Joe Sawyer
182 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 29, 1906
- Died
- Apr 21, 1982 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Joe Sauers · Joe Sauer · Joseph Sauers · Joseph Sawyer
Biography
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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.
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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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Known for
Joe Sawyer: movies and TV shows
Acting (192)
- 1995 Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 Legends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991 Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
- 1962 How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
- 1961
- 1960 North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
- 1957
- 1956 The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
- 1956 The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines
- 1954
- 1954 Johnny Dark
as Carl Svenson
- 1954 Riding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert
- 1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma
- 1953 It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon
- 1952
- 1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Sgt. Ames
- 1952 Deadline - U.S.A.
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
- 1952 Red Skies of Montana
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
- 1952 Indian Uprising
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
- 1951 As You Were
as Sgt. Ames
- 1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
as Kalem McCoy
- 1951
- 1951 Pride of Maryland
as Knuckles
- 1950 The Flying Missile
as Fuss Payne
- 1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Jake
- 1950 Operation Haylift
as George Swallow
- 1950 Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson
- 1950 The Traveling Saleswoman
as Cactus Jack
- 1949 And Baby Makes Three
as Police officer
- 1949 Deputy Marshal
as Eli Cressett
- 1949 Kazan
as Sandz Jepson
- 1949 Stagecoach Kid
as Thatcher
- 1949 The Lucky Stiff
as Tony
- 1949 The Gay Amigo
as Sergeant McNulty
- 1949 Tucson
as Tod Bryant
- 1948 The Untamed Breed
as Hoy Keegan
- 1948
- 1948 Fighting Back
as Police Sergeant Scudder
- 1948 Coroner Creek
as Frank Yordy
- 1948 Fighting Father Dunne
as Steve Davis
- 1948 Here Comes Trouble
as Officer Ames
- 1948 Half Past Midnight
as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
- 1948 If You Knew Susie
as Zero Zantini
- 1947 A Double Life
as Pete Bonner
- 1947 Big Town After Dark
as Monk
- 1947 Roses Are Red
as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
- 1947 Christmas Eve
as Private Detective
- 1946 G.I. War Brides
as Sgt. Frank Moraski
- 1946 Inside Job
as Police Capt. Thomas
- 1946 The Runaround
as Hutchins
- 1946 Joe Palooka, Champ
as Lefty
- 1946 Gilda
as Casey
- 1946 Deadline at Dawn
as Babe Dooley
- 1945 The Naughty Nineties
as Bailey
- 1945 Brewster's Millions
as Hacky Smith
- 1945 High Powered
as Spike Kenny
- 1944 The Singing Sheriff
as Squint
- 1944 Raiders of Ghost City
as Idaho Jones
- 1944 South of Dixie
as Ernest Hatcher
- 1944 Hey, Rookie
as Sergeant
- 1944 Moon Over Las Vegas
as Joe
- 1943 Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as Karl Straeder
- 1943 Sleepy Lagoon
as Lumpy
- 1943 Tornado
as Charlie Muscles
- 1943 Let's Face It
as Sgt. Wiggins
- 1943 Yanks Ahoy
as Sgt. Ames
- 1943 Alaska Highway
as Roughhouse
- 1943 Hit the Ice
as Buster
- 1943 Prairie Chickens
as Albertson
- 1943 Cowboy in Manhattan
as Louie
- 1943 Buckskin Frontier
as Brannigan
- 1943 Taxi, Mister
as Eddie Corbett
- 1943 The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff
- 1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Eddie Corbett
- 1942 Fall In
as Sgt. Ames
- 1942 Wrecking Crew
as Fred Bunce
- 1942 A Letter From Bataan
as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
- 1942 About Face
as Sgt. William Ames
- 1942 Sundown Jim
as Ben Moffitt
- 1942 Brooklyn Orchid
as Eddie Corbett
- 1942 Hay Foot
as Sergeant Ames
- 1941 You're in the Army Now
as Sergeant Madden
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Doolittle
- 1941 Swamp Water
as Hardy Ragan
- 1941 Down Mexico Way
as Allen
- 1941 Sergeant York
as Sergeant Early
- 1941 Last of the Duanes
as Bull Lossomer
- 1941 Belle Starr
as John Cole
- 1941 Tanks a Million
as Sgt. William Ames
- 1941 Down in San Diego
as Dutch
- 1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
