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