Birthday:
Aug 29, 1906
Place of Birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Place of Birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Joe Sawyer
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Killing | Mike O'Reilly | 1956 |
| The Grapes of Wrath | Bookkeeper | 1940 |
| Santa Fe Trail | Kitzmiller | 1940 |
| Gilda | Casey | 1946 |
| Blondie's Hero | Sergeant Gateson | 1950 |
| The Outlaw | Charley Woodruff | 1943 |
| The Naughty Nineties | Bailey | 1945 |
| The Walking Dead | 'Trigger' Smith | 1936 |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Kalem McCoy | 1951 |
| Hit the Ice | Buster | 1943 |
| Deadline at Dawn | Babe Dooley | 1946 |
| A Double Life | Pete Bonner | 1947 |
| Prescott Kid | Marshal Willoughby | 1934 |
| Black Legion | Cliff Summers | 1937 |
| Coroner Creek | Frank Yordy | 1948 |
| Brewster's Millions | Hacky Smith | 1945 |
| The Roaring Twenties | The Sergeant | 1939 |
| The Singing Sheriff | Squint | 1944 |
| The Informer | Bartly Mulholland | 1935 |
| The House Across the Bay | Charlie | 1940 |
| Kazan | Sandz Jepson | 1949 |
| Sergeant York | Sergeant Early | 1941 |
| I Stole a Million | Billings | 1939 |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Sgt. Doolittle | 1941 |
| The Petrified Forest | Jackie | 1936 |
| How the West Was Won | Riverboat Officer (uncredited) | 1962 |
| It Came from Outer Space | Frank Daylon | 1953 |
| Special Agent | Rich - Chief Henchman | 1935 |
| The Border Legion | Jim Gulden | 1940 |
| Belle Starr | John Cole | 1941 |
| Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Karl Straeder | 1943 |
| The Kettles in the Ozarks | Bancroft Baines | 1956 |
| Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West | Sgt. Biff O'Hara | 1991 |
| Brooklyn Orchid | Eddie Corbett | 1942 |
| Hay Foot | Sergeant Ames | 1942 |
| Special Investigator | Jim Plummer | 1936 |
| The Leathernecks Have Landed | Sgt. Regan | 1936 |
| Little Big Shot | Doré's Henchman | 1935 |
| About Face | Sgt. William Ames | 1942 |
| Raiders of Ghost City | Idaho Jones | 1944 |
| The Runaround | Hutchins | 1946 |
| Inside Information | Detective Grazzi | 1939 |
| The Accusing Finger | Father Reed, chaplain | 1936 |
| Red Skies of Montana | R. A. 'Pop' Miller | 1952 |
| Eskimo | Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Buckskin Frontier | Brannigan | 1943 |
| Legends of the West | Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' | 1992 |
| Frontier Marshal | Curley Bill | 1939 |
| Behind the Criminal | Red Manders | 1937 |
| Roses Are Red | Police Lt. Rocky Wall | 1947 |
| Down Mexico Way | Allen | 1941 |
| Frisco Kid | Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1935 |
| The Lucky Stiff | Tony | 1949 |
| Half Past Midnight | Det. Lt. Joe Nash | 1948 |
| Lucky Cisco Kid | Bill Stevens | 1940 |
| Taxi, Mister | Eddie Corbett | 1943 |
| The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Eddie Corbett | 1942 |
| Big Town After Dark | Monk | 1947 |
| Here Comes Trouble | Officer Ames | 1948 |
| Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1995 |
| College Humor | Tex Roust | 1933 |
| Stolen Heaven | Bako | 1938 |
| Murder with Pictures | Inspector Tom Bacon | 1936 |
| Operation Haylift | George Swallow | 1950 |
| Sing and Like it | Gunner - Hood | 1934 |
| Tornado | Charlie Muscles | 1943 |
| Moonlight on the Prairie | Luke Thomas | 1935 |
| Wildcat Bus | Burke | 1940 |
| Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Jake | 1950 |
| Fall In | Sgt. Ames | 1942 |
| As You Were | Sgt. Ames | 1951 |
| Mr. Walkie Talkie | Sgt. Ames | 1952 |
| Navy Blues | Chips | 1937 |
| The Flying Missile | Fuss Payne | 1950 |
| Deputy Marshal | Eli Cressett | 1949 |
| Car 99 | Whitey, burly henchman | 1935 |
| Always in Trouble | Buster Mussendorfer | 1938 |
| Gridiron Flash | Coach Eversmith | 1934 |
| Indian Uprising | Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh | 1952 |
| The Case of the Howling Dog | Carl Trask (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Maker of Men | Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Jimmy the Gent | Mike (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Fighting Father Dunne | Steve Davis | 1948 |
| Big Brown Eyes | Jack Sully | 1936 |
| If You Knew Susie | Zero Zantini | 1948 |
| The Lady Fights Back | Swede Jannsen | 1937 |
| Passport Husband | Duke Selton | 1938 |
| Looking for Trouble | Max Stanley | 1934 |
| Christmas Eve | Private Detective | 1947 |
| Yanks Ahoy | Sgt. Ames | 1943 |
