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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 29, 1906
Died
April 21, 1982
Place of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Joe Sauers
- Joe Sauer
- Joseph Sauers
- Joseph Sawyer
Joe Sawyer
0.7 Popularity
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
5.6
Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
0.0
Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
Legends of the West
1992
7.3
Sgt. Biff O'Hara
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991
7.0
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962
8.5
Everglades
1961
6.5
Land Commissioner
North to Alaska
1960
0.0
Harrigan and Son
1960
5.0
Leon Huff
Surfside 6
1960
6.2
Sgt. McEvoy
Lock-Up
1959
6.4
Peter Gunn
1958
Credits
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
5.6
Legends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
1992
0.0
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
1991
7.3
How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
1962
7.0
Everglades
1961
8.5
North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner
1960
6.5
Harrigan and Son
1960
0.0
Surfside 6
as Leon Huff
1960
5.0
Lock-Up
as Sgt. McEvoy
1959
6.2
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
1958
10.0
Sugarfoot
as Fighting Sam Brown
1957
4.8
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
1956
7.7
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines
1956
6.4
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
6.9
Johnny Dark
as Carl Svenson
1954
5.0
Riding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert
1954
5.8
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma
1954
5.5
It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon
1953
6.3
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Chopper
1952
7.2
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Sgt. Ames
1952
5.0
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
1952
6.8
Red Skies of Montana
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
1952
5.2
Indian Uprising
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
1952
6.2
As You Were
as Sgt. Ames
1951
5.0
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Kalem McCoy
1951
5.8
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
Pride of Maryland
as Knuckles
1951
0.0
The Flying Missile
as Fuss Payne
1950
4.9
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Jake
1950
6.3
Operation Haylift
as George Swallow
1950
3.0
Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson
1950
6.3
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Cactus Jack
1950
4.5
And Baby Makes Three
as Police officer
1949
4.1
Deputy Marshal
as Eli Cressett
1949
5.6
Kazan
as Sandz Jepson
1949
0.0
Stagecoach Kid
as Thatcher
1949
6.0
The Lucky Stiff
as Tony
1949
4.8
The Gay Amigo
as Sergeant McNulty
1949
6.5
Tucson
as Tod Bryant
1949
6.0
The Untamed Breed
as Hoy Keegan
1948
5.0
🎬
Ford Theatre
1948
0.0
Fighting Back
as Police Sergeant Scudder
1948
6.0
Coroner Creek
as Frank Yordy
1948
6.1
Fighting Father Dunne
as Steve Davis
1948
6.0
Here Comes Trouble
as Officer Ames
1948
4.6
Half Past Midnight
as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
1948
6.0
If You Knew Susie
as Zero Zantini
1948
7.5
A Double Life
as Pete Bonner
1947
6.3
Big Town After Dark
as Monk
1947
4.9
Roses Are Red
as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
1947
5.5
Christmas Eve
as Private Detective
1947
5.1
G.I. War Brides
as Sgt. Frank Moraski
1946
0.0
Inside Job
as Police Capt. Thomas
1946
5.6
The Runaround
as Hutchins
1946
6.0
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Lefty
1946
0.0
Gilda
as Casey
1946
7.5
Deadline at Dawn
as Babe Dooley
1946
6.2
The Naughty Nineties
as Bailey
1945
6.6
Brewster's Millions
as Hacky Smith
1945
6.8
High Powered
as Spike Kenny
1945
5.0
The Singing Sheriff
as Squint
1944
8.0
Raiders of Ghost City
as Idaho Jones
1944
6.0
South of Dixie
as Ernest Hatcher
1944
0.0
Hey, Rookie
as Sergeant
1944
0.0
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Joe
1944
0.0
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as Karl Straeder
1943
6.1
Sleepy Lagoon
as Lumpy
1943
4.0
Tornado
as Charlie Muscles
1943
5.5
Let's Face It
as Sgt. Wiggins
1943
4.5
Yanks Ahoy
as Sgt. Ames
1943
6.3
Alaska Highway
as Roughhouse
1943
5.0
Hit the Ice
as Buster
1943
5.9
Prairie Chickens
as Albertson
1943
0.0
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Louie
1943
0.0
Buckskin Frontier
as Brannigan
1943
6.0
Taxi, Mister
as Eddie Corbett
1943
3.6
The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff
1943
5.4
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Eddie Corbett
1942
5.5
Fall In
as Sgt. Ames
1942
6.0
Wrecking Crew
as Fred Bunce
1942
5.5
A Letter From Bataan
as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
1942
4.5
About Face
as Sgt. William Ames
1942
6.0
Sundown Jim
as Ben Moffitt
1942
0.0
Brooklyn Orchid
as Eddie Corbett
1942
6.0
Hay Foot
as Sergeant Ames
1942
6.0
You're in the Army Now
as Sergeant Madden
1941
4.0
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Doolittle
