Joe Sawyer1906 - 1982

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Actor

Popularity

2.2

Famous

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.

Credits

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

1995

Documentary • Music

as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.4
0.1
Legends of the West
Legends of the West

1992

Documentary

as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'

0
0.3
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

1991

Family

as Sgt. Biff O'Hara

7.3
0.2
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won

1962

Western

as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

7
1.7
North to Alaska
North to Alaska

1960

Comedy • Romance • Western

as Land Commissioner

6.5
3
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

1958

Western

as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

10
0.1
The Killing
The Killing

1956

Crime • Thriller

as Mike O'Reilly

7.7
1.7
The Kettles in the Ozarks
The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956

Comedy

as Bancroft Baines

6.4
0.2
Johnny Dark
Johnny Dark

1954

Action • Drama

as Carl Svenson

5
0.2
Riding Shotgun
Riding Shotgun

1954

Western

as Tom Biggert

6
0.4
Taza, Son of Cochise
Taza, Son of Cochise

1954

Western

as Sgt. Hamma

5.5
0.7
It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space

1953

Horror • Science Fiction

as Frank Daylon

6.3
0.7
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Mr. Walkie Talkie

1952

Comedy • War

as Sgt. Ames

5
0.2
Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

Crime • Drama

as Whitey Franks (uncredited)

