
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.

Mike O'Reilly
The Killing

Bookkeeper
The Grapes of Wrath

Kitzmiller
Santa Fe Trail

Casey
Gilda

Sergeant Gateson
Blondie's Hero

Charley Woodruff
The Outlaw

Bailey
The Naughty Nineties

'Trigger' Smith
The Walking Dead

Kalem McCoy
Comin' Round the Mountain

Buster
Hit the Ice

Babe Dooley
Deadline at Dawn

Pete Bonner
A Double Life

Marshal Willoughby
Prescott Kid

Cliff Summers
Black Legion

Frank Yordy
Coroner Creek

Hacky Smith
Brewster's Millions

The Sergeant
The Roaring Twenties

Squint
The Singing Sheriff

Bartly Mulholland
The Informer

Charlie
The House Across the Bay

Sandz Jepson
Kazan

Sergeant Early
Sergeant York

Billings
I Stole a Million

Sgt. Doolittle
They Died with Their Boots On

Jackie
The Petrified Forest

Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
How the West Was Won

Frank Daylon
It Came from Outer Space

Rich - Chief Henchman
Special Agent

Jim Gulden
The Border Legion

John Cole
Belle Starr

Karl Straeder
Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Bancroft Baines
The Kettles in the Ozarks

Sgt. Biff O'Hara
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

Eddie Corbett
Brooklyn Orchid

Sergeant Ames
Hay Foot

Jim Plummer
Special Investigator

Sgt. Regan
The Leathernecks Have Landed

Doré's Henchman
Little Big Shot

Sgt. William Ames
About Face

Idaho Jones
Raiders of Ghost City

Hutchins
The Runaround

Detective Grazzi
Inside Information

Father Regan, chaplain
The Accusing Finger

R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Red Skies of Montana

Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
Eskimo

Brannigan
Buckskin Frontier

Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
Legends of the West

Curley Bill
Frontier Marshal

Red Manders
Behind the Criminal

Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Roses Are Red

Allen
Down Mexico Way

Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Frisco Kid

Tony
The Lucky Stiff

Det. Lt. Joe Nash
Half Past Midnight

Bill Stevens
Lucky Cisco Kid

Eddie Corbett
The McGuerins from Brooklyn

Eddie Corbett
Taxi, Mister

Monk
Big Town After Dark

Officer Ames
Here Comes Trouble

Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
College Humor

Bako
Stolen Heaven

Inspector Tom Bacon
Murder with Pictures

George Swallow
Operation Haylift

Gunner - Hood
Sing and Like It

Charlie Muscles
Tornado

Luke Thomas
Moonlight on the Prairie

Burke
Wildcat Bus

Jake
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Sgt. Ames
Fall In

Sgt. Ames
As You Were

Sgt. Ames
Mr. Walkie Talkie

Chips
Navy Blues

Fuss Payne
The Flying Missile

Eli Cressett
Deputy Marshal

Whitey, burly henchman
Car 99

Buster Mussendorfer
Always in Trouble

Coach Eversmith
Gridiron Flash

Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Indian Uprising

Carl Trask (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog

Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
Maker of Men

Mike (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent

Steve Davis
Fighting Father Dunne

Jack Sully
Big Brown Eyes

Zero Zantini
If You Knew Susie

Swede Jannsen
The Lady Fights Back

Duke Selton
Passport Husband

Max Stanley
Looking for Trouble

Private Detective
Christmas Eve

Sgt. Ames
Yanks Ahoy

'Brad' Martin
Reported Missing

Bonelli's Henchman
Two in a Crowd

Announcer
Rose Bowl

Police Sergeant Scudder
Fighting Back

Mr. Thomas
The Band Plays On

Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun

Thresher
The Stranger's Return

'Red'
Broadway Gondolier

Bull Lossomer
Last of the Duanes

Captain Daly
Ace of Aces

Olaf Punch
Tarzan's Revenge

Jigger
King of the Lumberjacks

Blinky Mack
The Lady and the Mob

Roughhouse
Alaska Highway

Albertson
Prairie Chickens

Shamus (uncredited)
Union Pacific

Werner Renz
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
A Letter From Bataan

Joe
Moon Over Las Vegas

Spike Kenny
High Powered

Cactus Jack
The Traveling Saleswoman

Red Crocker
Heart of the North

Crawford
Man of Iron

First Truck Driver
A Son Comes Home

Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
The Country Doctor

Sgt. Frank Moraski
G.I. War Brides

Slug
Son of a Sailor

Hoy Keegan
The Untamed Breed

Terry Madden
High Tension

Joe Burton
Great Guy

Dutch
A Dangerous Adventure

Tod Bryant
Tucson

Sgt. William Ames
Tanks a Million

Sergeant McNulty
The Gay Amigo

Police officer
And Baby Makes Three

Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
The Lady from Cheyenne

Bushropp
Dark Command

Thatcher
Stagecoach Kid

Police Capt. Thomas
Inside Job

Tony Garzoni
Gambling Ship

Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
Three Cornered Moon

Slater
Huddle

Henchman Keeler
The Arizonian

Coach Kendall
Freshman Love

'Sailor Boy' Hansen
San Quentin

Davis
The Long Voyage Home

Hardy Ragan
Swamp Water

Holcomb
College Coach

Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Sequoia

Jasper Wildhack
Melody Ranch

Principal Keeper Grimley
Women Without Names

Sergeant Madden
You're in the Army Now

Carl Svenson
Johnny Dark

Police Sgt. Sanborn
And Sudden Death

Sgt. Wiggins
Let's Face It

Gardner
Sabotage

Ben Moffitt
Sundown Jim

Dutch
Down in San Diego

Farmhand (uncredited)
Golden Harvest

Tom Biggert
Riding Shotgun

Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

Land Commissioner
North to Alaska

"Dunc" Spencer
Death on the Diamond

Sergeant
Hey, Rookie

Detective James
Honeymoon Deferred

Coach
Saturday's Millions

Kelly
The Storm

Sgt. Hamma
Taza, Son of Cochise

Fred Bunce
Wrecking Crew

Louie
Cowboy in Manhattan

Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Deadline - U.S.A.

Wolfe
Midnight Madonna

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
The Whole Town's Talking

Pool Player (uncredited)
The Public Enemy

Leroux (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin

Spud Miller
College Rhythm

Lefty
Joe Palooka, Champ

Henchman (uncredited)
Crash Donovan

Tennessee
Pride of the Marines

Ernest Hatcher
South of Dixie

Lumpy
Sleepy Lagoon

Red
You Can't Get Away with Murder

Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Man from Montreal

Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
I Found Stella Parish

Bob Lockhart
The Westerner

Building Guard (uncredited)
The Notorious Sophie Lang

Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
Hold Your Man

Windy Wilcox
Slim

Campus Sweethearts
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
179
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-08-29
Place of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
Joe Sauers