Joe Sawyer
Acting1906Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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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
Acting History
1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Legends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
1962
How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
1961
1960
North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner
1959
Sugarfoot
TVas Fighting Sam Brown• 1 eps
1958
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
1954
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma
Riding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert
Johnny Dark
as Carl Svenson
The Abbott and Costello Show
TVas Chopper• 1 eps
1953
It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon
1952
Indian Uprising
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Red Skies of Montana
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Sgt. Ames
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
1951
1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Cactus Jack
The Flying Missile
as Fuss Payne
Operation Haylift
as George Swallow
Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Jake
Operation Haylift
Producer
Operation Haylift
Writer
1949
The Lucky Stiff
as Tony
Stagecoach Kid
as Thatcher
And Baby Makes Three
as Police officer
The Gay Amigo
as Sergeant McNulty
Tucson
as Tod Bryant
Deputy Marshal
as Eli Cressett
Kazan
as Sandz Jepson
1948
If You Knew Susie
as Zero Zantini
Coroner Creek
as Frank Yordy
Half Past Midnight
as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
Fighting Back
as Police Sergeant Scudder
Here Comes Trouble
as Officer Ames
Fighting Father Dunne
as Steve Davis
The Untamed Breed
as Hoy Keegan
1947
Christmas Eve
as Private Detective
Roses Are Red
as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Big Town After Dark
as Monk
A Double Life
as Pete Bonner
1946
The Runaround
as Hutchins
Inside Job
as Police Capt. Thomas
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Lefty
Deadline at Dawn
as Babe Dooley
G.I. War Brides
as Sgt. Frank Moraski
Gilda
as Casey
1945
1944
The Singing Sheriff
as Squint
Hey, Rookie
as Sergeant
Raiders of Ghost City
as Idaho Jones
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Joe
South of Dixie
as Ernest Hatcher
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as Karl Straeder
The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff
Tornado
as Charlie Muscles
Prairie Chickens
as Albertson
Taxi, Mister
as Eddie Corbett
Buckskin Frontier
as Brannigan
Let's Face It
as Sgt. Wiggins
Hit the Ice
as Buster
Yanks Ahoy
as Sgt. Ames
Alaska Highway
as Roughhouse
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Louie
Sleepy Lagoon
as Lumpy
1942
Wrecking Crew
as Fred Bunce
Fall In
as Sgt. Ames
About Face
as Sgt. William Ames
Brooklyn Orchid
as Eddie Corbett
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Eddie Corbett
Hay Foot
as Sergeant Ames
A Letter From Bataan
as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
Sundown Jim
as Ben Moffitt
1941
Down in San Diego
as Dutch
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
Sergeant York
as Sergeant Early
Swamp Water
as Hardy Ragan
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Doolittle
Belle Starr
as John Cole
Tanks a Million
as Sgt. William Ames
You're in the Army Now
as Sergeant Madden
Down Mexico Way
as Allen
Last of the Duanes
as Bull Lossomer
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookkeeper
Women Without Names
as Principal Keeper Grimley
The House Across the Bay
as Charlie
The Border Legion
as Jim Gulden
The Long Voyage Home
as Davis
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Bill Stevens
The Dark Command
as Bushropp
Wildcat Bus
as Burke
Santa Fe Trail
as Kitzmiller
Melody Ranch
as Jasper Wildhack
King of the Lumberjacks
as Jigger
Honeymoon Deferred
as Detective James
1939
Sabotage
as Gardner
Union Pacific
as Shamus (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant
I Stole a Million
as Billings
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Werner Renz
Frontier Marshal
as Curley Bill
The Man from Montreal
as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Lady and the Mob
as Blinky Mack
Inside Information
as Detective Grazzi
1938
The Storm
as Kelly
Heart of the North
as Red Crocker
Tarzan's Revenge
as Olaf Punch
Passport Husband
as Duke Selton
Stolen Heaven
as Bako
Always in Trouble
as Buster Mussendorfer
Gambling Ship
as Tony Garzoni
1937
San Quentin
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
Reported Missing
as 'Brad' Martin
Black Legion
as Cliff Summers
Navy Blues
as Chips
Slim
as Windy Wilcox
The Lady Fights Back
as Swede Jannsen
Behind the Criminal
as Red Manders
They Gave Him a Gun
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
A Dangerous Adventure
as Dutch
Midnight Madonna
as Wolfe
Motor Madness
as Steve Dolan
1936
And Sudden Death
as Police Sgt. Sanborn
Big Brown Eyes
as Jack Sully
Pride of the Marines
as Tennessee
Special Investigator
as Jim Plummer
The Walking Dead
as 'Trigger' Smith
The Accusing Finger
as Father Regan, chaplain
High Tension
as Terry Madden
A Son Comes Home
as First Truck Driver
The Petrified Forest
as Jackie
Great Guy
as Joe Burton
Rose Bowl
as Announcer
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Sgt. Regan
Murder with Pictures
as Inspector Tom Bacon
Freshman Love
as Coach Kendall
The Country Doctor
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
Two in a Crowd
as Bonelli's Henchman
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
1935
Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman
Sequoia
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
The Whole Town's Talking
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
Car 99
as Whitey, burly henchman
Frisco Kid
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Special Agent
as Rich - Chief Henchman
The Informer
as Bartly Mulholland
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Luke Thomas
The Arizonian
as Henchman Keeler
Broadway Gondolier
as 'Red'
I Found Stella Parish
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
Man of Iron
as Crawford
1934
Jimmy the Gent
as Mike (uncredited)
Looking for Trouble
as Max Stanley
College Rhythm
as Spud Miller
The Westerner
as Bob Lockhart
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Carl Trask (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond
as "Dunc" Spencer
Sing and Like It
as Gunner - Hood
Gridiron Flash
as Coach Eversmith
The Band Plays On
as Mr. Thomas
Prescott Kid
as Marshal Willoughby
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Building Guard (uncredited)
1933
Hold Your Man
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
as Farmhand (uncredited)
The Stranger's Return
as Thresher
Ace of Aces
as Captain Daly
Eskimo
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
College Coach
as Holcomb
College Humor
as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
Three Cornered Moon
as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
Son of a Sailor
as Slug
Saturday's Millions
as Coach
1932
Arsène Lupin
as Leroux (uncredited)
Huddle
as Slater
1931
Maker of Men
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
as Pool Player (uncredited)