- 1940 Santa Fe Trail
as Kitzmiller
- 1940 The Border Legion
as Jim Gulden
- 1940 The Long Voyage Home
as Davis
- 1940 Melody Ranch
as Jasper Wildhack
- 1940 Wildcat Bus
as Burke
- 1940 Lucky Cisco Kid
as Bill Stevens
- 1940 Dark Command
as Bushropp
- 1940 King of the Lumberjacks
as Jigger
- 1940 The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookkeeper
- 1940 Women Without Names
as Principal Keeper Grimley
- 1940 The House Across the Bay
as Charlie
- 1940 Honeymoon Deferred
as Detective James
- 1939 The Man from Montreal
as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
- 1939 The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant
- 1939 Sabotage
as Gardner
- 1939 I Stole a Million
as Billings
- 1939 Frontier Marshal
as Curley Bill
- 1939 Inside Information
as Detective Grazzi
- 1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Werner Renz
- 1939 Union Pacific
as Shamus (uncredited)
- 1939 The Lady and the Mob
as Blinky Mack
- 1939
- 1938 Gambling Ship
as Tony Garzoni
- 1938 Heart of the North
as Red Crocker
- 1938 Always in Trouble
as Buster Mussendorfer
- 1938 The Storm
as Kelly
- 1938 Passport Husband
as Duke Selton
- 1938 Stolen Heaven
as Bako
- 1938 Tarzan's Revenge
as Olaf Punch
- 1937 Behind the Criminal
as Red Manders
- 1937 The Lady Fights Back
as Swede Jannsen
- 1937 Reported Missing
as 'Brad' Martin
- 1937 A Dangerous Adventure
as Dutch
- 1937 Midnight Madonna
as Wolfe
- 1937 Slim
as Windy Wilcox
- 1937 San Quentin
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
- 1937 They Gave Him a Gun
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
- 1937 Motor Madness
as Steve Dolan
- 1937 Navy Blues
as Chips
- 1937 Black Legion
as Cliff Summers
- 1936 Great Guy
as Joe Burton
- 1936 Rose Bowl
as Announcer
- 1936 The Accusing Finger
as Father Regan, chaplain
- 1936 Two in a Crowd
as Bonelli's Henchman
- 1936 Murder with Pictures
as Inspector Tom Bacon
- 1936 Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
- 1936 A Son Comes Home
as First Truck Driver
- 1936 High Tension
as Terry Madden
- 1936 And Sudden Death
as Police Sgt. Sanborn
- 1936 Special Investigator
as Jim Plummer
- 1936 Big Brown Eyes
as Jack Sully
- 1936 Pride of the Marines
as Tennessee
- 1936 The Country Doctor
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
- 1936 The Walking Dead
as 'Trigger' Smith
- 1936 The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Sgt. Regan
- 1936 The Petrified Forest
as Jackie
- 1936 Freshman Love
as Coach Kendall
- 1935 Man of Iron
as Crawford
- 1935 Frisco Kid
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
- 1935 I Found Stella Parish
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
- 1935 Moonlight on the Prairie
as Luke Thomas
- 1935 Special Agent
as Rich - Chief Henchman
- 1935 Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman
- 1935 Broadway Gondolier
as 'Red'
- 1935 The Arizonian
as Henchman Keeler
- 1935 The Informer
as Bartly Mulholland
- 1935 Car 99
as Whitey, burly henchman
- 1935 The Whole Town's Talking
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
- 1935 Sequoia
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
- 1934 The Band Plays On
as Mr. Thomas
- 1934 The Westerner
as Bob Lockhart
- 1934 College Rhythm
as Spud Miller
- 1934 The Prescott Kid
as Marshal Willoughby
- 1934 Gridiron Flash
as Coach Eversmith
- 1934 The Case of the Howling Dog
as Carl Trask (uncredited)
- 1934 Death on the Diamond
as "Dunc" Spencer
- 1934 The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Building Guard (uncredited)
- 1934 Sing and Like It
as Gunner - Hood
- 1934 Looking for Trouble
as Max Stanley
- 1934 Jimmy the Gent
as Mike (uncredited)
- 1933 Son of a Sailor
as Slug
- 1933 Eskimo
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
- 1933 College Coach
as Holcomb
- 1933 Ace of Aces
as Captain Daly
- 1933 Saturday's Millions
as Coach
- 1933 Golden Harvest
as Farmhand (uncredited)
- 1933 Three Cornered Moon
as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
- 1933 The Stranger's Return
as Thresher
- 1933 College Humor
as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
- 1933 Hold Your Man
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
- 1933 Olsen’s Big Moment
as Dapper' Danny Reynolds
- 1932 Huddle
as Slater
- 1932 Arsène Lupin
as Leroux (uncredited)
- 1931 Maker of Men
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
- 1931 The Public Enemy
as Pool Player (uncredited)
- 1930
Behind the camera (1)
- 1950 Operation Haylift
Producer, Writer