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
1958
Surfside 6
1960
Sugarfoot
1957
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Lock-Up
1959
Racket Squad
1951
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Everglades
1961
The Killing
1956
Harrigan and Son
1960
How the West Was Won
1962
Ford Theatre
1948
Filmography
Peter Gunn
· 1958
Surfside 6
as Leon Huff · 1960
Sugarfoot
as Fighting Sam Brown · 1957
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Chopper · 1952
Lock-Up
as Sgt. McEvoy · 1959
Racket Squad
· 1951
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
· 1954
Everglades
· 1961
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly · 1956
Harrigan and Son
· 1960
How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited) · 1962
Ford Theatre
· 1948
The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookkeeper · 1940
Gilda
as Casey · 1946
Sergeant York
as Sergeant Early · 1941
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Whitey Franks (uncredited) · 1952
North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner · 1960
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Doolittle · 1941
It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon · 1953
The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant · 1939
Santa Fe Trail
as Kitzmiller · 1940
Belle Starr
as John Cole · 1941
The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff · 1943
The Public Enemy
as Pool Player (uncredited) · 1931
Union Pacific
as Shamus (uncredited) · 1939
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as Karl Straeder · 1943
The Long Voyage Home
as Davis · 1940
The Walking Dead
as 'Trigger' Smith · 1936
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Werner Renz · 1939
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma · 1954
Stolen Heaven
as Bako · 1938
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Kalem McCoy · 1951
Arsène Lupin
as Leroux (uncredited) · 1932
A Double Life
as Pete Bonner · 1947
Dark Command
as Bushropp · 1940
Slim
as Windy Wilcox · 1937
The Petrified Forest
as Jackie · 1936
The Whole Town's Talking
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited) · 1935
Hay Foot
as Sergeant Ames · 1942
They Gave Him a Gun
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) · 1937
The Naughty Nineties
as Bailey · 1945
Frontier Marshal
as Curley Bill · 1939
Legends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1992
About Face
as Sgt. William Ames · 1942
Hit the Ice
as Buster · 1943
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Red · 1939
Riding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert · 1954
Two in a Crowd
as Bonelli's Henchman · 1936
Jimmy the Gent
as Mike (uncredited) · 1934
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1995
Death on the Diamond
as "Dunc" Spencer · 1934
Passport Husband
as Duke Selton · 1938
Fighting Back
as Police Sergeant Scudder · 1948
Red Skies of Montana
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller · 1952
The Informer
as Bartly Mulholland · 1935
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines · 1956
The House Across the Bay
as Charlie · 1940
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Carl Trask (uncredited) · 1934
King of the Lumberjacks
as Jigger · 1940
Motor Madness
as Steve Dolan · 1937
Frisco Kid
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) · 1935
Big Town After Dark
as Monk · 1947
I Stole a Million
as Billings · 1939
Inside Job
as Police Capt. Thomas · 1946
Heart of the North
as Red Crocker · 1938
G.I. War Brides
as Sgt. Frank Moraski · 1946
If You Knew Susie
as Zero Zantini · 1948
Son of a Sailor
as Slug · 1933
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Jake · 1950
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman · 1941
Black Legion
as Cliff Summers · 1937
Tucson
as Tod Bryant · 1949
Kazan
as Sandz Jepson · 1949
And Baby Makes Three
as Police officer · 1949
Hold Your Man
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited) · 1933
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Eddie Corbett · 1942
Swamp Water
as Hardy Ragan · 1941
Special Agent
as Rich - Chief Henchman · 1935
The Stranger's Return
as Thresher · 1933
Here Comes Trouble
as Officer Ames · 1948
College Humor
as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers) · 1933
Ace of Aces
as Captain Daly · 1933
Olsen’s Big Moment
as Dapper' Danny Reynolds · 1933
Huddle
as Slater · 1932
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Sgt. Regan · 1936
The Flying Missile
as Fuss Payne · 1950
San Quentin
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen · 1937
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Luke Thomas · 1935
