
1936
Two in a Crowd
Bonelli's Henchman
1936
Murder with Pictures
Inspector Tom Bacon
1936
Crash Donovan
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
A Son Comes Home
First Truck Driver
1936
High Tension
Terry Madden
1936
And Sudden Death
Police Sgt. Sanborn
1936
Special Investigator
Jim Plummer
1936
Big Brown Eyes
Jack Sully
1936
Pride of the Marines
Tennessee
1936
The Country Doctor
Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
1936
The Walking Dead
'Trigger' Smith
1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Sgt. Regan
1936
The Petrified Forest
Jackie
1936
Freshman Love
Coach Kendall
1936
Man of Iron
Crawford
1935
Frisco Kid
Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
1935
I Found Stella Parish
Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
1935
Moonlight on the Prairie
Luke Thomas
1935
Special Agent
Rich - Chief Henchman
1935
Little Big Shot
Doré's Henchman
1935
Broadway Gondolier
'Red'
1935
The Arizonian
Henchman Keeler
1935
The Informer
Bartly Mulholland
1935
Car 99
Whitey, burly henchman
1935
The Whole Town's Talking
Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
1935
Sequoia
Forest Ranger (uncredited)
1935
The Band Plays On
Mr. Thomas
1934
The Westerner
Bob Lockhart
1934
College Rhythm
Spud Miller
1934
Prescott Kid
Marshal Willoughby
1934
Gridiron Flash
Coach Eversmith
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
Carl Trask (uncredited)
1934
Death on the Diamond
"Dunc" Spencer
1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Building Guard (uncredited)
1934
Sing and Like It
Gunner - Hood
1934
Looking for Trouble
Max Stanley
1934
Jimmy the Gent
Mike (uncredited)
1934
Son of a Sailor
Slug
1933
Eskimo
Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
1933
College Coach
Holcomb
1933
Ace of Aces
Captain Daly
1933
Saturday's Millions
Coach
1933
Golden Harvest
Farmhand (uncredited)
1933
Three Cornered Moon
Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
1933
The Stranger's Return
Thresher
1933
College Humor
Tex Roust
1933
Hold Your Man
Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
1933
Huddle
Slater
1932
Arsène Lupin
Leroux (uncredited)
1932
Maker of Men
Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
1931
The Public Enemy
Pool Player (uncredited)
1931
Campus Sweethearts
1930