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.
Movie | How the West Was Won | Riverboat Officer (uncredited) | 1962-11-02 |
Series | Everglades | Unknown | 1961-10-09 |
Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
Series | Harrigan and Son | Unknown | 1960-10-14 |
Movie | North to Alaska | Land Commissioner | 1960-11-07 |
Series | Lock-Up | Unknown | 1959-09-28 |
Movie | The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara | 1958-08-01 |
Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
Movie | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Bancroft Baines | 1956-04-01 |
Movie | The Killing | Mike O'Reilly | 1956-06-06 |
Movie | Taza, Son of Cochise | Sgt. Hamma | 1954-02-18 |
Movie | Riding Shotgun | Tom Biggert | 1954-04-01 |
Movie | Johnny Dark | Carl Svenson | 1954-06-25 |
Series | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | 1954-10-15 | |
Movie | It Came from Outer Space | Frank Daylon | 1953-06-05 |
Movie | Red Skies of Montana | R. A. 'Pop' Miller | 1952-01-23 |
Movie | Indian Uprising | Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh | 1952-01-02 |
Movie | Deadline - U.S.A. | Whitey Franks (uncredited) | 1952-03-14 |
Movie | Mr. Walkie Talkie | Sgt. Ames | 1952-11-28 |
Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
Movie | Comin' Round the Mountain | Kalem McCoy | 1951-07-26 |
Movie | As You Were | Sgt. Ames | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | The Traveling Saleswoman | Cactus Jack | 1950-02-15 |
Movie | Blondie's Hero | Sergeant Gateson | 1950-03-09 |
Movie | The Flying Missile | Fuss Payne | 1950-12-24 |
Movie | Operation Haylift | George Swallow | 1950-05-05 |
Movie | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Jake | 1950-05-25 |
Movie | Tucson | Tod Bryant | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | The Lucky Stiff | Tony | 1949-05-26 |
Movie | The Gay Amigo | Sergeant McNulty | 1949-05-13 |
Movie | Deputy Marshal | Eli Cressett | 1949-10-28 |
Movie | Stagecoach Kid | Thatcher | 1949-06-02 |
Movie | Here Comes Trouble | Officer Ames | 1948-03-15 |
Movie | If You Knew Susie | Zero Zantini | 1948-02-07 |
Movie | Fighting Father Dunne | Steve Davis | 1948-05-12 |
Movie | Half Past Midnight | Det. Lt. Joe Nash | 1948-03-01 |
Movie | Coroner Creek | Frank Yordy | 1948-07-01 |
Movie | Fighting Back | Police Sergeant Scudder | 1948-07-30 |
Movie | The Untamed Breed | Hoy Keegan | 1948-10-20 |
Series | Ford Theatre | Unknown | 1948-10-17 |
Movie | Christmas Eve | Private Detective | 1947-10-31 |
Movie | Roses Are Red | Police Lt. Rocky Wall | 1947-11-10 |
Movie | Big Town After Dark | Monk | 1947-12-12 |
Movie | A Double Life | Pete Bonner | 1947-12-25 |
Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Babe Dooley | 1946-03-18 |
Movie | Gilda | Casey | 1946-04-25 |
Movie | Inside Job | Police Capt. Thomas | 1946-06-14 |
Movie | Joe Palooka, Champ | Lefty | 1946-05-26 |
Movie | The Runaround | Hutchins | 1946-06-04 |
Movie | High Powered | Spike Kenny | 1945-02-27 |
Movie | Brewster's Millions | Hacky Smith | 1945-04-07 |
Movie | The Naughty Nineties | Bailey | 1945-06-20 |
Movie | Moon Over Las Vegas | Joe | 1944-04-01 |
Movie | Hey, Rookie | Sergeant | 1944-04-06 |
Movie | South of Dixie | Ernest Hatcher | 1944-06-23 |
Movie | The Singing Sheriff | Squint | 1944-09-01 |
Movie | Raiders of Ghost City | Idaho Jones | 1944-07-25 |
Movie | Cowboy in Manhattan | Louie | 1943-05-21 |
