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.
Known For
Credits
- 1995 · Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 · Legends of the West as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
- 1991 · Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
- 1962 · How the West Was Won as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
- 1961 · Everglades as
- 1960 · North to Alaska as Land Commissioner
- 1960 · Harrigan and Son as
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as Leon Huff
- 1959 · Lock-Up as
- 1958 · Peter Gunn as
- 1958 · The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Fighting Sam Brown
- 1956 · The Killing as Mike O'Reilly
- 1956 · The Kettles in the Ozarks as Bancroft Baines
- 1954 · The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as
- 1954 · Johnny Dark as Carl Svenson
- 1954 · Riding Shotgun as Tom Biggert
- 1954 · Taza, Son of Cochise as Sgt. Hamma
- 1953 · It Came from Outer Space as Frank Daylon
- 1952 · 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
- 1951 · As You Were as Sgt. Ames
- 1951 · Comin' Round the Mountain as Kalem McCoy
- 1951 · Racket Squad as
- 1950 · 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
- 1949 · And Baby Makes Three as Police officer
- 1949 · 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
- 1948 · The Untamed Breed as Hoy Keegan
- 1948 · Ford Theatre as
- 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
- 1947 · 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
- 1946 · 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
- 1945 · The Naughty Nineties as Bailey
- 1945 · Brewster's Millions as Hacky Smith
- 1945 · High Powered as Spike Kenny
- 1944 · 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
- 1943 · 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
- 1943 · Prairie Chickens as Albertson
- 1943 · Cowboy in Manhattan as Louie
- 1943 · Buckskin Frontier as Brannigan
- 1943 · Taxi, Mister as Eddie Corbett
- 1943 · The Outlaw as Charley Woodruff
- 1942 · 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
- 1941 · 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 · Belle Starr as John Cole
- 1941 · Tanks a Million as Sgt. William Ames
- 1941 · Down in San Diego as Dutch
- 1941 · The Lady from Cheyenne as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
- 1940 · 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
- 1939 · 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 · You Can't Get Away with Murder as Red
- 1938 · 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
- 1937 · 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
- 1936 · 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
- 1935 · 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)
- 1934 · The Bands Plays On as Mr. Thomas
- 1934 · The Westerner as Bob Lockhart
- 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 · The Notorious Sophie Lang as Building Guard (uncredited)
- 1934 · Sing and Like it as Gunner - Hood
- 1934 · Looking for Trouble as Max Stanley
- 1934 · Jimmy the Gent as Mike (uncredited)
- 1933 · 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 · Hold Your Man as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
- 1932 · Huddle as Slater
- 1932 · Arsène Lupin as Leroux (uncredited)
- 1931 · Maker of Men as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
- 1931 · The Public Enemy as Pool Player (uncredited)