Joe Sawyer

Biography

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

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

179

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-08-29

Place of Birth

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Joe Sauers