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Sgt. Ames · 1952
I Found Stella Parish
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) · 1935
The Band Plays On
as Mr. Thomas · 1934
Sing and Like It
as Gunner - Hood · 1934
You're in the Army Now
as Sergeant Madden · 1941
Down in San Diego
as Dutch · 1941
Raiders of Ghost City
as Idaho Jones · 1944
Johnny Dark
as Carl Svenson · 1954
Last of the Duanes
as Bull Lossomer · 1941
Deadline at Dawn
as Babe Dooley · 1946
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Joe · 1944
Sundown Jim
as Ben Moffitt · 1942
Great Guy
as Joe Burton · 1936
Big Brown Eyes
as Jack Sully · 1936
The Border Legion
as Jim Gulden · 1940
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Building Guard (uncredited) · 1934
The Man from Montreal
as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) · 1939
Coroner Creek
as Frank Yordy · 1948
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara · 1991
Brewster's Millions
as Hacky Smith · 1945
The Lucky Stiff
as Tony · 1949
The Prescott Kid
as Marshal Willoughby · 1934
Three Cornered Moon
as Head Lifeguard (uncredited) · 1933
The Lady Fights Back
as Swede Jannsen · 1937
Let's Face It
as Sgt. Wiggins · 1943
Sabotage
as Gardner · 1939
A Letter From Bataan
as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law · 1942
Broadway Gondolier
as 'Red' · 1935
Pride of the Marines
as Tennessee · 1936
The Lady and the Mob
as Blinky Mack · 1939
Campus Sweethearts
· 1930
Eskimo
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) · 1933
Indian Uprising
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh · 1952
The Untamed Breed
as Hoy Keegan · 1948
Tarzan's Revenge
as Olaf Punch · 1938
Prairie Chickens
as Albertson · 1943
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited) · 1936
Christmas Eve
as Private Detective · 1947
The Storm
as Kelly · 1938
A Son Comes Home
as First Truck Driver · 1936
Melody Ranch
as Jasper Wildhack · 1940
The Accusing Finger
as Father Regan, chaplain · 1936
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Lefty · 1946
Looking for Trouble
as Max Stanley · 1934
The Country Doctor
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) · 1936
Half Past Midnight
as Det. Lt. Joe Nash · 1948
Hey, Rookie
as Sergeant · 1944
Down Mexico Way
as Allen · 1941
College Rhythm
as Spud Miller · 1934
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Bill Stevens · 1940
Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson · 1950
Roses Are Red
as Police Lt. Rocky Wall · 1947
Buckskin Frontier
as Brannigan · 1943
Wildcat Bus
as Burke · 1940
The Singing Sheriff
as Squint · 1944
Fighting Father Dunne
as Steve Davis · 1948
Golden Harvest
as Farmhand (uncredited) · 1933
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara · 1958
The Gay Amigo
as Sergeant McNulty · 1949
Murder with Pictures
as Inspector Tom Bacon · 1936
Inside Information
as Detective Grazzi · 1939
Stagecoach Kid
as Thatcher · 1949
College Coach
as Holcomb · 1933
Navy Blues
as Chips · 1937
South of Dixie
as Ernest Hatcher · 1944
Freshman Love
as Coach Kendall · 1936
Fall In
as Sgt. Ames · 1942
Gridiron Flash
as Coach Eversmith · 1934
And Sudden Death
as Police Sgt. Sanborn · 1936
Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman · 1935
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Louie · 1943
Alaska Highway
as Roughhouse · 1943
Reported Missing
as 'Brad' Martin · 1937
Deputy Marshal
as Eli Cressett · 1949
Operation Haylift
as George Swallow · 1950
Tornado
as Charlie Muscles · 1943
High Powered
as Spike Kenny · 1945
Saturday's Millions
as Coach · 1933
High Tension
as Terry Madden · 1936
Rose Bowl
as Announcer · 1936
Pride of Maryland
as Knuckles · 1951
Sequoia
as Forest Ranger (uncredited) · 1935
Maker of Men
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) · 1931
Brooklyn Orchid
as Eddie Corbett · 1942
Yanks Ahoy
as Sgt. Ames · 1943
The Arizonian
as Henchman Keeler · 1935
As You Were
as Sgt. Ames · 1951
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Cactus Jack · 1950
Tanks a Million
as Sgt. William Ames · 1941
Women Without Names
as Principal Keeper Grimley · 1940
Special Investigator
as Jim Plummer · 1936
Always in Trouble
as Buster Mussendorfer · 1938
The Runaround
as Hutchins · 1946
Man of Iron
as Crawford · 1935
Sleepy Lagoon
as Lumpy · 1943
Gambling Ship
as Tony Garzoni · 1938
Midnight Madonna
as Wolfe · 1937
Car 99
as Whitey, burly henchman · 1935
Behind the Criminal
as Red Manders · 1937
Honeymoon Deferred
as Detective James · 1940
Taxi, Mister
as Eddie Corbett · 1943
The Westerner
as Bob Lockhart · 1934
A Dangerous Adventure
as Dutch · 1937
Wrecking Crew
as Fred Bunce · 1942