6.8
0.6
Red Skies of Montana
Red Skies of Montana

1952

Adventure • Drama • Romance

as R. A. 'Pop' Miller

5.2
0.3
Indian Uprising
Indian Uprising

1952

Western

as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

6.2
0.3
As You Were
As You Were

1951

Comedy

as Sgt. Ames

5
0.3
Comin' Round the Mountain
Comin' Round the Mountain

1951

Comedy • Music

as Kalem McCoy

6
0.3
The Flying Missile
The Flying Missile

1950

Drama

as Fuss Payne

4.8
0.4
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

1950

Comedy • Romance • Western

as Jake

6.3
0.1
Operation Haylift
Operation Haylift

1950

Drama

as George Swallow

5
0.1
Blondie's Hero
Blondie's Hero

1950

Comedy

as Sergeant Gateson

6.3
0.4
The Traveling Saleswoman
The Traveling Saleswoman

1950

Comedy • Western

as Cactus Jack

4.5
0.1
And Baby Makes Three
And Baby Makes Three

1949

Comedy • Romance

as Police officer

4.9
0.3
Deputy Marshal
Deputy Marshal

1949

Western

as Eli Cressett

6.8
0.2
Kazan
Kazan

1949

Action • Drama • Western

as Sandz Jepson

0
0.3
Stagecoach Kid
Stagecoach Kid

1949

Western

as Thatcher

6
0.1
The Lucky Stiff
The Lucky Stiff

1949

Comedy • Crime

as Tony

4.8
0.3
The Gay Amigo
The Gay Amigo

1949

Western

as Sergeant McNulty

6.5
0.1
Tucson
Tucson

1949

Drama • Western

as Tod Bryant

6
0.2
The Untamed Breed
The Untamed Breed

1948

Western

as Hoy Keegan

5
0.2
Fighting Back
Fighting Back

1948

Crime • Drama

as Police Sergeant Scudder

6
0.2
Coroner Creek
Coroner Creek

1948

Western

as Frank Yordy

6.1
0.4
Fighting Father Dunne
Fighting Father Dunne

1948

Crime • Drama

as Steve Davis

6
0.2
Here Comes Trouble
Here Comes Trouble

1948

Comedy

as Officer Ames

4.6
0.3
Half Past Midnight
Half Past Midnight

1948

Crime • Mystery

as Det. Lt. Joe Nash

6
0.1
If You Knew Susie
If You Knew Susie

1948

Comedy

as Zero Zantini

7.5
0.2
A Double Life
A Double Life

1947

Drama • Thriller

as Pete Bonner

6.3
0.7
Big Town After Dark
Big Town After Dark

1947

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Monk

5.5
0.9
Roses Are Red
Roses Are Red

1947

Crime • Drama

as Police Lt. Rocky Wall

5.5
0.1
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve

1947

Comedy • Drama

as Private Detective

5.3
1
G.I. War Brides
G.I. War Brides

1946

Comedy

as Sgt. Frank Moraski

0
0.1
Inside Job
Inside Job

1946

Crime • Drama

as Police Capt. Thomas

5.6
0.2
The Runaround
The Runaround

1946

Comedy • Mystery

as Hutchins

0
0.2
Joe Palooka, Champ
Joe Palooka, Champ

1946

Comedy

as Lefty

0
0.3
Gilda
Gilda

1946

Drama • Romance • Thriller

as Casey

7.5
1.9
Deadline at Dawn
Deadline at Dawn

1946

Mystery • Romance • Thriller

as Babe Dooley

6.2
0.4
The Naughty Nineties
The Naughty Nineties

1945

Comedy

as Bailey

6.8
0.3
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions

1945

Comedy

as Hacky Smith

6.6
0.9
High Powered
High Powered

1945

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Spike Kenny

0
0.2
The Singing Sheriff
The Singing Sheriff

1944

Comedy • Music • Western

as Squint

8
0.3
Raiders of Ghost City
Raiders of Ghost City

1944

Action • Western

as Idaho Jones

6
0.2
South of Dixie
South of Dixie

1944

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Ernest Hatcher

0
0.2
Hey, Rookie
Hey, Rookie

1944

Music

as Sergeant

0
0.5
Moon Over Las Vegas
Moon Over Las Vegas

1944

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Joe

0
0.2
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery

1943

Action • Adventure

as Karl Straeder

6.1
0.5
Sleepy Lagoon
Sleepy Lagoon

1943

Comedy • Crime

as Lumpy

4.5
0.2
Tornado
Tornado

1943

Drama

as Charlie Muscles

5.5
0.3
Let's Face It
Let's Face It

1943

Comedy • Music

as Sgt. Wiggins

4.5
0.2
Yanks Ahoy
Yanks Ahoy

1943

Comedy

as Sgt. Ames

6.3
0.2
Alaska Highway
Alaska Highway

1943

Drama

as Roughhouse

5
0.8
Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice

1943

Comedy

as Buster

5.9
0.5
Prairie Chickens
Prairie Chickens

1943

Comedy • Western

as Albertson

0
0.2
Cowboy in Manhattan
Cowboy in Manhattan

1943

Comedy • Music

as Louie

0
0.2
Buckskin Frontier
Buckskin Frontier

1943

Western

as Brannigan

6
0.3
Taxi, Mister
Taxi, Mister

1943

Comedy • Romance

as Eddie Corbett

4.2
0.2
The Outlaw
The Outlaw

1943

Drama • Western

as Charley Woodruff

5.4
1.5
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
The McGuerins from Brooklyn