| Reported Missing | 'Brad' Martin | 1937 |
| Two in a Crowd | Bonelli's Henchman | 1936 |
| Rose Bowl | Announcer | 1936 |
| Fighting Back | Police Sergeant Scudder | 1948 |
| The Bands Plays On | Mr. Thomas | 1934 |
| They Gave Him a Gun | Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) | 1937 |
| The Stranger's Return | Thresher | 1933 |
| Broadway Gondolier | 'Red' | 1935 |
| Last of the Duanes | Bull Lossomer | 1941 |
| Ace of Aces | Captain Daly | 1933 |
| Tarzan's Revenge | Olaf Punch | 1938 |
| King of the Lumberjacks | Jigger | 1940 |
| The Lady and the Mob | Blinky Mack | 1939 |
| Alaska Highway | Roughhouse | 1943 |
| Union Pacific | Shamus (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Werner Renz | 1939 |
| Prairie Chickens | Albertson | 1943 |
| A Letter From Bataan | Roy - John's Brother-in-Law | 1942 |
| Moon Over Las Vegas | Joe | 1944 |
| High Powered | Spike Kenny | 1945 |
| The Traveling Saleswoman | Cactus Jack | 1950 |
| Heart of the North | Red Crocker | 1938 |
| Man of Iron | Crawford | 1935 |
| A Son Comes Home | First Truck Driver | 1936 |
| The Country Doctor | Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) | 1936 |
| G.I. War Brides | Sgt. Frank Moraski | 1946 |
| Son of a Sailor | Slug | 1933 |
| The Untamed Breed | Hoy Keegan | 1948 |
| High Tension | Terry Madden | 1936 |
| Great Guy | Joe Burton | 1936 |
| A Dangerous Adventure | Dutch | 1937 |
| Tucson | Tod Bryant | 1949 |
| Tanks a Million | Sgt. William Ames | 1941 |
| The Gay Amigo | Sergeant McNulty | 1949 |
| And Baby Makes Three | Police officer | 1949 |
| The Lady from Cheyenne | Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman | 1941 |
| Dark Command | Bushropp | 1940 |
| Stagecoach Kid | Thatcher | 1949 |
| Inside Job | Police Capt. Thomas | 1946 |
| Gambling Ship | Tony Garzoni | 1938 |
| Three-Cornered Moon | Head Lifeguard | 1933 |
| Huddle | Slater | 1932 |
| The Arizonian | Henchman Keeler | 1935 |
| Freshman Love | Coach Kendall | 1936 |
| San Quentin | 'Sailor Boy' Hansen | 1937 |
| The Long Voyage Home | Davis | 1940 |
| Swamp Water | Hardy Ragan | 1941 |
| College Coach | Holcomb | 1933 |
| Sequoia | Forest Ranger (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Women Without Names | Principal Keeper Grimley | 1940 |
| Melody Ranch | Jasper Wildhack | 1940 |
| You're in the Army Now | Sergeant Madden | 1941 |
| Johnny Dark | Carl Svenson | 1954 |
| And Sudden Death | Police Sgt. Sanborn | 1936 |
| Let's Face It | Sgt. Wiggins | 1943 |
| Sabotage | Gardner | 1939 |
| Sundown Jim | Ben Moffitt | 1942 |
| Down in San Diego | Dutch | 1941 |
| Golden Harvest | Farmhand (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Riding Shotgun | Tom Biggert | 1954 |
| The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara | 1958 |
| North to Alaska | Land Commissioner | 1960 |
| Death on the Diamond | "Dunc" Spencer | 1934 |
| Hey, Rookie | Sergeant | 1944 |
| Honeymoon Deferred | Detective James | 1940 |
| Saturday's Millions | Coach | 1933 |
| The Storm | Kelly | 1938 |
| Taza, Son of Cochise | Sgt. Hamma | 1954 |
| Wrecking Crew | Fred Bunce | 1942 |
| Cowboy in Manhattan | Louie | 1943 |
| Deadline - U.S.A. | Whitey Franks (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Midnight Madonna | Wolfe | 1937 |
| The Whole Town's Talking | Mannion's Thug (uncredited) | 1935 |
| The Public Enemy | Pool Player (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Arsène Lupin | Leroux (uncredited) | 1932 |
| College Rhythm | Spud Miller | 1934 |
| Joe Palooka, Champ | Lefty | 1946 |
| Crash Donovan | Henchman (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Pride of the Marines | Tennessee | 1936 |
| South of Dixie | Ernest Hatcher | 1944 |
| Sleepy Lagoon | Lumpy | 1943 |
| You Can't Get Away with Murder | Red | 1939 |
| The Man from Montreal | Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1939 |
| I Found Stella Parish | Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1935 |
| The Westerner | Bob Lockhart | 1934 |
| The Notorious Sophie Lang | Building Guard (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Hold Your Man | Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited) | 1933 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Surfside 6 | Leon Huff | 1960 |
| Everglades | 1961 | |
| Peter Gunn | 1958 | |
| Ford Theatre | 1948 | |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | 1954 | |
| Lock-Up | 1959 | |
| Sugarfoot | Fighting Sam Brown | 1957 |
| Racket Squad | 1951 | |
| Harrigan and Son | 1960 |
