Joe Sawyer

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
August 29, 1906 (75 years old)
Died
April 21, 1982
Place of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Popular Genres
Drama Western Crime
Career Span
1931 – 1995

Joe Sawyer

11 wins
26 nominations
11 Oscars
178 credits

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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.

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Personal Info

Born
Aug 29, 1906
From
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Known For
Acting
Career
1931 – 1995

Award Recognition

11
Wins
26
Nominations
11
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1995

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992

Legends of the West as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'

1991

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West as Sgt. Biff O'Hara

1962

How the West Was Won as Riverboat Officer (uncredited) Award

1960

North to Alaska as Land Commissioner Award

1958

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

1956

The Killing as Mike O'Reilly Award
The Kettles in the Ozarks as Bancroft Baines

1954

Riding Shotgun as Tom Biggert
Taza, Son of Cochise as Sgt. Hamma
Johnny Dark as Carl Svenson

1953

It Came from Outer Space as Frank Daylon

1952

Deadline - U.S.A. as Whitey Franks (uncredited) Award
Red Skies of Montana as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Indian Uprising as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Mr. Walkie Talkie as Sgt. Ames

1951

Comin' Round the Mountain as Kalem McCoy
As You Were as Sgt. Ames

1950

The Flying Missile as Fuss Payne Award
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek as Jake
Blondie's Hero as Sergeant Gateson
Operation Haylift as George Swallow
The Traveling Saleswoman as Cactus Jack

1949

Kazan as Sandz Jepson
The Gay Amigo as Sergeant McNulty
And Baby Makes Three as Police officer
The Lucky Stiff as Tony
Deputy Marshal as Eli Cressett
Stagecoach Kid as Thatcher
Tucson as Tod Bryant

1948

If You Knew Susie as Zero Zantini
Half Past Midnight as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
Coroner Creek as Frank Yordy
Fighting Father Dunne as Steve Davis
Fighting Back as Police Sergeant Scudder
Here Comes Trouble as Officer Ames
The Untamed Breed as Hoy Keegan

1947

Christmas Eve as Private Detective Award
A Double Life as Pete Bonner Award
Big Town After Dark as Monk
Roses Are Red as Police Lt. Rocky Wall

1946

Gilda as Casey Award
Deadline at Dawn as Babe Dooley
G.I. War Brides as Sgt. Frank Moraski
Joe Palooka, Champ as Lefty
The Runaround as Hutchins
Inside Job as Police Capt. Thomas

1945

Brewster's Millions as Hacky Smith Award
The Naughty Nineties as Bailey
High Powered as Spike Kenny

1944

Moon Over Las Vegas as Joe
Hey, Rookie as Sergeant
Raiders of Ghost City as Idaho Jones
The Singing Sheriff as Squint
South of Dixie as Ernest Hatcher

1943

The Outlaw as Charley Woodruff Award
Alaska Highway as Roughhouse Award
Hit the Ice as Buster
Let's Face It as Sgt. Wiggins
Tarzan's Desert Mystery as Karl Straeder
Tornado as Charlie Muscles
Sleepy Lagoon as Lumpy
Buckskin Frontier as Brannigan
Prairie Chickens as Albertson
Taxi, Mister as Eddie Corbett
Cowboy in Manhattan as Louie
Yanks Ahoy as Sgt. Ames

1942

Fall In as Sgt. Ames
Brooklyn Orchid as Eddie Corbett
Hay Foot as Sergeant Ames
About Face as Sgt. William Ames
Sundown Jim as Ben Moffitt
The McGuerins from Brooklyn as Eddie Corbett
A Letter From Bataan as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
Wrecking Crew as Fred Bunce

1941

They Died with Their Boots On as Sgt. Doolittle Award
Sergeant York as Sergeant Early
Belle Starr as John Cole
You're in the Army Now as Sergeant Madden
Swamp Water as Hardy Ragan
The Lady from Cheyenne as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
Down Mexico Way as Allen
Tanks a Million as Sgt. William Ames
Down in San Diego as Dutch
Last of the Duanes as Bull Lossomer

