Joe Sawyer

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 Cassid
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Personal Info

Id

3341

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-08-29

Place of Birth

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

  • Joe Sauers
  • Joe Sauer
  • Joseph Sauers
  • Joseph Sawyer
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    100

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    Known For

    The Killing

    The Killing

    The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes o

    Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Tra

    Gilda

    Gilda

    Blondie's Hero

    Blondie's He

    The Outlaw

    The Outlaw

    The Naughty Nineties

    The Naughty

    The Walking Dead

    The Walking

    Comin' Round the Mountain

    Comin' Round

    Hit the Ice

    Hit the Ice

    Deadline at Dawn

    Deadline at

    A Double Life

    A Double Lif

    Prescott Kid

    Prescott Kid

    Black Legion

    Black Legion

    Coroner Creek

    Coroner Cree

    Brewster's Millions

    Brewster's M

    The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring

    The Singing Sheriff

    The Singing

    The Informer

    The Informer

    The House Across the Bay

    The House Ac

    Kazan

    Kazan

    Sergeant York

    Sergeant Yor

    I Stole a Million

    I Stole a Mi

    They Died with Their Boots On

    They Died wi

    The Petrified Forest

    The Petrifie

    How the West Was Won

    How the West

    It Came from Outer Space

    It Came from

    Special Agent

    Special Agen

    The Border Legion

    The Border L

    Belle Starr

    Belle Starr

    Tarzan's Desert Mystery

    Tarzan's Des

    The Kettles in the Ozarks

    The Kettles

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    Rin-Tin-Tin:

