Joe Sawyer
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 29, 1906 (120 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 1995 | Theremin: An Electronic OdysseyFrank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1992 | Legends of the WestCurley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1991 | Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the WestSgt. Biff O'Hara | |
| 1962 | How the West Was WonRiverboat Officer (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | Everglades | |
| 1960 | North to AlaskaLand Commissioner | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6Leon Huff | |
| 1960 | Harrigan and Son | |
| 1959 | Lock-UpSgt. McEvoy | |
| 1958 | The Challenge of Rin Tin TinSgt. 'Biff' O'Hara | |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1957 | SugarfootFighting Sam Brown | |
| 1956 | The KillingMike O'Reilly | |
| 1956 | The Kettles in the OzarksBancroft Baines | |
| 1954 | Johnny DarkCarl Svenson | |
| 1954 | Riding ShotgunTom Biggert | |
| 1954 | Taza, Son of CochiseSgt. Hamma | |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | |
| 1953 | It Came from Outer SpaceFrank Daylon | |
| 1952 | Red Skies of MontanaR. A. 'Pop' Miller | |
| 1952 | Mr. Walkie TalkieSgt. Ames | |
| 1952 | Indian UprisingSgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh | |
| 1952 | Deadline - U.S.A.Whitey Franks (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello ShowChopper | |
| 1951 | Comin' Round the MountainKalem McCoy | |
| 1951 | As You WereSgt. Ames | |
| 1951 | Pride of MarylandKnuckles | |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | |
| 1950 | Blondie's HeroSergeant Gateson | |
| 1950 | Operation HayliftGeorge Swallow | |
| 1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus CreekJake | |
| 1950 | The Flying MissileFuss Payne | |
| 1950 | The Traveling SaleswomanCactus Jack | |
| 1949 | KazanSandz Jepson | |
| 1949 | The Lucky StiffTony | |
| 1949 | Deputy MarshalEli Cressett | |
| 1949 | TucsonTod Bryant | |
| 1949 | The Gay AmigoSergeant McNulty | |
| 1949 | And Baby Makes ThreePolice officer | |
| 1949 | Stagecoach KidThatcher | |
| 1948 | Coroner CreekFrank Yordy | |
| 1948 | Half Past MidnightDet. Lt. Joe Nash | |
| 1948 | Here Comes TroubleOfficer Ames | |
| 1948 | Fighting Father DunneSteve Davis | |
| 1948 | If You Knew SusieZero Zantini | |
| 1948 | Fighting BackPolice Sergeant Scudder | |
| 1948 | The Untamed BreedHoy Keegan | |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre | |
| 1947 | A Double LifePete Bonner | |
| 1947 | Roses Are RedPolice Lt. Rocky Wall | |
| 1947 | Big Town After DarkMonk | |
| 1947 | Christmas EvePrivate Detective | |
| 1946 | GildaCasey | |
| 1946 | Deadline at DawnBabe Dooley | |
| 1946 | The RunaroundHutchins | |
| 1946 | G.I. War BridesSgt. Frank Moraski | |
| 1946 | Inside JobPolice Capt. Thomas | |
| 1946 | Joe Palooka, ChampLefty | |
| 1945 | The Naughty NinetiesBailey | |
| 1945 | Brewster's MillionsHacky Smith | |
| 1945 | High PoweredSpike Kenny | |
| 1944 | The Singing SheriffSquint | |
| 1944 | Raiders of Ghost CityIdaho Jones | |
| 1944 | Moon Over Las VegasJoe | |
| 1944 | Hey, RookieSergeant | |
| 1944 | South of DixieErnest Hatcher | |
| 1943 | The OutlawCharley Woodruff | |
| 1943 | Hit the IceBuster | |
| 1943 | Tarzan's Desert MysteryKarl Straeder | |
| 1943 | Buckskin FrontierBrannigan | |
| 1943 | Taxi, MisterEddie Corbett | |
| 1943 | TornadoCharlie Muscles | |
| 1943 | Yanks AhoySgt. Ames | |
| 1943 | Alaska HighwayRoughhouse | |
| 1943 | Prairie ChickensAlbertson | |
| 1943 | Let's Face ItSgt. Wiggins | |
| 1943 | Cowboy in ManhattanLouie | |
| 1943 | Sleepy LagoonLumpy | |
| 1942 | Brooklyn OrchidEddie Corbett | |
| 1942 | Hay FootSergeant Ames | |
| 1942 | About FaceSgt. William Ames | |
| 1942 | The McGuerins from BrooklynEddie Corbett | |
| 1942 | Fall InSgt. Ames | |
| 1942 | A Letter From BataanRoy - John's Brother-in-Law | |
| 1942 | Sundown JimBen Moffitt | |
| 1942 | Wrecking CrewFred Bunce | |
| 1941 | Sergeant YorkSergeant Early | |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots OnSgt. Doolittle | |
| 1941 | Belle StarrJohn Cole | |
| 1941 | Down Mexico WayAllen | |
| 1941 | Last of the DuanesBull Lossomer | |
| 1941 | Tanks a MillionSgt. William Ames | |
| 1941 | The Lady from CheyenneSheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman | |
| 1941 | Swamp WaterHardy Ragan | |
| 1941 | You're in the Army NowSergeant Madden | |
| 1941 | Down in San DiegoDutch | |
| 1940 | The Grapes of WrathBookkeeper | |
| 1940 | Santa Fe TrailKitzmiller | |
| 1940 | The House Across the BayCharlie | |
| 1940 | The Border LegionJim Gulden | |
| 1940 | Lucky Cisco KidBill Stevens | |
| 1940 | Wildcat BusBurke | |
