Joe Sawyer
male
Born on August 29, 1906 (118 years old)
Passed Away on April 21, 1982
From Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 1995
- 1992
- 1991
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
- 1956
- 1954
- 1953
- 1952
- 1951
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
- 1943
The Outlaw
as
Charley Woodruff
1943
Hit the Ice
as
Buster
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as
Karl Straeder
1943
Buckskin Frontier
as
Brannigan
1943
Taxi, Mister
as
Eddie Corbett
1943
Tornado
as
Charlie Muscles
1943
Yanks Ahoy
as
Sgt. Ames
1943
Alaska Highway
as
Roughhouse
1943
Prairie Chickens
as
Albertson
1943
Let's Face It
as
Sgt. Wiggins
1943
Cowboy in Manhattan
as
Louie
1943
Sleepy Lagoon
as
Lumpy
1943
- 1942
- 1941
Sergeant York
as
Sergeant Early
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as
Sgt. Doolittle
1941
Belle Starr
as
John Cole
1941
Down Mexico Way
as
Allen
1941
Last of the Duanes
as
Bull Lossomer
1941
Tanks a Million
as
Sgt. William Ames
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as
Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
1941
Swamp Water
as
Hardy Ragan
1941
You're in the Army Now
as
Sergeant Madden
1941
Down in San Diego
as
Dutch
1941
- 1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as
Bookkeeper
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as
Kitzmiller
1940
The House Across the Bay
as
Charlie
1940
The Border Legion
as
Jim Gulden
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid
as
Bill Stevens
1940
Wildcat Bus
as
Burke
1940
King of the Lumberjacks
as
Jigger
1940
Dark Command
as
Bushropp
1940
The Long Voyage Home
as
Davis
1940
Women Without Names
as
Principal Keeper Grimley
1940
Melody Ranch
as
Jasper Wildhack
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
as
Detective James
1940
- 1939
The Roaring Twenties
as
The Sergeant
1939
I Stole a Million
as
Billings
1939
Inside Information
as
Detective Grazzi
1939
Frontier Marshal
as
Curley Bill
1939
The Lady and the Mob
as
Blinky Mack
1939
Union Pacific
as
Shamus (uncredited)
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as
Werner Renz
1939
Sabotage
as
Gardner
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as
Red
1939
The Man from Montreal
as
Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
1939
- 1938
- 1937
Black Legion
as
Cliff Summers
1937
Behind the Criminal
as
Red Manders
1937
Navy Blues
as
Chips
1937
- no image
The Lady Fights Back
as
Swede Jannsen
1937
Reported Missing
as
'Brad' Martin
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
as
Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
1937
A Dangerous Adventure
as
Dutch
1937
San Quentin
as
'Sailor Boy' Hansen
1937
- no image
Midnight Madonna
as
Wolfe
1937
Slim
as
Windy Wilcox
1937
- 1936
The Walking Dead
as
'Trigger' Smith
1936
The Petrified Forest
as
Jackie
1936
Special Investigator
as
Jim Plummer
1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as
Sgt. Regan
1936
The Accusing Finger
as
Father Reed, chaplain
1936
Murder with Pictures
as
Inspector Tom Bacon
1936
Big Brown Eyes
as
Jack Sully
1936
Two in a Crowd
as
Bonelli's Henchman
1936
Rose Bowl
as
Announcer
1936
A Son Comes Home
as
First Truck Driver
1936
The Country Doctor
as
Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
1936
High Tension
as
Terry Madden
1936
Great Guy
as
Joe Burton
1936
Freshman Love
as
Coach Kendall
1936
And Sudden Death
as
Police Sgt. Sanborn
1936
Crash Donovan
as
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Pride of the Marines
as
Tennessee
1936
- 1935
The Informer
as
Bartly Mulholland
1935
Special Agent
as
Rich - Chief Henchman
1935
Little Big Shot
as
Doré's Henchman
1935
Frisco Kid
as
Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
1935
Moonlight on the Prairie
as
Luke Thomas
1935
Car 99
as
Whitey, burly henchman
1935
Broadway Gondolier
as
'Red'
1935
Man of Iron
as
Crawford
1935
The Arizonian
as
Henchman Keeler
1935
Sequoia
as
Forest Ranger (uncredited)
1935
The Whole Town's Talking
as
Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
1935
I Found Stella Parish
as
Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
1935
- 1934
Prescott Kid
as
Marshal Willoughby
1934
Sing and Like It
as
Gunner - Hood
1934
Gridiron Flash
as
Coach Eversmith
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
as
Carl Trask (uncredited)
1934
Jimmy the Gent
as
Mike (uncredited)
1934
Looking for Trouble
as
Max Stanley
1934
The Band Plays On
as
Mr. Thomas
1934
Death on the Diamond
as
"Dunc" Spencer
1934
College Rhythm
as
Spud Miller
1934
The Westerner
as
Bob Lockhart
1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as
Building Guard (uncredited)
1934
- 1933
Eskimo
as
Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
1933
College Humor
as
Tex Roust
1933
The Stranger's Return
as
Thresher
1933
Ace of Aces
as
Captain Daly
1933
Son of a Sailor
as
Slug
1933
Three-Cornered Moon
as
Head Lifeguard
1933
College Coach
as
Holcomb
1933
Golden Harvest
as
Farmhand (uncredited)
1933
Saturday's Millions
as
Coach
1933
Hold Your Man
as
Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
1933
- 1932
- 1931
- 1930
