Joe Sawyer
Age: 75 | From: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Person Details
Birthday: 1906-08-29 22:46:40
Death: 1982-04-21 22:46:40
Aliases: Joe Sauers , Joe Sauer , Joseph Sauers , Joseph Sawyer
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Movie Involvements: 116
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Killing
(1956) Mike O'Reilly
How the West Was Won
(1962) Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Surfside 6
(1960) Leon Huff
Sugarfoot
(1957) Fighting Sam Brown
The Public Enemy
(1931) Pool Player (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940) Bookkeeper
Sergeant York
(1941) Sergeant Early
The Roaring Twenties
(1939) The SergeantActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1992 | Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' | |
| 1991 | Sgt. Biff O'Hara | |
| 1962 | Riverboat Officer (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | N/A | |
| 1960 | Land Commissioner | |
| N/A | ||
| Leon Huff | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| 1958 | N/A | |
| Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara | ||
| 1957 | Fighting Sam Brown | |
| 1956 | Mike O'Reilly | |
| Bancroft Baines | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| Carl Svenson | ||
| Tom Biggert | ||
| Sgt. Hamma | ||
| 1953 | Frank Daylon | |
| 1952 | Sgt. Ames | |
| Whitey Franks (uncredited) | ||
| R. A. 'Pop' Miller | ||
| Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh | ||
| 1951 | Sgt. Ames | |
| Kalem McCoy | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Fuss Payne | |
| Jake | ||
| George Swallow | ||
| Sergeant Gateson | ||
| Cactus Jack | ||
| 1949 | Eli Cressett | |
| Sandz Jepson | ||
| Thatcher | ||
| Tony | ||
| Sergeant McNulty | ||
| Tod Bryant | ||
| 1948 | Hoy Keegan | |
| N/A | ||
| Police Sergeant Scudder | ||
| Frank Yordy | ||
| Steve Davis | ||
| Officer Ames | ||
| Det. Lt. Joe Nash | ||
| Zero Zantini | ||
| 1947 | Pete Bonner | |
| Monk | ||
| Police Lt. Rocky Wall | ||
| Private Detective | ||
| 1946 | Sgt. Frank Moraski | |
| Police Capt. Thomas | ||
| Hutchins | ||
| Lefty | ||
| Casey | ||
| Babe Dooley | ||
| 1945 | Bailey | |
| Hacky Smith | ||
| Spike Kenny | ||
| 1944 | Squint | |
| Idaho Jones | ||
| Ernest Hatcher | ||
| Sergeant | ||
| Joe | ||
| 1943 | Karl Straeder | |
| Lumpy | ||
| Charlie Muscles | ||
| Sgt. Wiggins | ||
| Sgt. Ames | ||
| Roughhouse | ||
| Buster - Silky's Henchman | ||
| Louie | ||
| Albertson | ||
| Brannigan | ||
| Eddie Corbett | ||
| Charley Woodruff | ||
| 1942 | Eddie Corbett | |
| Sgt. Ames | ||
| Fred Bunce | ||
| Roy - John's Brother-in-Law | ||
| Sgt. William Ames | ||
| Ben Moffitt | ||
| Eddie Corbett | ||
| Sergeant Ames | ||
| 1941 | Sergeant Madden | |
| Sgt. Doolittle | ||
| Hardy Ragan | ||
| Allen | ||
| Sergeant Early | ||
| Bull Lossomer | ||
| John Cole | ||
| Sgt. William Ames | ||
| Dutch | ||
| Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman | ||
| 1940 | Kitzmiller | |
| Jim Gulden | ||
| Davis | ||
| Jasper Wildhack | ||
| Burke | ||
| Bill Stevens | ||
| Bushropp | ||
| Jigger | ||
| Bookkeeper | ||
| Principal Keeper Grimley | ||
| Charlie | ||
| Detective James | ||
| 1939 | Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
| The Sergeant | ||
| Gardner | ||
| Billings | ||
| Curley Bill | ||
| Detective Grazzi | ||
| Werner Renz | ||
| Shamus (uncredited) | ||
| Blinky Mack | ||
| Red | ||
| 1938 | Tony Garzoni | |
| Red Crocker | ||
| Buster Mussendorfer | ||
| Kelly | ||
| Duke Selton | ||
| Bako | ||
| Olaf Punch | ||
| 1937 | Red Manders | |
| Swede Jannsen | ||
| 'Brad' Martin | ||
| Dutch | ||
| Wolfe | ||
| 'Sailor Boy' Hansen | ||
| Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) | ||
| Chips | ||
| Cliff Summers | ||
| 1936 | Joe Burton | |
| Announcer | ||
| Father Reed, chaplain | ||
| Bonelli's Henchman | ||
| Inspector Tom Bacon | ||
| Henchman (uncredited) | ||
| Terry Madden | ||
| Police Sgt. Sanborn | ||
| Jim Plummer | ||
| Jack Sully | ||
| Tennessee | ||
| Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) | ||
| 'Trigger' Smith | ||
| Sgt. Regan | ||
| Jackie | ||
| Coach Kendall | ||
| 1935 | Crawford | |
| Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) | ||
| Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) | ||
| Luke Thomas | ||
| Rich - Chief Henchman | ||
| Doré's Henchman | ||
| 'Red' | ||
| Henchman Keeler | ||
| Bartly Mulholland | ||
| Whitey, burly henchman | ||
| Mannion's Thug (uncredited) | ||
| Forest Ranger (uncredited) | ||
| 1934 | Mr. Thomas | |
| Spud Miller | ||
| Marshal Willoughby | ||
| Coach Eversmith | ||
| Carl Trask (uncredited) | ||
| Spencer | ||
| Gunner - Hood | ||
| Max Stanley | ||
| Mike (uncredited) | ||
| 1933 | Slug | |
| Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) | ||
| Holcomb | ||
| Captain Daly | ||
| Coach | ||
| Farmhand (uncredited) | ||
| Head Lifeguard | ||
| Thresher | ||
| Tex Roust | ||
| 1932 | Slater | |
| Leroux (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) | |
| Pool Player (uncredited) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |