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Joe Sawyer
Actor, Producer, Writer
Born August 29, 1906Died April 21, 1982 (75 years)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
2002 | The Universe According to Universal · as Frank Daylon |
1993 | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey · as Frank Daylon (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
1992 | Legends of the West · as Curley Bill In 'frontier Marshall' |
1991 | The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 · as Sgt. Major |
1962 | How the West Was Won · as Riverboat Officer (uncredited) |
1961 | The Everglades (TV Series) |
1960 | North to Alaska · as Land Commissioner |
1960 | Harrigan and Son (TV Series) |
1960 | SurfSide 6 (TV Series) · as Leon Huff |
1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Sgt. Mcevoy |
1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Cast |
1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) |
1958 | The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin · as Sgt. 'biff' O'hara |
1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Sgt. Schumacher |
1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Fighting Sam Brown |
1956 | Frontier Doctor (TV Series) · as 'butch' Cassidy |
1956 | The Killing · as Mike O'reilly |
1956 | The Kettles in the Ozarks · as Bancroft Baines |
1954 | The Halls of Ivy (TV Series) · as Cast |
1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) |
1954 | It's a Great Life (TV Series) · as Motorcycle Cop |
1954 | Johnny Dark · as Carl Svenson |
1954 | Riding Shotgun · as Tom Biggert |
1954 | Taza, Son of Cochise · as Sgt. Hamma |
1954 | Stories of the Century (TV Series) · as Butch Cassidy |
1953 | It Came from Outer Space · as Frank Daylon |
1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series) · as Chopper |
1952 | Mr. Walkie Talkie · as Sgt. Ames |
1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Joey Uptown |
1952 | Deadline - U.S.A. · as Whitey Franks (uncredited) |
1952 | Red Skies of Montana · as R. A. 'pop' Miller |
1952 | Indian Uprising · as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh |
1951 | As You Were · as Sgt. Ames |
1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain · as Kalem Mccoy |
1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) |
1950 | The Flying Missile · as Fuss Payne |
1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek · as Jake |
1950 | Operation Haylift · as George Swallow |
1950 | Blondie's Hero · as Sergeant Gateson |
1950 | The Traveling Saleswoman · as Cactus Jack |
1949 | Two Knights from Brooklyn · as Eddie Corbett |
1949 | And Baby Makes Three · as Police Officer |
1949 | Deputy Marshal · as Eli Cressett |
1949 | Stagecoach Kid · as Thatcher |
1949 | The Lucky Stiff · as Tony |
1949 | The Gay Amigo · as Sergeant Mcnulty |
1948 | Fighting Back · as Police Sergeant Scudder |
1948 | The Untamed Breed · as Hoy Keegan |
1948 | Ford Theatre (TV Series) |
1948 | Coroner Creek · as Frank Yordy |
1948 | Fighting Father Dunne · as Steve Davis |
1948 | Here Comes Trouble · as Officer Ames |
1948 | If You Knew Susie · as Zero Zantini |
1947 | A Double Life · as Pete Bonner |
1947 | Big Town After Dark · as Monk |
1947 | Roses Are Red · as Police Lt. Rocky Wall |
1947 | Christmas Eve · as Private Detective |
1946 | Inside Job · as Police Capt. Thomas |
1946 | The Runaround · as Hutchins |
1946 | Joe Palooka, Champ · as Lefty |
1946 | Gilda · as Casey |
1946 | Deadline at Dawn · as Babe Dooley |
1945 | The Naughty Nineties · as Bailey |
1945 | Brewster's Millions · as Hacky Smith |
1945 | High Powered · as Spike Kenny |
1944 | Raiders of Ghost City · as Idaho Jones |
1943 | Tarzan's Desert Mystery · as Karl Straeder |
1943 | Tornado · as Charlie Muscles |
1943 | Let's Face It · as Sgt. Wiggins |
1943 | Yanks Ahoy · as Sgt. Ames |
1943 | Alaska Highway · as Roughhouse |
1943 | Hit the Ice · as Buster |
1943 | Prairie Chickens · as Albertson |
1943 | Buckskin Frontier · as Brannigan |
1943 | Taxi, Mister · as Eddie Corbett |
1943 | The Outlaw · as Charley Woodruff |
1942 | The McGuerins from Brooklyn · as Eddie Corbett |
1942 | |
1942 | Wrecking Crew · as Fred Bunce |
1942 | Brooklyn Orchid · as Eddie Corbett |
1942 | |
1941 | You're in the Army Now · as Sergeant Madden |
1941 | They Died with Their Boots On · as Sgt. Doolittle |
1941 | Swamp Water · as Hardy Ragan |
1941 | Down Mexico Way · as Allen |
1941 | Sergeant York · as Sergeant Early |
1941 | Belle Starr · as John Cole |
1941 | Tanks a Million · as Sgt. William Ames |
1941 | Down in San Diego · as Dutch |
1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne · as Sheriff 'noisy' Burkett, Henchman |
