Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

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.

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Movies starring Joe Sawyer (181)

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)

Frank Daylon (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

Legends of the West (1992)

Curley Bill In 'Frontier Marshall' (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

How the West Was Won (1962)

Riverboat Officer (Uncredited)

North to Alaska (1960)

Land Commissioner

The Killing (1956)

Mike O'reilly

Johnny Dark (1954)

Carl Svenson

Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

Whitey Franks (Uncredited)

Red Skies of Montana (1952)

R. A. 'Pop' Miller

Indian Uprising (1952)

Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

Blondie's Hero (1950)

Sergeant Gateson

Kazan (1949)

Sandz Jepson

The Gay Amigo (1949)

Sergeant Mcnulty

Tucson (1949)

Tod Bryant

Fighting Back (1948)

Police Sergeant Scudder

Half Past Midnight (1948)

Det. Lt. Joe Nash

Roses Are Red (1947)

Police Lt. Rocky Wall

Christmas Eve (1947)

Private Detective

G.I. War Brides (1946)

Sgt. Frank Moraski

Inside Job (1946)

Police Capt. Thomas

South of Dixie (1944)

Ernest Hatcher

Tornado (1943)

Charlie Muscles

Taxi, Mister (1943)

Eddie Corbett

The Outlaw (1943)

Charley Woodruff

A Letter From Bataan (1942)

Roy - John's Brother-In-Law

About Face (1942)

Sgt. William Ames

Hay Foot (1942)

Sergeant Ames

Sergeant York (1941)

Sergeant Early

Tanks a Million (1941)

Sgt. William Ames

The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)

Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman

Melody Ranch (1940)

Jasper Wildhack

Women Without Names (1940)

Principal Keeper Grimley

The Man from Montreal (1939)

Biff Anders (As Joseph Sawyer)

Union Pacific (1939)

Shamus (Uncredited)

Always in Trouble (1938)

Buster Mussendorfer

Slim (1937)

Windy Wilcox

San Quentin (1937)

'Sailor Boy' Hansen

They Gave Him a Gun (1937)

Doyle - Gangster (Uncredited)

Black Legion (1937)

Cliff Summers

The Accusing Finger (1936)

Father Regan, Chaplain

Two in a Crowd (1936)

Bonelli's Henchman

Murder with Pictures (1936)

Inspector Tom Bacon

Crash Donovan (1936)

Henchman (Uncredited)

A Son Comes Home (1936)

First Truck Driver

And Sudden Death (1936)

Police Sgt. Sanborn

The Country Doctor (1936)

Joe, The Logger Lifting Log (Uncredited)

Frisco Kid (1935)

Slugs Crippen (As Joseph Sawyer)

I Found Stella Parish (1935)

Chuck (As Joseph Sawyer)

Special Agent (1935)

Rich - Chief Henchman

Little Big Shot (1935)

Doré's Henchman

The Arizonian (1935)

Henchman Keeler

The Informer (1935)

Bartly Mulholland

Car 99 (1935)

Whitey, Burly Henchman

The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

Mannion's Thug (Uncredited)

Sequoia (1935)

Forest Ranger (Uncredited)

The Prescott Kid (1934)

Marshal Willoughby

Gridiron Flash (1934)

Coach Eversmith

The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)

Carl Trask (Uncredited)

The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)

Building Guard (Uncredited)

Jimmy the Gent (1934)

Mike (Uncredited)

Eskimo (1933)

Sergeant Hunt (Uncredited)

Ace of Aces (1933)

Captain Daly

Golden Harvest (1933)

Farmhand (Uncredited)

Three Cornered Moon (1933)

Head Lifeguard (Uncredited)

College Humor (1933)

Tex Roust (As Joseph Sauers)

Hold Your Man (1933)

Policeman At Reformatory (Uncredited)

Arsène Lupin (1932)

Leroux (Uncredited)

Maker of Men (1931)

Bennett The Monroe Coach (Uncredited)

The Public Enemy (1931)

Pool Player (Uncredited)

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