Movie | Buckskin Frontier | Brannigan | 1943-05-14 |
Movie | The Outlaw | Charley Woodruff | 1943-02-05 |
Movie | Prairie Chickens | Albertson | 1943-05-21 |
Movie | Taxi, Mister | Eddie Corbett | 1943-04-16 |
Movie | Tornado | Charlie Muscles | 1943-08-09 |
Movie | Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Karl Straeder | 1943-12-26 |
Movie | Hit the Ice | Buster - Silky's Henchman | 1943-06-02 |
Movie | Let's Face It | Sgt. Wiggins | 1943-08-04 |
Movie | Yanks Ahoy | Sgt. Ames | 1943-06-29 |
Movie | Alaska Highway | Roughhouse | 1943-06-24 |
Movie | Brooklyn Orchid | Eddie Corbett | 1942-01-31 |
Movie | Hay Foot | Sergeant Ames | 1942-01-02 |
Movie | Sundown Jim | Ben Moffitt | 1942-03-27 |
Movie | The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Eddie Corbett | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | About Face | Sgt. William Ames | 1942-04-16 |
Movie | Fall In | Sgt. Ames | 1942-11-20 |
Movie | Wrecking Crew | Fred Bunce | 1942-11-07 |
Movie | Tanks a Million | Sgt. William Ames | 1941-09-12 |
Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Sergeant York | Sergeant Early | 1941-09-27 |
Movie | Down in San Diego | Dutch | 1941-08-01 |
Movie | Belle Starr | John Cole | 1941-09-12 |
Movie | Down Mexico Way | Allen | 1941-10-15 |
Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Sgt. Doolittle | 1941-11-20 |
Movie | You're in the Army Now | Sergeant Madden | 1941-12-25 |
Movie | Swamp Water | Hardy Ragan | 1941-11-16 |
Movie | The Grapes of Wrath | Bookkeeper | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | King of the Lumberjacks | Jigger | 1940-04-13 |
Movie | Women Without Names | Principal Keeper Grimley | 1940-03-14 |
Movie | Dark Command | Bushropp | 1940-04-15 |
Movie | Honeymoon Deferred | Detective James | 1940-02-16 |
Movie | The House Across the Bay | Charlie | 1940-03-01 |
Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Kitzmiller | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | Lucky Cisco Kid | Bill Stevens | 1940-06-28 |
Movie | The Long Voyage Home | Davis | 1940-11-16 |
Movie | The Border Legion | Jim Gulden | 1940-12-05 |
Movie | Melody Ranch | Jasper Wildhack | 1940-09-15 |
Movie | Wildcat Bus | Burke | 1940-08-23 |
Movie | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Werner Renz | 1939-05-06 |
Movie | Union Pacific | Shamus (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
Movie | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Red | 1939-03-23 |
Movie | Frontier Marshal | Curley Bill | 1939-07-28 |
Movie | The Lady and the Mob | Blinky Mack | 1939-04-03 |
Movie | Rio | Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1939-09-29 |
Movie | The Man from Montreal | Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1939-12-09 |
Movie | I Stole a Million | Billings | 1939-08-01 |
Movie | The Roaring Twenties | The Sergeant | 1939-10-28 |
Movie | Sabotage | Gardner | 1939-10-13 |
Movie | Stolen Heaven | Bako | 1938-05-11 |
Movie | Passport Husband | Duke Selton | 1938-07-15 |
Movie | Tarzan's Revenge | Olaf Punch | 1938-01-07 |
Movie | The Storm | Kelly | 1938-10-28 |
Movie | Heart of the North | Red Crocker | 1938-12-10 |
Movie | Gambling Ship | Tony Garzoni | 1938-12-16 |
Movie | Always in Trouble | Buster Mussendorfer | 1938-10-28 |
Movie | San Quentin | 'Sailor Boy' Hansen | 1937-05-24 |
Movie | Navy Blues | Chips | 1937-03-29 |
Movie | Black Legion | Cliff Summers | 1937-01-30 |
