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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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Outlaw
  • Santa Fe Trail
  • Dark Command
  • Brewster's Millions
  • The Abbott and Costello Show
  • Great Guy
  • Christmas Eve
  • Tanks a Million
  • Here Comes Trouble
  • Big Town After Dark
  • Buckskin Frontier
  • Brooklyn Orchid
  • Hay Foot
  • Down Mexico Way
  • The McGuerins from Brooklyn
  • Frontier Doctor
  • Alaska Highway
  • Yanks Ahoy
  • Fall In
  • Prairie Chickens

Known For

  • The Killing
  • Gilda
  • It Came from Outer Space
  • The Petrified Forest
  • The Roaring Twenties
  • The Informer
  • The Outlaw
  • Black Legion
  • North to Alaska
  • The Long Voyage Home
  • A Double Life
  • San Quentin
  • Tarzan's Desert Mystery
  • Riding Shotgun
  • Dark Command
  • The Naughty Nineties
  • Comin' Round the Mountain
  • Hit the Ice
  • The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
  • You Can't Get Away with Murder
  • Big Brown Eyes
  • Brewster's Millions
  • Here Comes Trouble
  • Special Agent

Filmography

2002
1993
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey · as Frank Daylon (archive Footage) (uncredited)
1992
Legends of the West · as Curley Bill In 'frontier Marshall'
1991
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
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
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
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
1945
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
1943
1943
Taxi, Mister · as Eddie Corbett
1943
The Outlaw · as Charley Woodruff
1942
1942
Fall In · as Sgt. Ames
1942
Wrecking Crew · as Fred Bunce
1942
Brooklyn Orchid · as Eddie Corbett
1942
Hay Foot · as Sergeant Ames
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
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
1940
Melody Ranch · as Jasper Wildhack
1940
Wildcat Bus · as Burke
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid · as Bill Stevens
1940
Dark Command · as Bushropp
1940
1940
The Grapes of Wrath · as Bookkeeper
1940
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
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
Great Guy · as Joe Burton
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
1936
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
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)

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