1942

Comedy

as Eddie Corbett

5.5
0.2
Fall In
Fall In

1942

Comedy

as Sgt. Ames

6
0.5
Wrecking Crew
Wrecking Crew

1942

Action • Drama

as Fred Bunce

5.5
0.1
A Letter From Bataan
A Letter From Bataan

1942

Drama • War

as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law

4.5
0.3
About Face
About Face

1942

Comedy

as Sgt. William Ames

6
0.2
Sundown Jim
Sundown Jim

1942

Western

as Ben Moffitt

0
0.2
Brooklyn Orchid
Brooklyn Orchid

1942

Comedy

as Eddie Corbett

6
0.2
Hay Foot
Hay Foot

1942

Comedy • Romance

as Sergeant Ames

6
0.2
You're in the Army Now
You're in the Army Now

1941

Comedy

as Sergeant Madden

3.6
0.4
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On

1941

Drama • Romance • War • Western

as Sgt. Doolittle

6.6
0.9
Swamp Water
Swamp Water

1941

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Hardy Ragan

6.3
0.4
Down Mexico Way
Down Mexico Way

1941

Comedy • Western

as Allen

0
0.1
Sergeant York
Sergeant York

1941

Drama • War

as Sergeant Early

7.2
1.3
Last of the Duanes
Last of the Duanes

1941

Western

as Bull Lossomer

6
0.2
Belle Starr
Belle Starr

1941

Western

as John Cole

5.6
0.6
Tanks a Million
Tanks a Million

1941

Comedy

as Sgt. William Ames

5.3
0.2
Down in San Diego
Down in San Diego

1941

Adventure • Comedy • Drama

as Dutch

5.5
0.2
The Lady from Cheyenne
The Lady from Cheyenne

1941

Comedy • Drama • Western

as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman

5.2
0.2
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail

1940

Western

as Kitzmiller

5.8
1.3
The Border Legion
The Border Legion

1940

Action • Drama • Western

as Jim Gulden

5.2
0.3
The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home

1940

Drama • War

as Davis

6.6
0.5
Melody Ranch
Melody Ranch

1940

Western

as Jasper Wildhack

5.8
0.2
Wildcat Bus
Wildcat Bus

1940

Crime • Drama

as Burke

4.6
0.3
Lucky Cisco Kid
Lucky Cisco Kid

1940

Western

as Bill Stevens

5.6
0.2
Dark Command
Dark Command

1940

Drama • Romance • Western

as Bushropp

6.3
1.2
King of the Lumberjacks
King of the Lumberjacks

1940

Drama • Romance

as Jigger

3
0.2
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Drama

as Bookkeeper

7.8
2.7
Women Without Names
Women Without Names

1940

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Principal Keeper Grimley

4.8
0.3
The House Across the Bay
The House Across the Bay

1940

Drama

as Charlie

5.3
0.3
Honeymoon Deferred
Honeymoon Deferred

1940

Mystery

as Detective James

6
0.1
The Man from Montreal
The Man from Montreal

1939

Action • Adventure

as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)

3.8
0.2
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties

1939

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as The Sergeant

7.5
0.9
Sabotage
Sabotage

1939

Action • Drama

as Gardner

7
0.2
I Stole a Million
I Stole a Million

1939

Crime • Drama

as Billings

6
0.4
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal

1939

Western

as Curley Bill

6.1
0.5
Inside Information
Inside Information

1939

Action • Crime

as Detective Grazzi

0
0.3
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

Drama • War

as Werner Renz

6.1
0.4
Union Pacific
Union Pacific

1939

Drama • Western

as Shamus (uncredited)

6.5
1
The Lady and the Mob
The Lady and the Mob

1939

Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Blinky Mack

6.3
0.3
You Can't Get Away with Murder
You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939

Crime • Drama

as Red

5.6
0.3
Gambling Ship
Gambling Ship

1938

Drama

as Tony Garzoni

0
0.3
Heart of the North
Heart of the North

1938

Adventure • Western

as Red Crocker

3.7
0.2
Always in Trouble
Always in Trouble

1938

Comedy

as Buster Mussendorfer

6
0.2
The Storm
The Storm

1938

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Kelly

0
0.2
Passport Husband
Passport Husband

1938

Comedy

as Duke Selton

6
0.1
Stolen Heaven
Stolen Heaven

1938

Crime • Drama

as Bako

0
0.4
Tarzan's Revenge
Tarzan's Revenge

1938

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Family • Romance

as Olaf Punch

4.4
0.2
Behind the Criminal
Behind the Criminal

1937

Crime

as Red Manders

5.7
0.1
The Lady Fights Back
The Lady Fights Back

1937

Action • Drama • Romance

as Swede Jannsen

6
0.3
Reported Missing
Reported Missing

1937

Thriller

as 'Brad' Martin

0
0.2
A Dangerous Adventure
A Dangerous Adventure

1937

Drama

as Dutch

1
0.1
Midnight Madonna
Midnight Madonna

1937

Drama

as Wolfe

0
0.1
Slim
Slim

1937

Drama • Romance

as Windy Wilcox

6.3
0.4
San Quentin
San Quentin

1937

Action • Drama

as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen

6.5
0.4
They Gave Him a Gun
They Gave Him a Gun

1937

Crime • Drama • War

as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)

6.2
0.3
Navy Blues
Navy Blues

1937

Comedy

as Chips

5
0.2
Black Legion
Black Legion

1937

Crime • Drama

as Cliff Summers

6.6
0.6
Great Guy
Great Guy

1936

Crime • Drama • Mystery

as Joe Burton

6.2
0.6
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl

1936

Comedy • Romance

as Announcer

6
0.2
The Accusing Finger
The Accusing Finger

1936

Action • Crime • Drama • Romance

as Father Reed, chaplain

4.7
0.3
Two in a Crowd
Two in a Crowd

1936

Comedy • Romance

as Bonelli's Henchman

0
0.3
Murder with Pictures
Murder with Pictures

1936

Crime • Mystery

as Inspector Tom Bacon

5.1
0.3
Crash Donovan
Crash Donovan

1936

Drama

as Henchman (uncredited)

0
0.3
A Son Comes Home
A Son Comes Home

1936

Crime • Drama

as First Truck Driver

1
0.3
High Tension
High Tension

1936

Comedy

as Terry Madden

5.4
0.3
And Sudden Death
And Sudden Death

1936

Drama

as Police Sgt. Sanborn

0
0.3
Special Investigator
Special Investigator

1936

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Jim Plummer

5.8
0.1
Big Brown Eyes
Big Brown Eyes

1936

Comedy • Mystery

as Jack Sully

6.3
0.4
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines

1936

Comedy

as Tennessee

6
0
The Country Doctor
The Country Doctor

1936

Drama

as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)