Movie | Midnight Madonna | Wolfe | 1937-07-01 |
Movie | They Gave Him a Gun | Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
Movie | A Dangerous Adventure | Dutch | 1937-07-21 |
Movie | Reported Missing | 'Brad' Martin | 1937-08-15 |
Movie | The Lady Fights Back | Swede Jannsen | 1937-10-01 |
Movie | Behind the Criminal | Red Manders | 1937-10-30 |
Movie | The Country Doctor | Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) | 1936-03-12 |
Movie | Big Brown Eyes | Jack Sully | 1936-04-03 |
Movie | The Walking Dead | 'Trigger' Smith | 1936-03-01 |
Movie | The Petrified Forest | Jackie | 1936-02-08 |
Movie | And Sudden Death | Police Sgt. Sanborn | 1936-06-16 |
Movie | Freshman Love | Coach Kendall | 1936-01-18 |
Movie | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Sgt. Regan | 1936-02-17 |
Movie | Special Investigator | Jim Plummer | 1936-05-08 |
Movie | Rose Bowl | Announcer | 1936-11-30 |
Movie | High Tension | Terry Madden | 1936-07-10 |
Movie | The Accusing Finger | Father Reed, chaplain | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | Great Guy | Joe Burton | 1936-12-01 |
Movie | Crash Donovan | Henchman (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
Movie | Murder with Pictures | Inspector Tom Bacon | 1936-09-24 |
Movie | Two in a Crowd | Bonelli's Henchman | 1936-10-03 |
Movie | The Informer | Bartly Mulholland | 1935-05-09 |
Movie | The Arizonian | Henchman Keeler | 1935-06-27 |
Movie | Car 99 | Whitey, burly henchman | 1935-03-02 |
Movie | Sequoia | Forest Ranger (uncredited) | 1935-01-16 |
Movie | Broadway Gondolier | 'Red' | 1935-07-27 |
Movie | The Whole Town's Talking | Mannion's Thug (uncredited) | 1935-02-22 |
Movie | Special Agent | Rich - Chief Henchman | 1935-09-14 |
Movie | Little Big Shot | Doré's Henchman | 1935-09-07 |
Movie | Man of Iron | Crawford | 1935-12-21 |
Movie | I Found Stella Parish | Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1935-11-16 |
Movie | Frisco Kid | Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1935-11-30 |
Movie | Moonlight on the Prairie | Luke Thomas | 1935-11-02 |
Movie | Sing and Like it | Gunner - Hood | 1934-04-20 |
Movie | Looking for Trouble | Max Stanley | 1934-03-28 |
Movie | Death on the Diamond | "Dunc" Spencer | 1934-09-14 |
Movie | Jimmy the Gent | Mike (uncredited) | 1934-03-09 |
Movie | College Rhythm | Spud Miller | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | The Case of the Howling Dog | Carl Trask (uncredited) | 1934-09-22 |
Movie | Prescott Kid | Marshal Willoughby | 1934-11-08 |
Movie | The Bands Plays On | Mr. Thomas | 1934-12-21 |
Movie | Gridiron Flash | Coach Eversmith | 1934-10-06 |
Movie | Golden Harvest | Farmhand (uncredited) | 1933-09-21 |
Movie | Three-Cornered Moon | Head Lifeguard | 1933-08-08 |
Movie | The Stranger's Return | Thresher | 1933-07-28 |
Movie | College Humor | Tex Roust | 1933-07-05 |
Movie | Saturday's Millions | Coach | 1933-09-30 |
Movie | Ace of Aces | Captain Daly | 1933-10-20 |
Movie | Eskimo | Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) | 1933-11-14 |
Movie | Son of a Sailor | Slug | 1933-11-29 |
Movie | College Coach | Holcomb | 1933-11-04 |
Movie | Arsène Lupin | Leroux (uncredited) | 1932-02-26 |
Movie | Huddle | Slater | 1932-05-14 |
Movie | The Public Enemy | Pool Player (uncredited) | 1931-04-23 |
Movie | Maker of Men | Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) | 1931-08-03 |