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

Peter Gunn

Surfside 6

Sugarfoot

Lock-Up

The Abbott and Costello Show

Racket Squad

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

The Killing

All Movies (182)

• Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey1995 · as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Legends of the West1992 · as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West1991 · as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
• How the West Was Won1962 · as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
• North to Alaska1960 · as Land Commissioner
• The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin1958 · as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
• The Killing1956 · as Mike O'Reilly
• The Kettles in the Ozarks1956 · as Bancroft Baines
• Johnny Dark1954 · as Carl Svenson
• Riding Shotgun1954 · as Tom Biggert
• Taza, Son of Cochise1954 · as Sgt. Hamma
• It Came from Outer Space1953 · as Frank Daylon
• Mr. Walkie Talkie1952 · as Sgt. Ames
• Deadline - U.S.A.1952 · as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
• Red Skies of Montana1952 · as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
• Indian Uprising1952 · as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
• As You Were1951 · as Sgt. Ames
• Comin' Round the Mountain1951 · as Kalem McCoy
• Pride of Maryland1951 · as Knuckles
• The Flying Missile1950 · as Fuss Payne
• Curtain Call at Cactus Creek1950 · as Jake
• Operation Haylift1950 · as George Swallow
• Blondie's Hero1950 · as Sergeant Gateson
• The Traveling Saleswoman1950 · as Cactus Jack
• And Baby Makes Three1949 · as Police officer
• Deputy Marshal1949 · as Eli Cressett
• Kazan1949 · as Sandz Jepson
• Stagecoach Kid1949 · as Thatcher
• The Lucky Stiff1949 · as Tony
• The Gay Amigo1949 · as Sergeant McNulty
• Tucson1949 · as Tod Bryant
• The Untamed Breed1948 · as Hoy Keegan
• Fighting Back1948 · as Police Sergeant Scudder
• Coroner Creek1948 · as Frank Yordy
• Fighting Father Dunne1948 · as Steve Davis
• Here Comes Trouble1948 · as Officer Ames
• Half Past Midnight1948 · as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
• If You Knew Susie1948 · as Zero Zantini
• A Double Life1947 · as Pete Bonner
• Big Town After Dark1947 · as Monk
• Roses Are Red1947 · as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
• Christmas Eve1947 · as Private Detective
• G.I. War Brides1946 · as Sgt. Frank Moraski
• Inside Job1946 · as Police Capt. Thomas
• The Runaround1946 · as Hutchins
• Joe Palooka, Champ1946 · as Lefty
• Gilda1946 · as Casey
• Deadline at Dawn1946 · as Babe Dooley
• The Naughty Nineties1945 · as Bailey
• Brewster's Millions1945 · as Hacky Smith
• High Powered1945 · as Spike Kenny
• The Singing Sheriff1944 · as Squint
• Raiders of Ghost City1944 · as Idaho Jones
• South of Dixie1944 · as Ernest Hatcher
• Hey, Rookie1944 · as Sergeant
• Moon Over Las Vegas1944 · as Joe
• Tarzan's Desert Mystery1943 · as Karl Straeder
• Sleepy Lagoon1943 · as Lumpy
• Tornado1943 · as Charlie Muscles
• Let's Face It1943 · as Sgt. Wiggins
• Yanks Ahoy1943 · as Sgt. Ames
• Alaska Highway1943 · as Roughhouse
• Hit the Ice1943 · as Buster
• Prairie Chickens1943 · as Albertson
• Cowboy in Manhattan1943 · as Louie
• Buckskin Frontier1943 · as Brannigan
• Taxi, Mister1943 · as Eddie Corbett
• The Outlaw1943 · as Charley Woodruff
• The McGuerins from Brooklyn1942 · as Eddie Corbett
• Fall In1942 · as Sgt. Ames
• Wrecking Crew1942 · as Fred Bunce
• A Letter From Bataan1942 · as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
• About Face1942 · as Sgt. William Ames
• Sundown Jim1942 · as Ben Moffitt
• Brooklyn Orchid1942 · as Eddie Corbett
• Hay Foot1942 · as Sergeant Ames
• You're in the Army Now1941 · as Sergeant Madden
• They Died with Their Boots On1941 · as Sgt. Doolittle
• Swamp Water1941 · as Hardy Ragan
• Down Mexico Way1941 · as Allen
• Sergeant York1941 · as Sergeant Early
• Last of the Duanes1941 · as Bull Lossomer
• Belle Starr1941 · as John Cole
• Tanks a Million1941 · as Sgt. William Ames
• Down in San Diego1941 · as Dutch
• The Lady from Cheyenne1941 · as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
• Santa Fe Trail1940 · as Kitzmiller
• The Border Legion1940 · as Jim Gulden
• The Long Voyage Home1940 · as Davis
• Melody Ranch1940 · as Jasper Wildhack
• Wildcat Bus1940 · as Burke
• Lucky Cisco Kid1940 · as Bill Stevens
• Dark Command1940 · as Bushropp
• King of the Lumberjacks1940 · as Jigger
