Joe Sawyer

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1906-08-29

Deathday 1982-04-21 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As Joe Sauers, Joe Sauer, Joseph Sauers, Joseph Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

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

Actor

1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992
Legends of the West

as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'

1991
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

as Sgt. Biff O'Hara

1962
How the West Was Won

as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

1960
North to Alaska

as Land Commissioner

1960
Surfside 6

as Leon Huff

1958
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

1957
Sugarfoot

as Fighting Sam Brown

1956
The Killing

as Mike O'Reilly

1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks

as Bancroft Baines

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
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
1950
The Flying Missile

as Fuss Payne

1950
Operation Haylift

as George Swallow

1950
Blondie's Hero

as Sergeant Gateson

1950
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
1949
The Gay Amigo

as Sergeant McNulty

1949
Tucson

as Tod Bryant

1948
The Untamed Breed

as Hoy Keegan

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
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
1946
Gilda

as Casey

1946
Deadline at Dawn

as Babe Dooley

1945
1945
Brewster's Millions

as Hacky Smith

1945
High Powered

as Spike Kenny

1944
1944
Raiders of Ghost City

as Idaho Jones

1944
South of Dixie

as Ernest Hatcher

1944
Hey, Rookie

as Sergeant

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
1943
Buckskin Frontier

as Brannigan

1943
Taxi, Mister

as Eddie Corbett

1943
The Outlaw

as Charley Woodruff

1942
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
1941
Swamp Water

as Hardy Ragan

1941
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
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne

as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman

1940
Santa Fe Trail

as Kitzmiller

1940
The Border Legion

as Jim Gulden

1940
Melody Ranch

as Jasper Wildhack

1940
Wildcat Bus

as Burke

1940
Lucky Cisco Kid

as Bill Stevens

1940
Dark Command

as Bushropp

1940
The Grapes of Wrath

as Bookkeeper

1940
Women Without Names

as Principal Keeper Grimley

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
1939
Union Pacific

as Shamus (uncredited)

1939
The Lady and the Mob

as Blinky Mack

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
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
1937
San Quentin

as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen

1937
They Gave Him a Gun

as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)

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 Reed, 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
1936
The Country Doctor

as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)

1936
The Walking Dead

as 'Trigger' Smith

1936
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
1935
Special Agent

as Rich - Chief Henchman

1935
Little Big Shot

as Doré's Henchman

1935
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 Bands Plays On

as Mr. Thomas

1934
The Westerner

as Bob Lockhart

1934
College Rhythm

as Spud Miller

1934
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
1933
Eskimo

as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)

1933
College Coach

as Holcomb

1933
Ace of Aces

as Captain Daly

1933
1933
Golden Harvest

as Farmhand (uncredited)

1933
Three-Cornered Moon

as Head Lifeguard

1933
1933
College Humor

as Tex Roust

1933
Hold Your Man

as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)

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)

Writer

1950

Producer

1950
Operation Haylift

as Producer