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