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
| Birth Location | Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Born | 1906-08-29 |
| Died | 1982-04-21 |
Movies
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
Legends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
1992
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
1991
How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
1962
North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner
1960
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
1958
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines
1956
Johnny Dark
as Carl Svenson
1954
Riding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert
1954
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma
1954
It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon
1953
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
1952
As You Were
as Sgt. Ames
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Kalem McCoy
1951
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
1950
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
1949
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
1948
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
1947
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
1946
The Naughty Nineties
as Bailey
1945
Brewster's Millions
as Hacky Smith
1945
High Powered
as Spike Kenny
1945
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
1944
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 - Silky's Henchman
1943
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Louie
1943
Prairie Chickens
as Albertson
1943
Buckskin Frontier
as Brannigan
1943
Taxi, Mister
as Eddie Corbett
1943
The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff
1943
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
1942
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
Tanks a Million
as Sgt. William Ames
1941
Belle Starr
as John Cole
1941
Down in San Diego
as Dutch
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
1941
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
1940
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
1939
Gambling Ship
as Tony Garzoni
1938
Heart of the North
as Red Crocker
1938
The Storm
as Kelly
1938
Always in Trouble
as Buster Mussendorfer
1938
Passport Husband
as Duke Selton
1938
Stolen Heaven
as Bako
1938
Tarzan's Revenge
as Olaf Punch
1938
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
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
1937
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
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
1936
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)
1935
The Bands Plays On
as Mr. Thomas
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
Sing and Like it
as Gunner - Hood
1934
Looking for Trouble
as Max Stanley
1934
Jimmy the Gent
as Mike (uncredited)
1934
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
1933
The Stranger's Return
as Thresher
1933
College Humor
as Tex Roust
1933
Huddle
as Slater
1932
Arsène Lupin
as Leroux (uncredited)
1932
Maker of Men
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
1931
The Public Enemy
as Pool Player (uncredited)
1931