1940 | Santa Fe Trail · as Kitzmiller |
1940 | The Border Legion · as Jim Gulden |
1940 | The Long Voyage Home · as Davis |
1940 | Melody Ranch · as Jasper Wildhack |
1940 | Wildcat Bus · as Burke |
1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid · as Bill Stevens |
1940 | Dark Command · as Bushropp |
1940 | King of the Lumberjacks · as Jigger |
1940 | The Grapes of Wrath · as Bookkeeper |
1940 | The House Across the Bay · as Charlie |
1940 | Honeymoon Deferred · as Detective James |
1939 | The Roaring Twenties · as The Sergeant |
1939 | Sabotage · as Gardner |
1939 | Rio · as Prison Guard |
1939 | I Stole a Million · as Billings |
1939 | Frontier Marshal · as Curley Bill |
1939 | Inside Information · as Detective Grazzi |
1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder · as Red |
1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy · as Werner Renz |
1939 | Union Pacific · as Shamus (uncredited) |
1939 | The Lady and the Mob · as Blinky Mack |
1938 | Heart of the North · as Red Crocker |
1938 | Always in Trouble · as Buster Mussendorfer |
1938 | Stolen Heaven · as Bako |
1938 | Tarzan's Revenge · as Olaf Punch |
1937 | Reported Missing! · as 'brad' Martin |
1937 | San Quentin · as 'sailor Boy' Hansen |
1937 | Slim · as Windy Wilcox |
1937 | They Gave Him a Gun · as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) |
1937 | Navy Blues · as Chips |
1937 | Black Legion · as Cliff Summers |
1936 | |
1936 | The Accusing Finger · as Father Reed, Chaplain |
1936 | Two in a Crowd · as Bonelli's Henchman |
1936 | Murder with Pictures · as Inspector Tom Bacon |
1936 | Crash Donovan · as Henchman (uncredited) |
1936 | High Tension · as Terry Madden |
1936 | And Sudden Death · as Police Sgt. Sanborn |
1936 | Special Investigator · as Jim Plummer |
1936 | Big Brown Eyes · as Jack Sully |
1936 | The Walking Dead · as 'trigger' Smith |
1936 | The Country Doctor · as Joe, The Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) |
1936 | The Leathernecks Have Landed · as Sgt. Regan |
1936 | The Petrified Forest · as Jackie |
1935 | Freshman Love · as Coach Kendall |
1935 | Man of Iron · as Crawford |
1935 | Frisco Kid · as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) |
1935 | I Found Stella Parish · as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) |
1935 | Moonlight on the Prairie · as Luke Thomas |
1935 | Special Agent · as Rich - Chief Henchman |
1935 | Little Big Shot · as Doré's Henchman |
1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze · as Ambulance Driver |
1935 | Broadway Gondolier · as 'red' |
1935 | The Arizonian · as Henchman Keeler |
1935 | The Informer · as Bartly Mulholland |
1935 | Air Hawks · as Henchman |
1935 | Eight Bells · as Gates |
1935 | Car 99 · as Whitey, Burly Henchman |
1935 | The Whole Town's Talking · as Mannion's Thug (uncredited) |
1934 | Sequoia · as Forest Ranger (uncredited) |
1934 | The Band Plays On · as Mr. Thomas |
1934 | The Westerner · as Bob Lockhart |
1934 | Behold My Wife! · as Morton |
1934 | College Rhythm · as Spud Miller |
1934 | The Prescott Kid · as Marshal Willoughby |
1934 | Gridiron Flash · as Coach Eversmith |
1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog · as Carl Trask (uncredited) |
1934 | Death on the Diamond · as "dunc" Spencer |
1934 | The Notorious Sophie Lang · as Building Guard (uncredited) |
1934 | Stamboul Quest · as Soldier Escorting Doktor |
1934 | Sing and Like It · as Gunner - Hood |
1934 | Looking for Trouble · as Max Stanley |
1934 | Jimmy the Gent · as Mike (uncredited) |
1934 | Wharf Angel · as Sailor On 'the Coyote' |
1933 | Son of a Sailor · as Slug |
1933 | Jimmy and Sally · as Slug Morgan |
1933 | Blood Money · as Red |
1933 | Eskimo · as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) |
1933 | College Coach · as Holcomb |
1933 | Ace of Aces · as Captain Daly |
1933 | The Stranger's Return · as Thresher |
1933 | Saturday's Millions · as Coach |
1933 | Golden Harvest · as Farmhand (uncredited) |
1933 | Three Cornered Moon · as Head Lifeguard (uncredited) |
1933 | Hold Your Man · as Policeman At Reformatory (uncredited) |
1933 | College Humor · as Tex Roust |
1932 | Forgotten Commandments · as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff |
1932 | Huddle · as Slater |
1932 | Young Bride · as Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite |
1932 | Shopworn · as Construction Camp Doctor |
1932 | Arsène Lupin · as Leroux (uncredited) |
1931 | Maker of Men · as Bennett The Monroe Coach (uncredited) |
1931 | Surrender · as Sergeant Muller |
1931 | New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford · as Willis The Newspaper Reporter |
1931 | The Public Enemy · as Pool Player (uncredited) |