| 1940 | King of the LumberjacksJigger | |
| 1940 | Dark CommandBushropp | |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage HomeDavis | |
| 1940 | Women Without NamesPrincipal Keeper Grimley | |
| 1940 | Melody RanchJasper Wildhack | |
| 1940 | Honeymoon DeferredDetective James | |
| 1939 | The Roaring TwentiesThe Sergeant | |
| 1939 | I Stole a MillionBillings | |
| 1939 | Inside InformationDetective Grazzi | |
| 1939 | Frontier MarshalCurley Bill | |
| 1939 | The Lady and the MobBlinky Mack | |
| 1939 | Union PacificShamus (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi SpyWerner Renz | |
| 1939 | SabotageGardner | |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with MurderRed | |
| 1939 | The Man from MontrealBiff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
| 1938 | Stolen HeavenBako | |
| 1938 | Always in TroubleBuster Mussendorfer | |
| 1938 | Passport HusbandDuke Selton | |
| 1938 | Tarzan's RevengeOlaf Punch | |
| 1938 | Heart of the NorthRed Crocker | |
| 1938 | Gambling ShipTony Garzoni | |
| 1938 | The StormKelly | |
| 1937 | Black LegionCliff Summers | |
| 1937 | Behind the CriminalRed Manders | |
| 1937 | Navy BluesChips | |
| 1937 | The Lady Fights BackSwede Jannsen | |
| 1937 | Reported Missing'Brad' Martin | |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a GunDoyle - Gangster (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | A Dangerous AdventureDutch | |
| 1937 | San Quentin'Sailor Boy' Hansen | |
| 1937 | Midnight MadonnaWolfe | |
| 1937 | SlimWindy Wilcox | |
| 1937 | Motor MadnessSteve Dolan | |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead'Trigger' Smith | |
| 1936 | The Petrified ForestJackie | |
| 1936 | Special InvestigatorJim Plummer | |
| 1936 | The Leathernecks Have LandedSgt. Regan | |
| 1936 | The Accusing FingerFather Regan, chaplain | |
| 1936 | Murder with PicturesInspector Tom Bacon | |
| 1936 | Big Brown EyesJack Sully | |
| 1936 | Two in a CrowdBonelli's Henchman | |
| 1936 | Rose BowlAnnouncer | |
| 1936 | A Son Comes HomeFirst Truck Driver | |
| 1936 | The Country DoctorJoe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | High TensionTerry Madden | |
| 1936 | Great GuyJoe Burton | |
| 1936 | Freshman LoveCoach Kendall | |
| 1936 | And Sudden DeathPolice Sgt. Sanborn | |
| 1936 | Crash DonovanHenchman (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Pride of the MarinesTennessee | |
| 1935 | The InformerBartly Mulholland | |
| 1935 | Special AgentRich - Chief Henchman | |
| 1935 | Little Big ShotDoré's Henchman | |
| 1935 | Frisco KidSlugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
| 1935 | Moonlight on the PrairieLuke Thomas | |
| 1935 | Car 99Whitey, burly henchman | |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier'Red' | |
| 1935 | Man of IronCrawford | |
| 1935 | The ArizonianHenchman Keeler | |
| 1935 | SequoiaForest Ranger (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's TalkingMannion's Thug (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | I Found Stella ParishChuck (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
| 1934 | Prescott KidMarshal Willoughby | |
| 1934 | Sing and Like ItGunner - Hood | |
| 1934 | Gridiron FlashCoach Eversmith | |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling DogCarl Trask (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | Jimmy the GentMike (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | Looking for TroubleMax Stanley | |
| 1934 | The Band Plays OnMr. Thomas | |
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond"Dunc" Spencer | |
| 1934 | College RhythmSpud Miller | |
| 1934 | The WesternerBob Lockhart | |
| 1934 | The Notorious Sophie LangBuilding Guard (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | EskimoSergeant Hunt (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | College HumorTex Roust (as Joseph Sauers) | |
| 1933 | The Stranger's ReturnThresher | |
| 1933 | Ace of AcesCaptain Daly | |
| 1933 | Son of a SailorSlug | |
| 1933 | Three Cornered MoonHead Lifeguard (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | College CoachHolcomb | |
| 1933 | Golden HarvestFarmhand (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Saturday's MillionsCoach | |
| 1933 | Hold Your ManPoliceman at Reformatory (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Olsen’s Big MomentDapper' Danny Reynolds | |
| 1932 | HuddleSlater | |
| 1932 | Arsène LupinLeroux (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Maker of MenBennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | The Public EnemyPool Player (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | Campus Sweethearts |
| 1950 | Operation HayliftProducer |
| 1950 | Operation HayliftWriter |