Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

b. 1906 — d. 1982 (aged 76) Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Actor Writer

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.

Known For

The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

Gilda

A Double Life

The Killing

Filmography

North to Alaska

North to Alaska

Land Commissioner

Master Sergeant Blackenhorn

The Killing

The Kettles in the Ozarks

The Kettles in the Ozarks

Bancroft Baines

Botsford's Beanery

Riding Shotgun

Taza, Son of Cochise

Taza, Son of Cochise

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Sgt. Biff O'Hara

Johnny Dark

It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space

Red Skies of Montana

Red Skies of Montana

R.A. (Pop) Miller

Indian Uprising

Indian Uprising

Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

Mr. Walkie Talkie

Mr. Walkie Talkie

Sgt. William Ames

Comin' Round the Mountain

Comin' Round the Mountain

As You Were

Pride of Maryland

Pride of Maryland

The Flying Missile

The Flying Missile

Quartermaster 'Fuss' Payne

Blondie's Hero

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Operation Haylift

Operation Haylift

1950 Actor Writer

The Traveling Saleswoman

The Traveling Saleswoman

Stagecoach Kid

Deputy Marshal

The Lucky Stiff

The Lucky Stiff

The Gay Amigo

Sergeant McNulty

Kazan

Tucson

Coroner Creek

Here Comes Trouble

Here Comes Trouble

Fighting Father Dunne

Fighting Father Dunne

If You Knew Susie

If You Knew Susie

The Untamed Breed

The Untamed Breed

Fighting Back

Police Sgt. Scudder

Half Past Midnight

Half Past Midnight

Det. Lt. Joe Nash

A Double Life

Big Town After Dark

Big Town After Dark

Roses Are Red

Police Lt. Rocky Wall

Gilda

Inside Job

Police Capt. Thomas

The Runaround

Joe Palooka, Champ

Joe Palooka, Champ

G.I. War Brides

G.I. War Brides

Sgt. Frank Moraski

The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions

High Powered

Raiders of Ghost City

Raiders of Ghost City

Hey, Rookie

The Singing Sheriff

The Singing Sheriff

Moon Over Las Vegas

Moon Over Las Vegas

South of Dixie

The Outlaw

Charley Woodruff

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Hit the Ice

Buckskin Frontier

Buckskin Frontier

Tornado

Charlie Boswell

Alaska Highway

Yanks Ahoy

Taxi, Mister

Prairie Chickens

Prairie Chickens

Sleepy Lagoon

Cowboy in Manhattan

Cowboy in Manhattan

Hay Foot

Brooklyn Orchid

Brooklyn Orchid

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

About Face

Wrecking Crew

Fall In

Sgt. William Ames

A Letter from Bataan

Roy - John's Brother-in-Law

Sundown Jim

Belle Starr

Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million

Sgt. William Ames

You're in the Army Now

You're in the Army Now

Sergeant Madden

Down Mexico Way

Down Mexico Way

Down in San Diego

Down in San Diego

Last of the Duanes

Last of the Duanes

The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home

Dark Command

The House Across the Bay

The House Across the Bay

Melody Ranch

Jasper Wildhack

Wildcat Bus

King of the Lumberjacks

King of the Lumberjacks

Jigger, a Lumberjack

The Border Legion

The Border Legion

Lucky Cisco Kid

Lucky Cisco Kid

Honeymoon Deferred

Honeymoon Deferred

Detective James

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

You Can't Get Away with Murder

You Can't Get Away with Murder

The Lady and the Mob

The Lady and the Mob

I Stole a Million

I Stole a Million

Sabotage

Man from Montreal

Man from Montreal

Inside Information

Inside Information

Detective Grazzi

Tarzan's Revenge

Tarzan's Revenge

Heart of the North

Heart of the North

James 'Red' Crocker

Always in Trouble

Always in Trouble

Buster Mussendorfer

Stolen Heaven

Gambling Ship

Passport Husband

Passport Husband

Black Legion

San Quentin

'Sailor Boy' Hansen

Slim

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