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 Reed, 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
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