1940

The Grapes of Wrath as Bookkeeper Award
Dark Command as Bushropp Award
Santa Fe Trail as Kitzmiller Award
Melody Ranch as Jasper Wildhack
The Long Voyage Home as Davis
King of the Lumberjacks as Jigger
Women Without Names as Principal Keeper Grimley
Lucky Cisco Kid as Bill Stevens
The House Across the Bay as Charlie
Wildcat Bus as Burke
The Border Legion as Jim Gulden
Honeymoon Deferred as Detective James

1939

The Roaring Twenties as The Sergeant Award
Union Pacific as Shamus (uncredited) Award
Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Werner Renz
I Stole a Million as Billings
Frontier Marshal as Curley Bill
You Can't Get Away with Murder as Red
Inside Information as Detective Grazzi
The Man from Montreal as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
Sabotage as Gardner
The Lady and the Mob as Blinky Mack

1938

The Storm as Kelly
Heart of the North as Red Crocker
Stolen Heaven as Bako
Tarzan's Revenge as Olaf Punch
Always in Trouble as Buster Mussendorfer
Passport Husband as Duke Selton
Gambling Ship as Tony Garzoni

1937

Black Legion as Cliff Summers
San Quentin as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
Slim as Windy Wilcox
Midnight Madonna as Wolfe
A Dangerous Adventure as Dutch
The Lady Fights Back as Swede Jannsen
Navy Blues as Chips
They Gave Him a Gun as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
Behind the Criminal as Red Manders
Reported Missing as 'Brad' Martin

1936

The Walking Dead as 'Trigger' Smith Award
The Petrified Forest as Jackie
Murder with Pictures as Inspector Tom Bacon
Great Guy as Joe Burton
The Accusing Finger as Father Reed, chaplain
Big Brown Eyes as Jack Sully
The Country Doctor as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
High Tension as Terry Madden
Crash Donovan as Henchman (uncredited)
Freshman Love as Coach Kendall
Rose Bowl as Announcer
The Leathernecks Have Landed as Sgt. Regan
Two in a Crowd as Bonelli's Henchman
And Sudden Death as Police Sgt. Sanborn
A Son Comes Home as First Truck Driver
Pride of the Marines as Tennessee
Special Investigator as Jim Plummer

1935

The Informer as Bartly Mulholland Award
Frisco Kid as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Special Agent as Rich - Chief Henchman
Broadway Gondolier as 'Red'
The Whole Town's Talking as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
Little Big Shot as Doré's Henchman
I Found Stella Parish as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
Man of Iron as Crawford
Moonlight on the Prairie as Luke Thomas
Sequoia as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Car 99 as Whitey, burly henchman
The Arizonian as Henchman Keeler

1934

Death on the Diamond as "Dunc" Spencer
Jimmy the Gent as Mike (uncredited)
The Notorious Sophie Lang as Building Guard (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog as Carl Trask (uncredited)
The Band Plays On as Mr. Thomas
Looking for Trouble as Max Stanley
Sing and Like It as Gunner - Hood
College Rhythm as Spud Miller
Gridiron Flash as Coach Eversmith
Prescott Kid as Marshal Willoughby
The Westerner as Bob Lockhart

1933

College Coach as Holcomb
Golden Harvest as Farmhand (uncredited)
Hold Your Man as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
Three-Cornered Moon as Head Lifeguard
Ace of Aces as Captain Daly
Son of a Sailor as Slug
The Stranger's Return as Thresher
College Humor as Tex Roust
Saturday's Millions as Coach
Eskimo as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)

1932

Huddle as Slater
Arsène Lupin as Leroux (uncredited)

1931

The Public Enemy as Pool Player (uncredited) Award
Maker of Men as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

The Grapes of Wrath
Gilda
Dark Command
North to Alaska
The Outlaw
The Roaring Twenties
The Public Enemy
How the West Was Won

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