1941
6.6
Swamp Water
as Hardy Ragan
1941
6.3
Down Mexico Way
as Allen
1941
0.0
Sergeant York
as Sergeant Early
1941
7.2
Last of the Duanes
as Bull Lossomer
1941
6.0
Belle Starr
as John Cole
1941
5.6
Tanks a Million
as Sgt. William Ames
1941
5.3
Down in San Diego
as Dutch
1941
5.5
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
1941
4.6
Santa Fe Trail
as Kitzmiller
1940
5.7
The Border Legion
as Jim Gulden
1940
4.4
The Long Voyage Home
as Davis
1940
6.6
Melody Ranch
as Jasper Wildhack
1940
5.8
Wildcat Bus
as Burke
1940
4.9
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Bill Stevens
1940
5.6
Dark Command
as Bushropp
1940
6.3
King of the Lumberjacks
as Jigger
1940
2.7
The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookkeeper
1940
7.8
Women Without Names
as Principal Keeper Grimley
1940
4.1
The House Across the Bay
as Charlie
1940
5.5
Honeymoon Deferred
as Detective James
1940
6.0
The Man from Montreal
as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
1939
3.8
The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant
1939
7.5
Sabotage
as Gardner
1939
7.0
I Stole a Million
as Billings
1939
6.0
Frontier Marshal
as Curley Bill
1939
6.2
Inside Information
as Detective Grazzi
1939
0.0
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Werner Renz
1939
6.0
Union Pacific
as Shamus (uncredited)
1939
6.6
The Lady and the Mob
as Blinky Mack
1939
6.3
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Red
1939
5.7
🎬
Gambling Ship
as Tony Garzoni
1938
0.0
Heart of the North
as Red Crocker
1938
3.7
The Storm
as Kelly
1938
0.0
Always in Trouble
as Buster Mussendorfer
1938
6.0
Passport Husband
as Duke Selton
1938
6.0
Stolen Heaven
as Bako
1938
0.0
Tarzan's Revenge
as Olaf Punch
1938
4.4
Behind the Criminal
as Red Manders
1937
5.7
🎬
The Lady Fights Back
as Swede Jannsen
1937
6.0
Reported Missing
as 'Brad' Martin
1937
0.0
A Dangerous Adventure
as Dutch
1937
1.0
🎬
Midnight Madonna
as Wolfe
1937
0.0
Slim
as Windy Wilcox
1937
6.3
San Quentin
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
1937
6.5
They Gave Him a Gun
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
1937
6.2
Navy Blues
as Chips
1937
5.0
Black Legion
as Cliff Summers
1937
6.6
Great Guy
as Joe Burton
1936
6.2
Rose Bowl
as Announcer
1936
6.0
The Accusing Finger
as Father Regan, chaplain
1936
4.7
Two in a Crowd
as Bonelli's Henchman
1936
0.0
Murder with Pictures
as Inspector Tom Bacon
1936
5.1
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
1936
0.0
A Son Comes Home
as First Truck Driver
1936
1.0
High Tension
as Terry Madden
1936
5.4
And Sudden Death
as Police Sgt. Sanborn
1936
0.0
Special Investigator
as Jim Plummer
1936
5.2
Big Brown Eyes
as Jack Sully
1936
6.3
Pride of the Marines
as Tennessee
1936
6.0
The Country Doctor
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
1936
6.0
The Walking Dead
as 'Trigger' Smith
1936
6.3
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Sgt. Regan
1936
5.0
The Petrified Forest
as Jackie
1936
7.1
Freshman Love
as Coach Kendall
1936
6.0
Man of Iron
as Crawford
1935
6.0
Frisco Kid
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
1935
6.8
I Found Stella Parish
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
1935
7.0
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Luke Thomas
1935
5.5
Special Agent
as Rich - Chief Henchman
1935
6.2
Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman
1935
6.0
Broadway Gondolier
as 'Red'
1935
5.4
The Arizonian
as Henchman Keeler
1935
0.0
The Informer
as Bartly Mulholland
1935
6.7
Car 99
as Whitey, burly henchman
1935
5.0
The Whole Town's Talking
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
1935
6.8
Sequoia
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
1935
6.0
The Band Plays On
as Mr. Thomas
1934
8.5
The Westerner
as Bob Lockhart
1934
0.0
College Rhythm
as Spud Miller
1934
4.7
Prescott Kid
as Marshal Willoughby
1934
0.0
Gridiron Flash
as Coach Eversmith
1934
3.3
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Carl Trask (uncredited)
1934
6.2
Death on the Diamond
as "Dunc" Spencer
1934
7.0
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Building Guard (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Sing and Like It
as Gunner - Hood
1934
4.0
Looking for Trouble
as Max Stanley
1934
6.2
Jimmy the Gent
as Mike (uncredited)
1934
6.3
Son of a Sailor
as Slug
1933
5.0
Eskimo
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
1933
6.5
College Coach
as Holcomb
1933
4.1
Ace of Aces
as Captain Daly
1933
5.3
Saturday's Millions
as Coach
1933
5.0
Golden Harvest
as Farmhand (uncredited)
1933
5.0
Three Cornered Moon
as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
1933
5.7
The Stranger's Return
as Thresher
1933
6.2
College Humor
as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
1933
5.3
Hold Your Man
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
1933
6.1
Huddle
as Slater
1932
6.6
Arsène Lupin
as Leroux (uncredited)
1932
6.9
Maker of Men
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
1931
0.0
The Public Enemy
as Pool Player (uncredited)
1931
7.2
🎬
Campus Sweethearts
1930
0.0