• The Grapes of Wrath1940 · as Bookkeeper
• Women Without Names1940 · as Principal Keeper Grimley
• The House Across the Bay1940 · as Charlie
• Honeymoon Deferred1940 · as Detective James
• The Man from Montreal1939 · as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
• The Roaring Twenties1939 · as The Sergeant
• Sabotage1939 · as Gardner
• I Stole a Million1939 · as Billings
• Frontier Marshal1939 · as Curley Bill
• Inside Information1939 · as Detective Grazzi
• Confessions of a Nazi Spy1939 · as Werner Renz
• Union Pacific1939 · as Shamus (uncredited)
• The Lady and the Mob1939 · as Blinky Mack
• You Can't Get Away with Murder1939 · as Red
• Gambling Ship1938 · as Tony Garzoni
• Heart of the North1938 · as Red Crocker
• Always in Trouble1938 · as Buster Mussendorfer
• The Storm1938 · as Kelly
• Passport Husband1938 · as Duke Selton
• Stolen Heaven1938 · as Bako
• Tarzan's Revenge1938 · as Olaf Punch
• Behind the Criminal1937 · as Red Manders
• The Lady Fights Back1937 · as Swede Jannsen
• Reported Missing1937 · as 'Brad' Martin
• A Dangerous Adventure1937 · as Dutch
• Midnight Madonna1937 · as Wolfe
• Slim1937 · as Windy Wilcox
• San Quentin1937 · as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
• They Gave Him a Gun1937 · as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
• Motor Madness1937 · as Steve Dolan
• Navy Blues1937 · as Chips
• Black Legion1937 · as Cliff Summers
• Great Guy1936 · as Joe Burton
• Rose Bowl1936 · as Announcer
• The Accusing Finger1936 · as Father Regan, chaplain
• Two in a Crowd1936 · as Bonelli's Henchman
• Murder with Pictures1936 · as Inspector Tom Bacon
• Crash Donovan1936 · as Henchman (uncredited)
• A Son Comes Home1936 · as First Truck Driver
• High Tension1936 · as Terry Madden
• And Sudden Death1936 · as Police Sgt. Sanborn
• Special Investigator1936 · as Jim Plummer
• Big Brown Eyes1936 · as Jack Sully
• Pride of the Marines1936 · as Tennessee
• The Country Doctor1936 · as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
• The Walking Dead1936 · as 'Trigger' Smith
• The Leathernecks Have Landed1936 · as Sgt. Regan
• The Petrified Forest1936 · as Jackie
• Freshman Love1936 · as Coach Kendall
• Man of Iron1935 · as Crawford
• Frisco Kid1935 · as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
• I Found Stella Parish1935 · as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
• Moonlight on the Prairie1935 · as Luke Thomas
• Special Agent1935 · as Rich - Chief Henchman
• Little Big Shot1935 · as Doré's Henchman
• Broadway Gondolier1935 · as 'Red'
• The Arizonian1935 · as Henchman Keeler
• The Informer1935 · as Bartly Mulholland
• Car 991935 · as Whitey, burly henchman
• The Whole Town's Talking1935 · as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
• Sequoia1935 · as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
• The Band Plays On1934 · as Mr. Thomas
• The Westerner1934 · as Bob Lockhart
• College Rhythm1934 · as Spud Miller
• The Prescott Kid1934 · as Marshal Willoughby
• Gridiron Flash1934 · as Coach Eversmith
• The Case of the Howling Dog1934 · as Carl Trask (uncredited)
• Death on the Diamond1934 · as "Dunc" Spencer
• The Notorious Sophie Lang1934 · as Building Guard (uncredited)
• Sing and Like It1934 · as Gunner - Hood
• Looking for Trouble1934 · as Max Stanley
• Jimmy the Gent1934 · as Mike (uncredited)
• Son of a Sailor1933 · as Slug
• Eskimo1933 · as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
• College Coach1933 · as Holcomb
• Ace of Aces1933 · as Captain Daly
• Saturday's Millions1933 · as Coach
• Golden Harvest1933 · as Farmhand (uncredited)
• Three Cornered Moon1933 · as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
• The Stranger's Return1933 · as Thresher
• College Humor1933 · as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
• Hold Your Man1933 · as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
• Olsen’s Big Moment1933 · as Dapper' Danny Reynolds
• Huddle1932 · as Slater
• Arsène Lupin1932 · as Leroux (uncredited)
• Maker of Men1931 · as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
• The Public Enemy1931 · as Pool Player (uncredited)
• Campus Sweethearts1930

All TV Shows (10)

• Everglades1961
• Harrigan and Son1960
• Surfside 61960 · as Leon Huff
• Lock-Up1959 · as Sgt. McEvoy
• Peter Gunn1958
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Fighting Sam Brown
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1954
• The Abbott and Costello Show1952 · as Chopper
• Racket Squad1951
• Ford Theatre1948