Joe Sawyer
Known for Acting Β· 192 credits
- Born
- 1906-08-29
- Died
- 1982-04-21
- Place of birth
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Joe Sauers Β· Joe Sauer Β· Joseph Sauers Β· Joseph Sawyer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers, August 29, 1906 β 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
TV Shows (10)
Movies (182)
How the West Was Won
1962
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
The Killing
1956
as Mike O'Reilly
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Bookkeeper
Stolen Heaven
1938
as Bako
Passport Husband
1938
as Duke Selton
Gilda
1946
as Casey
Slim
1937
as Windy Wilcox
Sergeant York
1941
as Sergeant Early
Hay Foot
1942
as Sergeant Ames
Motor Madness
1937
as Steve Dolan
Belle Starr
1941
as John Cole
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Sgt. Doolittle
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Werner Renz
Arsène Lupin
1932
as Leroux (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
1931
as Pool Player (uncredited)
Special Agent
1935
as Rich - Chief Henchman
Fighting Back
1948
as Police Sergeant Scudder
The Outlaw
1943
as Charley Woodruff
North to Alaska
1960
as Land Commissioner
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Ace of Aces
1933
as Captain Daly
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as The Sergeant
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Officer Ames
Tucson
1949
as Tod Bryant
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Davis
The Informer
1935
as Bartly Mulholland
About Face
1942
as Sgt. William Ames
Down Mexico Way
1941
as Allen
Union Pacific
1939
as Shamus (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
1953
as Frank Daylon
Jimmy the Gent
1934
as Mike (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Bailey
Hit the Ice
1943
as Buster
Campus Sweethearts
1930
The Prescott Kid
1934
as Marshal Willoughby
Dark Command
1940
as Bushropp
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Kitzmiller
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954
as Sgt. Hamma
The Walking Dead
1936
as 'Trigger' Smith
Kazan
1949
as Sandz Jepson
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
Blondie's Hero
1950
as Sergeant Gateson
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943
as Karl Straeder
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Tom Biggert
Huddle
1932
as Slater
Tarzan's Revenge
1938
as Olaf Punch
Sundown Jim
1942
as Ben Moffitt
Olsenβs Big Moment
1933
as Dapper' Danny Reynolds
A Double Life
1947
as Pete Bonner
Red Skies of Montana
1952
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
The Petrified Forest
1936
as Jackie
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
as Kalem McCoy
Swamp Water
1941
as Hardy Ragan
Big Brown Eyes
1936
as Jack Sully
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Sergeant Madden
I Found Stella Parish
1935
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Father Regan, chaplain
Little Big Shot
1935
as DorΓ©'s Henchman
Last of the Duanes
1941
as Bull Lossomer
Buckskin Frontier
1943
as Brannigan
The Gay Amigo
1949
as Sergeant McNulty
Death on the Diamond
1934
as "Dunc" Spencer
Coroner Creek
1948
as Frank Yordy
The Stranger's Return
1933
as Thresher
Johnny Dark
1954
as Carl Svenson
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
as Red
South of Dixie
1944
as Ernest Hatcher
King of the Lumberjacks
1940
as Jigger
Frontier Marshal
1939
as Curley Bill
Legends of the West
1992
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
And Baby Makes Three
1949
as Police officer
Hold Your Man
1933
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
Tanks a Million
1941
as Sgt. William Ames
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Carl Trask (uncredited)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
as Bancroft Baines
Special Investigator
1936
as Jim Plummer
Raiders of Ghost City
1944
as Idaho Jones
Roses Are Red
1947
as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Frisco Kid
1935
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
as Steve Davis
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pride of Maryland
1951
as Knuckles
Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
Melody Ranch
1940
as Jasper Wildhack
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
as Eddie Corbett
San Quentin
1937
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
I Stole a Million
1939
as Billings
Half Past Midnight
1948
as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
Two in a Crowd
1936
as Bonelli's Henchman
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952
as Sgt. Ames
Eskimo
1933
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
The Runaround
1946
as Hutchins
Murder with Pictures
1936
as Inspector Tom Bacon
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Zero Zantini
Operation Haylift
1950
as George Swallow
Deputy Marshal
1949
as Eli Cressett
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
as Cactus Jack
College Humor
1933
as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
The Flying Missile
1950
as Fuss Payne
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
as Bill Stevens
Women Without Names
1940
as Principal Keeper Grimley
Son of a Sailor
1933
as Slug
Sabotage
1939
as Gardner
Big Town After Dark
1947
as Monk
Golden Harvest
1933
as Farmhand (uncredited)
Pride of the Marines
1936
as Tennessee
Black Legion
1937
as Cliff Summers
The Country Doctor
1936
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
The Singing Sheriff
1944
as Squint
Great Guy
1936
as Joe Burton
College Rhythm
1934
as Spud Miller
Maker of Men
1931
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
The Lucky Stiff
1949
as Tony
Down in San Diego
1941
as Dutch
Freshman Love
1936
as Coach Kendall
Car 99
1935
as Whitey, burly henchman
Rose Bowl
1936
as Announcer
Indian Uprising
1952
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
About Joe Sawyer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers, August 29, 1906 β 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 inβ¦ With 192 credits spanning from 1930 to 1995, Joe Sawyer has appeared in 182 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joe Sawyer Movies
- How the West Was Won (1962) β as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
- The Killing (1956) β as Mike O'Reilly
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) β as Bookkeeper
- Stolen Heaven (1938) β as Bako
- Passport Husband (1938) β as Duke Selton
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