Joe Sawyer
Acting
Born August 29, 1906, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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.
Filmography
- 1995Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey — Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992Legends of the West — Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West — Sgt. Biff O'Hara
- 1962How the West Was Won — Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
- Everglades
- Harrigan and Son
- 1960North to Alaska — Land Commissioner
- Surfside 6 — Leon Huff
- Lock-Up — Sgt. McEvoy
- Peter Gunn
- 1958The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin — Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
- Sugarfoot — Fighting Sam Brown
- 1956The Kettles in the Ozarks — Bancroft Baines
- 1956The Killing — Mike O'Reilly
- 1954Johnny Dark — Carl Svenson
- 1954Riding Shotgun — Tom Biggert
- 1954Taza, Son of Cochise — Sgt. Hamma
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
- 1953It Came from Outer Space — Frank Daylon
- 1952Deadline - U.S.A. — Whitey Franks (uncredited)
- 1952Indian Uprising — Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
- 1952Mr. Walkie Talkie — Sgt. Ames
- 1952Red Skies of Montana — R. A. 'Pop' Miller
- The Abbott and Costello Show — Chopper
- 1951As You Were — Sgt. Ames
- 1951Comin' Round the Mountain — Kalem McCoy
- 1951Pride of Maryland — Knuckles
- Racket Squad
- 1950Blondie's Hero — Sergeant Gateson
- 1950Curtain Call at Cactus Creek — Jake
- 1950Operation Haylift — George Swallow, Writer, Producer
- 1950The Flying Missile — Fuss Payne
- 1950The Traveling Saleswoman — Cactus Jack
- 1949And Baby Makes Three — Police officer
- 1949Deputy Marshal — Eli Cressett
- 1949Kazan — Sandz Jepson
- 1949Stagecoach Kid — Thatcher
- 1949The Gay Amigo — Sergeant McNulty
- 1949The Lucky Stiff — Tony
- 1949Tucson — Tod Bryant
- 1948Coroner Creek — Frank Yordy
- 1948Fighting Back — Police Sergeant Scudder
- 1948Fighting Father Dunne — Steve Davis
- Ford Theatre
- 1948Half Past Midnight — Det. Lt. Joe Nash
- 1948Here Comes Trouble — Officer Ames
- 1948If You Knew Susie — Zero Zantini
- 1948The Untamed Breed — Hoy Keegan
- 1947A Double Life — Pete Bonner
- 1947Big Town After Dark — Monk
- 1947Christmas Eve — Private Detective
- 1947Roses Are Red — Police Lt. Rocky Wall
- 1946Deadline at Dawn — Babe Dooley
- 1946G.I. War Brides — Sgt. Frank Moraski
- 1946Gilda — Casey
- 1946Inside Job — Police Capt. Thomas
- 1946Joe Palooka, Champ — Lefty
- 1946The Runaround — Hutchins
- 1945Brewster's Millions — Hacky Smith
- 1945High Powered — Spike Kenny
- 1945The Naughty Nineties — Bailey
- 1944Hey, Rookie — Sergeant
- 1944Moon Over Las Vegas — Joe
- 1944Raiders of Ghost City — Idaho Jones
- 1944South of Dixie — Ernest Hatcher
- 1944The Singing Sheriff — Squint
- 1943Alaska Highway — Roughhouse
- 1943Buckskin Frontier — Brannigan
- 1943Cowboy in Manhattan — Louie
- 1943Hit the Ice — Buster
- 1943Let's Face It — Sgt. Wiggins
- 1943Prairie Chickens — Albertson
- 1943Sleepy Lagoon — Lumpy
- 1943Tarzan's Desert Mystery — Karl Straeder
- 1943Taxi, Mister — Eddie Corbett
- 1943The Outlaw — Charley Woodruff
- 1943Tornado — Charlie Muscles
- 1943Yanks Ahoy — Sgt. Ames
- 1942A Letter From Bataan — Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
- 1942About Face — Sgt. William Ames
- 1942Brooklyn Orchid — Eddie Corbett
- 1942Fall In — Sgt. Ames
- 1942Hay Foot — Sergeant Ames
- 1942Sundown Jim — Ben Moffitt
- 1942The McGuerins from Brooklyn — Eddie Corbett
- 1942Wrecking Crew — Fred Bunce
- 1941Belle Starr — John Cole
- 1941Down Mexico Way — Allen
- 1941Down in San Diego — Dutch
- 1941Last of the Duanes — Bull Lossomer
- 1941Sergeant York — Sergeant Early
- 1941Swamp Water — Hardy Ragan
- 1941Tanks a Million — Sgt. William Ames
- 1941The Lady from Cheyenne — Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
- 1941They Died with Their Boots On — Sgt. Doolittle
- 1941You're in the Army Now — Sergeant Madden
- 1940Dark Command — Bushropp
- 1940Honeymoon Deferred — Detective James
- 1940King of the Lumberjacks — Jigger
