Acting
Joe Sawyer
EN cinema · 182 credits
Born
29 August 1906
Died
21 April 1982 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Joe Sauers · Joe Sauer · Joseph Sauers · Joseph 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
Filmography
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines
Johnny Dark
as Carl Svenson
Riding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma
It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon
Red Skies of Montana
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Sgt. Ames
Indian Uprising
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Kalem McCoy
As You Were
as Sgt. Ames
Pride of Maryland
as Knuckles
Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson
Operation Haylift
as George Swallow, Writer, Producer
The Flying Missile
as Fuss Payne
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Cactus Jack
Kazan
as Sandz Jepson
The Lucky Stiff
as Tony
Deputy Marshal
as Eli Cressett
Tucson
as Tod Bryant
The Gay Amigo
as Sergeant McNulty
And Baby Makes Three
as Police officer
Stagecoach Kid
as Thatcher
Coroner Creek
as Frank Yordy
Half Past Midnight
as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
Here Comes Trouble
as Officer Ames
Fighting Father Dunne
as Steve Davis
If You Knew Susie
as Zero Zantini
Fighting Back
as Police Sergeant Scudder
The Untamed Breed
as Hoy Keegan
A Double Life
as Pete Bonner
Roses Are Red
as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Christmas Eve
as Private Detective
Gilda
as Casey
Deadline at Dawn
as Babe Dooley
The Runaround
as Hutchins
G.I. War Brides
as Sgt. Frank Moraski
Inside Job
as Police Capt. Thomas
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Lefty
The Naughty Nineties
as Bailey
Brewster's Millions
as Hacky Smith
High Powered
as Spike Kenny
The Singing Sheriff
as Squint
Raiders of Ghost City
as Idaho Jones
Hey, Rookie
as Sergeant
South of Dixie
as Ernest Hatcher
The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff
Hit the Ice
as Buster
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as Karl Straeder
Buckskin Frontier
as Brannigan
Taxi, Mister
as Eddie Corbett
Tornado
as Charlie Muscles
Yanks Ahoy
as Sgt. Ames
Alaska Highway
as Roughhouse
Prairie Chickens
as Albertson
Let's Face It
as Sgt. Wiggins
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Louie
Sleepy Lagoon
as Lumpy
Brooklyn Orchid
as Eddie Corbett
Hay Foot
as Sergeant Ames
About Face
as Sgt. William Ames
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Eddie Corbett
Fall In
as Sgt. Ames
A Letter From Bataan
as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
Sundown Jim
as Ben Moffitt
Wrecking Crew
as Fred Bunce
Sergeant York
as Sergeant Early
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Doolittle
Belle Starr
as John Cole
Down Mexico Way
as Allen
Last of the Duanes
as Bull Lossomer
Tanks a Million
as Sgt. William Ames
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
Swamp Water
as Hardy Ragan
You're in the Army Now
as Sergeant Madden
Down in San Diego
as Dutch
The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookkeeper
Santa Fe Trail
as Kitzmiller
The House Across the Bay
as Charlie
The Border Legion
as Jim Gulden
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Bill Stevens
Wildcat Bus
as Burke
King of the Lumberjacks
as Jigger
Dark Command
as Bushropp
The Long Voyage Home
as Davis
Melody Ranch
as Jasper Wildhack
Women Without Names
as Principal Keeper Grimley
Honeymoon Deferred
as Detective James
The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant
I Stole a Million
as Billings
Inside Information
as Detective Grazzi
Frontier Marshal
as Curley Bill
The Lady and the Mob
as Blinky Mack
Union Pacific
as Shamus (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Werner Renz
Sabotage
as Gardner
The Man from Montreal
as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
Stolen Heaven
as Bako
Always in Trouble
as Buster Mussendorfer
Passport Husband
as Duke Selton
Tarzan's Revenge
as Olaf Punch
Heart of the North
as Red Crocker
Gambling Ship
1938
Gambling Ship
as Tony Garzoni
The Storm
as Kelly
Black Legion
as Cliff Summers
Behind the Criminal
as Red Manders
Navy Blues
as Chips
The Lady Fights Back
1937
The Lady Fights Back
as Swede Jannsen
Reported Missing
as 'Brad' Martin
They Gave Him a Gun
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
San Quentin
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
Midnight Madonna
as Wolfe
Slim
as Windy Wilcox
Motor Madness
as Steve Dolan
The Walking Dead
as 'Trigger' Smith
The Petrified Forest
as Jackie
Special Investigator
as Jim Plummer
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Sgt. Regan
The Accusing Finger
as Father Regan, chaplain
Murder with Pictures
as Inspector Tom Bacon
Big Brown Eyes
as Jack Sully
Two in a Crowd
as Bonelli's Henchman
Rose Bowl
as Announcer
A Son Comes Home
as First Truck Driver
The Country Doctor
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
High Tension
as Terry Madden
Great Guy
as Joe Burton
Freshman Love
as Coach Kendall
And Sudden Death
as Police Sgt. Sanborn
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
Pride of the Marines
as Tennessee
The Informer
as Bartly Mulholland
Special Agent
as Rich - Chief Henchman
Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman
Frisco Kid
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Luke Thomas
Car 99
as Whitey, burly henchman
Broadway Gondolier
as 'Red'
Man of Iron
as Crawford
The Arizonian
as Henchman Keeler
Sequoia
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
The Whole Town's Talking
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
I Found Stella Parish
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Prescott Kid
as Marshal Willoughby
Sing and Like It
as Gunner - Hood
Gridiron Flash
as Coach Eversmith
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Carl Trask (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent
as Mike (uncredited)
Looking for Trouble
as Max Stanley
The Band Plays On
as Mr. Thomas
Death on the Diamond
as "Dunc" Spencer
College Rhythm
as Spud Miller
The Westerner
as Bob Lockhart
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Building Guard (uncredited)
Eskimo
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
College Humor
as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
The Stranger's Return
as Thresher
Ace of Aces
as Captain Daly
Son of a Sailor
as Slug
Three Cornered Moon
as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
College Coach
as Holcomb
Golden Harvest
as Farmhand (uncredited)
Saturday's Millions
as Coach
Hold Your Man
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
Olsen’s Big Moment
as Dapper' Danny Reynolds
Huddle
as Slater
Arsène Lupin
as Leroux (uncredited)
Maker of Men
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
as Pool Player (uncredited)