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    Brooklyn Orc

    Hay Foot

    Hay Foot

    Special Investigator

    Special Inve

    The Leathernecks Have Landed

    The Leathern

    Little Big Shot

    Little Big S

    About Face

    About Face

    Raiders of Ghost City

    Raiders of G

    The Runaround

    The Runaroun

    Inside Information

    Inside Infor

    The Accusing Finger

    The Accusing

    Red Skies of Montana

    Red Skies of

    Eskimo

    Eskimo

    Buckskin Frontier

    Buckskin Fro

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    Legends of t

    Frontier Marshal

    Frontier Mar

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    Behind the C

    Roses Are Red

    Roses Are Re

    Down Mexico Way

    Down Mexico

    Frisco Kid

    Frisco Kid

    The Lucky Stiff

    The Lucky St

    Half Past Midnight

    Half Past Mi

    Lucky Cisco Kid

    Lucky Cisco

    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    The McGuerin

    Taxi, Mister

    Taxi, Mister

    Big Town After Dark

    Big Town Aft

    Here Comes Trouble

    Here Comes T

    Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

    Theremin: An

    College Humor

    College Humo

    Stolen Heaven

    Stolen Heave

    Murder with Pictures

    Murder with

    Operation Haylift

    Operation Ha

    Sing and Like It

    Sing and Lik

    Tornado

    Tornado

    Moonlight on the Prairie

    Moonlight on

    Wildcat Bus

    Wildcat Bus

    Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

    Curtain Call

    Fall In

    Fall In

    As You Were

    As You Were

    Mr. Walkie Talkie

    Mr. Walkie T

    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    The Flying Missile

    The Flying M

    Deputy Marshal

    Deputy Marsh

    Car 99

    Car 99

    Always in Trouble

    Always in Tr

    Gridiron Flash

    Gridiron Fla

    Indian Uprising

    Indian Upris

    The Case of the Howling Dog

    The Case of

    Maker of Men

    Maker of Men

    Jimmy the Gent

    Jimmy the Ge

    Fighting Father Dunne

    Fighting Fat

    Big Brown Eyes

    Big Brown Ey

    If You Knew Susie

    If You Knew

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    The Lady Fig

    Passport Husband

    Passport Hus

    Looking for Trouble

    Looking for

    Christmas Eve

    Christmas Ev

    Yanks Ahoy

    Yanks Ahoy

    Reported Missing

    Reported Mis

    Two in a Crowd

    Two in a Cro

    Rose Bowl

    Rose Bowl

    Fighting Back

    Fighting Bac

    The Band Plays On

    The Band Pla

    They Gave Him a Gun

    They Gave Hi

    The Stranger's Return

    The Stranger

    Broadway Gondolier

    Broadway Gon

    Last of the Duanes

    Last of the

    Ace of Aces

    Ace of Aces

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    Tarzan's Rev

    King of the Lumberjacks

    King of the

    The Lady and the Mob

    The Lady and

    Alaska Highway

    Alaska Highw

    Prairie Chickens

    Prairie Chic

    Union Pacific

    Union Pacifi

    Confessions of a Nazi Spy

    Confessions

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    A Letter Fro

    Moon Over Las Vegas

    Moon Over La

    High Powered

    High Powered

    The Traveling Saleswoman

    The Travelin

    Heart of the North

    Heart of the

    Man of Iron

    Man of Iron

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    A Son Comes

    The Country Doctor

    The Country

    G.I. War Brides

    G.I. War Bri

    Son of a Sailor

    Son of a Sai

    The Untamed Breed

    The Untamed

    High Tension

    High Tension

    Great Guy

    Great Guy

    A Dangerous Adventure

    A Dangerous

    Tucson

    Tucson

    Tanks a Million

    Tanks a Mill

    The Gay Amigo

    The Gay Amig

    And Baby Makes Three

    And Baby Mak

    The Lady from Cheyenne

    The Lady fro

    Dark Command

    Dark Command

    Stagecoach Kid

    Stagecoach K

    Inside Job

    Inside Job

    Three Cornered Moon

    Three Corner

    Huddle

    Huddle

    The Arizonian

    The Arizonia

    Freshman Love

    Freshman Lov

    San Quentin

    San Quentin

    The Long Voyage Home

    The Long Voy

    Swamp Water

    Swamp Water

    College Coach

    College Coac

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    Sequoia

    Melody Ranch

    Melody Ranch

    Women Without Names

    Women Withou

    You're in the Army Now

    You're in th

    Johnny Dark

    Johnny Dark

    And Sudden Death

    And Sudden D

    Let's Face It

    Let's Face I

    Sabotage

    Sabotage

    Sundown Jim

    Sundown Jim

    Down in San Diego

    Down in San

    Golden Harvest

    Golden Harve

    Riding Shotgun

    Riding Shotg

    The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

    The Challeng

    North to Alaska

    North to Ala

    Death on the Diamond

    Death on the

    Hey, Rookie

    Hey, Rookie

    Honeymoon Deferred

    Honeymoon De

    Saturday's Millions

    Saturday's M

    The Storm

    The Storm

    Taza, Son of Cochise

    Taza, Son of

    Wrecking Crew

    Wrecking Cre

    Cowboy in Manhattan

    Cowboy in Ma

    Deadline - U.S.A.

    Deadline - U

    The Whole Town's Talking

    The Whole To

    The Public Enemy

    The Public E

    Arsène Lupin

    Arsène Lupin

    College Rhythm

    College Rhyt

    Joe Palooka, Champ

    Joe Palooka,

    Crash Donovan

    Crash Donova

    Pride of the Marines

    Pride of the

    South of Dixie

    South of Dix

    Sleepy Lagoon

    Sleepy Lagoo

    You Can't Get Away with Murder

    You Can't Ge

    The Man from Montreal

    The Man from

    I Found Stella Parish

    I Found Stel

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    The Westerne

    The Notorious Sophie Lang

    The Notoriou

    Hold Your Man

    Hold Your Ma

    Slim

    Slim

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    Pride of Mar

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    1995

    Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

    asFrank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1992

    Legends of the West

    asCurley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'

    1991

    Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

    asSgt. Biff O'Hara

    1962

    How the West Was Won

    asRiverboat Officer (uncredited)

    1960

    North to Alaska

    asLand Commissioner

    1958

    The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

    asSgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

    1956

    The Killing

    asMike O'Reilly

    1956

    The Kettles in the Ozarks

    asBancroft Baines

    1954

    Johnny Dark

    asCarl Svenson

    1954

    Riding Shotgun

    asTom Biggert

    1954

    Taza, Son of Cochise

    asSgt. Hamma

    1953

    It Came from Outer Space

    asFrank Daylon

    1952

    Mr. Walkie Talkie

    asSgt. Ames

    1952

    Deadline - U.S.A.

    asWhitey Franks (uncredited)

