Joe Sawyer
- Acting
- August 29, 1906 · Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- April 21, 1982
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey · Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Legends of the West · Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West · Sgt. Biff O'Hara
- How the West Was Won · Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
- Everglades
- North to Alaska · Land Commissioner
- Harrigan and Son
- Surfside 6 · Leon Huff
- Lock-Up · Sgt. McEvoy
- Peter Gunn
- The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin · Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
- Sugarfoot · Fighting Sam Brown
- The Killing · Mike O'Reilly
- The Kettles in the Ozarks · Bancroft Baines
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
- Johnny Dark · Carl Svenson
- Riding Shotgun · Tom Biggert
- Taza, Son of Cochise · Sgt. Hamma
- It Came from Outer Space · Frank Daylon
- The Abbott and Costello Show · Chopper
- Mr. Walkie Talkie · Sgt. Ames
- Deadline - U.S.A. · Whitey Franks (uncredited)
- Red Skies of Montana · R. A. 'Pop' Miller
- Indian Uprising · Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
- As You Were · Sgt. Ames
- Comin' Round the Mountain · Kalem McCoy
- Racket Squad
- Pride of Maryland · Knuckles
- The Flying Missile · Fuss Payne
- Curtain Call at Cactus Creek · Jake
- Operation Haylift · George Swallow, Writer
- Blondie's Hero · Sergeant Gateson
- The Traveling Saleswoman · Cactus Jack
- And Baby Makes Three · Police officer
- Deputy Marshal · Eli Cressett
- Kazan · Sandz Jepson
- Stagecoach Kid · Thatcher
- The Lucky Stiff · Tony
- The Gay Amigo · Sergeant McNulty
- Tucson · Tod Bryant
- The Untamed Breed · Hoy Keegan
- Ford Theatre
- Fighting Back · Police Sergeant Scudder
- Coroner Creek · Frank Yordy
- Fighting Father Dunne · Steve Davis
- Here Comes Trouble · Officer Ames
- Half Past Midnight · Det. Lt. Joe Nash
- If You Knew Susie · Zero Zantini
- A Double Life · Pete Bonner
- Big Town After Dark · Monk
- Roses Are Red · Police Lt. Rocky Wall
- Christmas Eve · Private Detective
- G.I. War Brides · Sgt. Frank Moraski
- Inside Job · Police Capt. Thomas
- The Runaround · Hutchins
- Joe Palooka, Champ · Lefty
- Gilda · Casey
- Deadline at Dawn · Babe Dooley
- The Naughty Nineties · Bailey
- Brewster's Millions · Hacky Smith
- High Powered · Spike Kenny
- The Singing Sheriff · Squint
- Raiders of Ghost City · Idaho Jones
- South of Dixie · Ernest Hatcher
- Hey, Rookie · Sergeant
- Moon Over Las Vegas · Joe
- Tarzan's Desert Mystery · Karl Straeder
- Sleepy Lagoon · Lumpy
- Tornado · Charlie Muscles
- Let's Face It · Sgt. Wiggins
- Yanks Ahoy · Sgt. Ames
- Alaska Highway · Roughhouse
- Hit the Ice · Buster
- Prairie Chickens · Albertson
- Cowboy in Manhattan · Louie
- Buckskin Frontier · Brannigan
- Taxi, Mister · Eddie Corbett
- The Outlaw · Charley Woodruff
- The McGuerins from Brooklyn · Eddie Corbett
- Fall In · Sgt. Ames