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