    1952

    Red Skies of Montana

    asR. A. 'Pop' Miller

    1952

    Indian Uprising

    asSgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

    1951

    As You Were

    asSgt. Ames

    1951

    Comin' Round the Mountain

    asKalem McCoy

    1951

    Pride of Maryland

    asKnuckles

    1950

    The Flying Missile

    asFuss Payne

    1950

    Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

    asJake

    1950

    Operation Haylift

    asGeorge Swallow

    1950

    Blondie's Hero

    asSergeant Gateson

    1950

    The Traveling Saleswoman

    asCactus Jack

    1949

    And Baby Makes Three

    asPolice officer

    1949

    Deputy Marshal

    asEli Cressett

    1949

    Kazan

    asSandz Jepson

    1949

    Stagecoach Kid

    asThatcher

    1949

    The Lucky Stiff

    asTony

    1949

    The Gay Amigo

    asSergeant McNulty

    1949

    Tucson

    asTod Bryant

    1948

    The Untamed Breed

    asHoy Keegan

    1948

    Fighting Back

    asPolice Sergeant Scudder

    1948

    Coroner Creek

    asFrank Yordy

    1948

    Fighting Father Dunne

    asSteve Davis

    1948

    Here Comes Trouble

    asOfficer Ames

    1948

    Half Past Midnight

    asDet. Lt. Joe Nash

    1948

    If You Knew Susie

    asZero Zantini

    1947

    A Double Life

    asPete Bonner

    1947

    Big Town After Dark

    asMonk

    1947

    Roses Are Red

    asPolice Lt. Rocky Wall

    1947

    Christmas Eve

    asPrivate Detective

    1946

    G.I. War Brides

    asSgt. Frank Moraski

    1946

    Inside Job

    asPolice Capt. Thomas

    1946

    The Runaround

    asHutchins

    1946

    Joe Palooka, Champ

    asLefty

    1946

    Gilda

    asCasey

    1946

    Deadline at Dawn

    asBabe Dooley

    1945

    The Naughty Nineties

    asBailey

    1945

    Brewster's Millions

    asHacky Smith

    1945

    High Powered

    asSpike Kenny

    1944

    The Singing Sheriff

    asSquint

    1944

    Raiders of Ghost City

    asIdaho Jones

    1944

    South of Dixie

    asErnest Hatcher

    1944

    Hey, Rookie

    asSergeant

    1944

    Moon Over Las Vegas

    asJoe

    1943

    Tarzan's Desert Mystery

    asKarl Straeder

    1943

    Sleepy Lagoon

    asLumpy

    1943

    Tornado

    asCharlie Muscles

    1943

    Let's Face It

    asSgt. Wiggins

    1943

    Yanks Ahoy

    asSgt. Ames

    1943

    Alaska Highway

    asRoughhouse

    1943

    Hit the Ice

    asBuster

    1943

    Prairie Chickens

    asAlbertson

    1943

    Cowboy in Manhattan

    asLouie

    1943

    Buckskin Frontier

    asBrannigan

    1943

    Taxi, Mister

    asEddie Corbett

    1943

    The Outlaw

    asCharley Woodruff

    1942

    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    asEddie Corbett

    1942

    Fall In

    asSgt. Ames

    1942

    Wrecking Crew

    asFred Bunce

    1942

    A Letter From Bataan

    asRoy - John's Brother-in-Law

    1942

    About Face

    asSgt. William Ames

    1942

    Sundown Jim

    asBen Moffitt

    1942

    Brooklyn Orchid

    asEddie Corbett

    1942

    Hay Foot

    asSergeant Ames

    1941

    You're in the Army Now

    asSergeant Madden

    1941

    They Died with Their Boots On

    asSgt. Doolittle

    1941

    Swamp Water

    asHardy Ragan

    1941

    Down Mexico Way

    asAllen

    1941

    Sergeant York

    asSergeant Early

    1941

    Last of the Duanes

    asBull Lossomer

    1941

    Belle Starr

    asJohn Cole

    1941

    Tanks a Million

    asSgt. William Ames

    1941

    Down in San Diego

    asDutch

    1941

    The Lady from Cheyenne

    asSheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman

    1940

    Santa Fe Trail

    asKitzmiller

    1940

    The Border Legion

    asJim Gulden

    1940

    The Long Voyage Home

    asDavis

    1940

    Melody Ranch

    asJasper Wildhack

    1940

    Wildcat Bus

    asBurke

    1940

    Lucky Cisco Kid

    asBill Stevens

    1940

    Dark Command

    asBushropp

    1940

    King of the Lumberjacks

    asJigger

    1940

    The Grapes of Wrath

    asBookkeeper

    1940

    Women Without Names

    asPrincipal Keeper Grimley

    1940

    The House Across the Bay

    asCharlie

    1940

    Honeymoon Deferred

    asDetective James

    1939

    The Man from Montreal

    asBiff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)

    1939

    The Roaring Twenties

    asThe Sergeant

    1939

    Sabotage

    asGardner

    1939

    I Stole a Million

    asBillings

    1939

    Frontier Marshal

    asCurley Bill

    1939

    Inside Information

    asDetective Grazzi

    1939

    Confessions of a Nazi Spy

    asWerner Renz

    1939

    Union Pacific

    asShamus (uncredited)

