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