Joe Sawyer
Known for Acting · 192 credits
- Born
- 1906-08-29
- Died
- 1982-04-21
- Place of birth
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Joe Sauers · Joe Sauer · Joseph Sauers · Joseph 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
TV Shows (10)
Movies (182)
Gilda
1946
as Casey
The Killing
1956
as Mike O'Reilly
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Bookkeeper
How the West Was Won
1962
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Sergeant York
1941
as Sergeant Early
Melody Ranch
1940
as Jasper Wildhack
Ace of Aces
1933
as Captain Daly
The Public Enemy
1931
as Pool Player (uncredited)
North to Alaska
1960
as Land Commissioner
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Tom Biggert
The Outlaw
1943
as Charley Woodruff
The Informer
1935
as Bartly Mulholland
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as The Sergeant
Special Agent
1935
as Rich - Chief Henchman
Swamp Water
1941
as Hardy Ragan
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Babe Dooley
Frisco Kid
1935
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Golden Harvest
1933
as Farmhand (uncredited)
Belle Starr
1941
as John Cole
Rose Bowl
1936
as Announcer
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Gridiron Flash
1934
as Coach Eversmith
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as 'Red'
College Rhythm
1934
as Spud Miller
Slim
1937
as Windy Wilcox
Sleepy Lagoon
1943
as Lumpy
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
Wildcat Bus
1940
as Burke
Christmas Eve
1947
as Private Detective
Tornado
1943
as Charlie Muscles
Fall In
1942
as Sgt. Ames
Passport Husband
1938
as Duke Selton
Dark Command
1940
as Bushropp
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Kitzmiller
Union Pacific
1939
as Shamus (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Sgt. Doolittle
A Double Life
1947
as Pete Bonner
Wrecking Crew
1942
as Fred Bunce
San Quentin
1937
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
Jimmy the Gent
1934
as Mike (uncredited)
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
as Kalem McCoy
It Came from Outer Space
1953
as Frank Daylon
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Carl Trask (uncredited)
Big Brown Eyes
1936
as Jack Sully
Stolen Heaven
1938
as Bako
Arsène Lupin
1932
as Leroux (uncredited)
Kazan
1949
as Sandz Jepson
The House Across the Bay
1940
as Charlie
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Davis
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943
as Karl Straeder
Red Skies of Montana
1952
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Hay Foot
1942
as Sergeant Ames
The Petrified Forest
1936
as Jackie
Coroner Creek
1948
as Frank Yordy
About Face
1942
as Sgt. William Ames
Stagecoach Kid
1949
as Thatcher
The Walking Dead
1936
as 'Trigger' Smith
Johnny Dark
1954
as Carl Svenson
And Baby Makes Three
1949
as Police officer
Hey, Rookie
1944
as Sergeant
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
as Red
Blondie's Hero
1950
as Sergeant Gateson
Heart of the North
1938
as Red Crocker
Black Legion
1937
as Cliff Summers
Little Big Shot
1935
as Doré's Henchman
Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
Freshman Love
1936
as Coach Kendall
G.I. War Brides
1946
as Sgt. Frank Moraski
College Humor
1933
as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
Death on the Diamond
1934
as "Dunc" Spencer
Inside Job
1946
as Police Capt. Thomas
The Prescott Kid
1934
as Marshal Willoughby
Brewster's Millions
1945
as Hacky Smith
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Father Regan, chaplain
The Arizonian
1935
as Henchman Keeler
Roses Are Red
1947
as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954
as Sgt. Hamma
Hit the Ice
1943
as Buster
The Lady and the Mob
1939
as Blinky Mack
The Flying Missile
1950
as Fuss Payne
Indian Uprising
1952
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Werner Renz
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Officer Ames
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Bailey
Eskimo
1933
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
Tarzan's Revenge
1938
as Olaf Punch
Women Without Names
1940
as Principal Keeper Grimley
Sabotage
1939
as Gardner
Legends of the West
1992
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crash Donovan
1936
as Henchman (uncredited)
Murder with Pictures
1936
as Inspector Tom Bacon
Great Guy
1936
as Joe Burton
Special Investigator
1936
as Jim Plummer
I Stole a Million
1939
as Billings
Frontier Marshal
1939
as Curley Bill
Prairie Chickens
1943
as Albertson
Sequoia
1935
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Down in San Diego
1941
as Dutch
Taxi, Mister
1943
as Eddie Corbett
Huddle
1932
as Slater
The Stranger's Return
1933
as Thresher
Yanks Ahoy
1943
as Sgt. Ames
Tucson
1949
as Tod Bryant
Motor Madness
1937
as Steve Dolan
Alaska Highway
1943
as Roughhouse
High Powered
1945
as Spike Kenny
Maker of Men
1931
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
The Border Legion
1940
as Jim Gulden
A Son Comes Home
1936
as First Truck Driver
I Found Stella Parish
1935
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Country Doctor
1936
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934
as Building Guard (uncredited)
As You Were
1951
as Sgt. Ames
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
as Sgt. Regan
College Coach
1933
as Holcomb
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
as Bancroft Baines
Pride of Maryland
1951
as Knuckles
King of the Lumberjacks
1940
as Jigger
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946
as Lefty
The Runaround
1946
as Hutchins
About Joe Sawyer
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… With 192 credits spanning from 1930 to 1995, Joe Sawyer has appeared in 182 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joe Sawyer Movies
- Gilda (1946) — as Casey
- The Killing (1956) — as Mike O'Reilly
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Bookkeeper
- How the West Was Won (1962) — as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
- Sergeant York (1941) — as Sergeant Early
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