    1939

    The Lady and the Mob

    asBlinky Mack

    1939

    You Can't Get Away with Murder

    asRed

    1938

    Gambling Ship

    asTony Garzoni

    1938

    Heart of the North

    asRed Crocker

    1938

    Always in Trouble

    asBuster Mussendorfer

    1938

    The Storm

    asKelly

    1938

    Passport Husband

    asDuke Selton

    1938

    Stolen Heaven

    asBako

    1938

    Tarzan's Revenge

    asOlaf Punch

    1937

    Behind the Criminal

    asRed Manders

    1937

    The Lady Fights Back

    asSwede Jannsen

    1937

    Reported Missing

    as'Brad' Martin

    1937

    A Dangerous Adventure

    asDutch

    1937

    Midnight Madonna

    asWolfe

    1937

    Slim

    asWindy Wilcox

    1937

    San Quentin

    as'Sailor Boy' Hansen

    1937

    They Gave Him a Gun

    asDoyle - Gangster (uncredited)

    1937

    Navy Blues

    asChips

    1937

    Black Legion

    asCliff Summers

    1936

    Great Guy

    asJoe Burton

    1936

    Rose Bowl

    asAnnouncer

    1936

    The Accusing Finger

    asFather Regan, chaplain

    1936

    Two in a Crowd

    asBonelli's Henchman

    1936

    Murder with Pictures

    asInspector Tom Bacon

    1936

    Crash Donovan

    asHenchman (uncredited)

    1936

    A Son Comes Home

    asFirst Truck Driver

    1936

    High Tension

    asTerry Madden

    1936

    And Sudden Death

    asPolice Sgt. Sanborn

    1936

    Special Investigator

    asJim Plummer

    1936

    Big Brown Eyes

    asJack Sully

    1936

    Pride of the Marines

    asTennessee

    1936

    The Country Doctor

    asJoe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)

    1936

    The Walking Dead

    as'Trigger' Smith

    1936

    The Leathernecks Have Landed

    asSgt. Regan

    1936

    The Petrified Forest

    asJackie

    1936

    Freshman Love

    asCoach Kendall

    1935

    Man of Iron

    asCrawford

    1935

    Frisco Kid

    asSlugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)

    1935

    I Found Stella Parish

    asChuck (as Joseph Sawyer)

    1935

    Moonlight on the Prairie

    asLuke Thomas

    1935

    Special Agent

    asRich - Chief Henchman

    1935

    Little Big Shot

    asDoré's Henchman

    1935

    Broadway Gondolier

    as'Red'

    1935

    The Arizonian

    asHenchman Keeler

    1935

    The Informer

    asBartly Mulholland

    1935

    Car 99

    asWhitey, burly henchman

    1935

    The Whole Town's Talking

    asMannion's Thug (uncredited)

    1935

    Sequoia

    asForest Ranger (uncredited)

    1934

    The Band Plays On

    asMr. Thomas

    1934

    The Westerner

    asBob Lockhart

    1934

    College Rhythm

    asSpud Miller

    1934

    Prescott Kid

    asMarshal Willoughby

    1934

    Gridiron Flash

    asCoach Eversmith

    1934

    The Case of the Howling Dog

    asCarl Trask (uncredited)

    1934

    Death on the Diamond

    as"Dunc" Spencer

    1934

    The Notorious Sophie Lang

    asBuilding Guard (uncredited)

    1934

    Sing and Like It

    asGunner - Hood

    1934

    Looking for Trouble

    asMax Stanley

    1934

    Jimmy the Gent

    asMike (uncredited)

    1933

    Son of a Sailor

    asSlug

    1933

    Eskimo

    asSergeant Hunt (uncredited)

    1933

    College Coach

    asHolcomb

    1933

    Ace of Aces

    asCaptain Daly

    1933

    Saturday's Millions

    asCoach

    1933

    Golden Harvest

    asFarmhand (uncredited)

    1933

    Three Cornered Moon

    asHead Lifeguard (uncredited)

    1933

    The Stranger's Return

    asThresher

    1933

    College Humor

    asTex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)

    1933

    Hold Your Man

    asPoliceman at Reformatory (uncredited)

    1932

    Huddle

    asSlater

    1932

    Arsène Lupin

    asLeroux (uncredited)

    1931

    Maker of Men

    asBennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)

    1931

    The Public Enemy

    asPool Player (uncredited)

    1930

    Campus Sweethearts

    as

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    (1 episode)asLeon Huff

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    (1 episode)as

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    (164 episode)as

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    (1 episode)asFighting Sam Brown

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    (1 episode)asChopper

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    (1 episode)asSgt. McEvoy