Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

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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.

Acting

1995

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992

Legends of the West

Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'

1962

How the West Was Won

Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

1961

Everglades

Unknown

1960

North to Alaska

Land Commissioner

1960

Surfside 6

Leon Huff

1959

Lock-Up

Sgt. McEvoy

1958

Peter Gunn

Unknown

1957

Sugarfoot

Fighting Sam Brown

1956

The Killing

Mike O'Reilly

1954

1954

Johnny Dark

Carl Svenson

1954

Riding Shotgun

Tom Biggert

1954

1953

1952

1952

Deadline - U.S.A.

Whitey Franks (uncredited)

1952

Red Skies of Montana

R. A. 'Pop' Miller

1952

Indian Uprising

Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

1951

1951

1950

1949

And Baby Makes Three

Police officer

1949

Deputy Marshal

Eli Cressett

1949

Kazan

Sandz Jepson

1948

1948

1948

Coroner Creek

Frank Yordy

1948

Here Comes Trouble

Officer Ames

1947

A Double Life

Pete Bonner

1947

Christmas Eve

Private Detective

1946

Inside Job

Police Capt. Thomas

1946

1946

Gilda

Casey

1946

Deadline at Dawn

Babe Dooley

1945

1945

1943

1943

Let's Face It

Sgt. Wiggins

1943

Yanks Ahoy

Sgt. Ames

1943

Alaska Highway

Roughhouse

1943

1943

The Outlaw

Charley Woodruff

1942

Sundown Jim

Ben Moffitt

1941

You're in the Army Now

Sergeant Madden

1941

1941

Swamp Water

Hardy Ragan

1941

Sergeant York

Sergeant Early

1941

Last of the Duanes

Bull Lossomer

1941

Tanks a Million

Sgt. William Ames

1940

Santa Fe Trail

Kitzmiller

1940

1940

1940

1940

Lucky Cisco Kid

Bill Stevens

1940

Dark Command

Bushropp

1940

1940

1939

1939

Sabotage

Gardner

1939

Frontier Marshal

Curley Bill

1939

1939

Union Pacific

Shamus (uncredited)

1939

1938

1937

Slim

Windy Wilcox

1937

San Quentin

'Sailor Boy' Hansen

1937

They Gave Him a Gun

Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)

1937

Black Legion

Cliff Summers

1936

The Accusing Finger

Father Regan, chaplain

1936

Two in a Crowd

Bonelli's Henchman

1936

Big Brown Eyes

Jack Sully

1936

The Walking Dead

'Trigger' Smith

1936

1936

Freshman Love

Coach Kendall

1935

Man of Iron

Crawford

1935

Frisco Kid

Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)

1935

I Found Stella Parish

Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)

1935

1935

Special Agent

Rich - Chief Henchman

1935

Little Big Shot

Doré's Henchman

1935

1935

The Informer

Bartly Mulholland

1935

The Whole Town's Talking

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

1934

1934

Prescott Kid

Marshal Willoughby

1934

The Case of the Howling Dog

Carl Trask (uncredited)

1934

The Notorious Sophie Lang

Building Guard (uncredited)

1934

Jimmy the Gent

Mike (uncredited)

1933

1933

Golden Harvest

Farmhand (uncredited)

1933

Three Cornered Moon

Head Lifeguard (uncredited)

1932

Arsène Lupin

Leroux (uncredited)

1931

The Public Enemy

Pool Player (uncredited)

Infos

Full Name
Joe Sawyer
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
8/29/1906
Date of Death
4/21/1982
Also Known As

Joe Sauers

Joe Sauer

Joseph Sauers

Joseph Sawyer