- 1940Lucky Cisco Kid — Bill Stevens
- 1940Melody Ranch — Jasper Wildhack
- 1940Santa Fe Trail — Kitzmiller
- 1940The Border Legion — Jim Gulden
- 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Bookkeeper
- 1940The House Across the Bay — Charlie
- 1940The Long Voyage Home — Davis
- 1940Wildcat Bus — Burke
- 1940Women Without Names — Principal Keeper Grimley
- 1939Confessions of a Nazi Spy — Werner Renz
- 1939Frontier Marshal — Curley Bill
- 1939I Stole a Million — Billings
- 1939Inside Information — Detective Grazzi
- 1939Sabotage — Gardner
- 1939The Lady and the Mob — Blinky Mack
- 1939The Man from Montreal — Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
- 1939The Roaring Twenties — The Sergeant
- 1939Union Pacific — Shamus (uncredited)
- 1939You Can't Get Away with Murder — Red
- 1938Always in Trouble — Buster Mussendorfer
- 1938Gambling Ship — Tony Garzoni
- 1938Heart of the North — Red Crocker
- 1938Passport Husband — Duke Selton
- 1938Stolen Heaven — Bako
- 1938Tarzan's Revenge — Olaf Punch
- 1938The Storm — Kelly
- 1937A Dangerous Adventure — Dutch
- 1937Behind the Criminal — Red Manders
- 1937Black Legion — Cliff Summers
- 1937Midnight Madonna — Wolfe
- 1937Motor Madness — Steve Dolan
- 1937Navy Blues — Chips
- 1937Reported Missing — 'Brad' Martin
- 1937San Quentin — 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
- 1937Slim — Windy Wilcox
- 1937The Lady Fights Back — Swede Jannsen
- 1937They Gave Him a Gun — Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
- 1936A Son Comes Home — First Truck Driver
- 1936And Sudden Death — Police Sgt. Sanborn
- 1936Big Brown Eyes — Jack Sully
- 1936Crash Donovan — Henchman (uncredited)
- 1936Freshman Love — Coach Kendall
- 1936Great Guy — Joe Burton
- 1936High Tension — Terry Madden
- 1936Murder with Pictures — Inspector Tom Bacon
- 1936Pride of the Marines — Tennessee
- 1936Rose Bowl — Announcer
- 1936Special Investigator — Jim Plummer
- 1936The Accusing Finger — Father Regan, chaplain
- 1936The Country Doctor — Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
- 1936The Leathernecks Have Landed — Sgt. Regan
- 1936The Petrified Forest — Jackie
- 1936The Walking Dead — 'Trigger' Smith
- 1936Two in a Crowd — Bonelli's Henchman
- 1935Broadway Gondolier — 'Red'
- 1935Car 99 — Whitey, burly henchman
- 1935Frisco Kid — Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
- 1935I Found Stella Parish — Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
- 1935Little Big Shot — Doré's Henchman
- 1935Man of Iron — Crawford
- 1935Moonlight on the Prairie — Luke Thomas
- 1935Sequoia — Forest Ranger (uncredited)
- 1935Special Agent — Rich - Chief Henchman
- 1935The Arizonian — Henchman Keeler
- 1935The Informer — Bartly Mulholland
- 1935The Whole Town's Talking — Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
- 1934College Rhythm — Spud Miller
- 1934Death on the Diamond — "Dunc" Spencer
- 1934Gridiron Flash — Coach Eversmith
- 1934Jimmy the Gent — Mike (uncredited)
- 1934Looking for Trouble — Max Stanley
- 1934Sing and Like It — Gunner - Hood
- 1934The Band Plays On — Mr. Thomas
- 1934The Case of the Howling Dog — Carl Trask (uncredited)
- 1934The Notorious Sophie Lang — Building Guard (uncredited)
- 1934The Prescott Kid — Marshal Willoughby
- 1934The Westerner — Bob Lockhart
- 1933Ace of Aces — Captain Daly
- 1933College Coach — Holcomb
- 1933College Humor — Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
- 1933Eskimo — Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
- 1933Golden Harvest — Farmhand (uncredited)
- 1933Hold Your Man — Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
- 1933Olsen’s Big Moment — Dapper' Danny Reynolds
- 1933Saturday's Millions — Coach
- 1933Son of a Sailor — Slug
- 1933The Stranger's Return — Thresher
- 1933Three Cornered Moon — Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
- 1932Arsène Lupin — Leroux (uncredited)
- 1932Huddle — Slater
- 1931Maker of Men — Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
- 1931The Public Enemy — Pool Player (uncredited)
- 1930Campus Sweethearts