6
0.3
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead

1936

Crime • Horror • Science Fiction

as 'Trigger' Smith

6.2
0.5
The Leathernecks Have Landed
The Leathernecks Have Landed

1936

Adventure

as Sgt. Regan

5
0.2
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest

1936

Crime • Drama • Romance • Thriller

as Jackie

7.1
1.1
Freshman Love
Freshman Love

1936

Comedy

as Coach Kendall

6
0.3
Man of Iron
Man of Iron

1935

Drama

as Crawford

6
0.2
Frisco Kid
Frisco Kid

1935

Action • Adventure • Romance

as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)

6.8
0.5
I Found Stella Parish
I Found Stella Parish

1935

Drama • Romance

as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)

7
0.3
Moonlight on the Prairie
Moonlight on the Prairie

1935

Western

as Luke Thomas

5.5
0.2
Special Agent
Special Agent

1935

Crime • Drama

as Rich - Chief Henchman

6.2
0.5
Little Big Shot
Little Big Shot

1935

Comedy • Crime

as Doré's Henchman

6
0.3
Broadway Gondolier
Broadway Gondolier

1935

Comedy • Romance

as 'Red'

5.4
0.7
The Arizonian
The Arizonian

1935

Adventure • Music • Romance • Western

as Henchman Keeler

0
0.2
The Informer
The Informer

1935

Crime • Drama

as Bartly Mulholland

6.7
0.6
Car 99
Car 99

1935

Action • Crime

as Whitey, burly henchman

5
0.1
The Whole Town's Talking
The Whole Town's Talking

1935

Comedy • Crime

as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

6.8
0.6
Sequoia
Sequoia

1935

Adventure

as Forest Ranger (uncredited)

6
0.3
The Band Plays On
The Band Plays On

1934

as Mr. Thomas

8.5
0.3
The Westerner
The Westerner

1934

Western

as Bob Lockhart

0
0.1
College Rhythm
College Rhythm

1934

Romance

as Spud Miller

4.7
0.3
Prescott Kid
Prescott Kid

1934

Western

as Marshal Willoughby

0
0.2
Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash

1934

Comedy • Drama

as Coach Eversmith

3.3
0.2
The Case of the Howling Dog
The Case of the Howling Dog

1934

Crime • Mystery

as Carl Trask (uncredited)

6.5
0.4
Death on the Diamond
Death on the Diamond

1934

Drama • Mystery

as "Dunc" Spencer

7
0.2
The Notorious Sophie Lang
The Notorious Sophie Lang

1934

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Building Guard (uncredited)

6
0.3
Sing and Like It
Sing and Like It

1934

Comedy

as Gunner - Hood

4.3
0.2
Looking for Trouble
Looking for Trouble

1934

Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Max Stanley

6.8
0.2
Jimmy the Gent
Jimmy the Gent

1934

Comedy • Crime • Drama • Romance

as Mike (uncredited)

6.3
0.3
Son of a Sailor
Son of a Sailor

1933

Adventure • Comedy

as Slug

5
0.2
Eskimo
Eskimo

1933

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)

6.5
0.5
College Coach
College Coach

1933

Drama

as Holcomb

4.2
0.4
Ace of Aces
Ace of Aces

1933

Drama • War

as Captain Daly

5.6
0.3
Saturday's Millions
Saturday's Millions

1933

Drama

as Coach

0
0.2
Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest

1933

Drama

as Farmhand (uncredited)

5
0.3
Three-Cornered Moon
Three-Cornered Moon

1933

Comedy

as Head Lifeguard

5.2
0.2
The Stranger's Return
The Stranger's Return

1933

Drama • Romance

as Thresher

6.2
0.2
College Humor
College Humor

1933

Action • Comedy • Music

as Tex Roust

5.6
0.2
Hold Your Man
Hold Your Man

1933

Drama • Romance

as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)

6.1
0.3
Huddle
Huddle

1932

Drama • Romance

as Slater

6.6
0.5
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin

1932

Mystery • Romance

as Leroux (uncredited)

6.9
0.4
Maker of Men
Maker of Men

1931

Drama

as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)

0
0.1
The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy

1931

Crime • Drama

as Pool Player (uncredited)

7.2
0.9

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