Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Known for

Acting

Born

August 29, 1906

Birthplace

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Died

April 21, 1982 (aged 75)

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...

Best known work

The Killing
The Killing
1956
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Gilda
Gilda
1946
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1962
The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy
1931
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
1939
It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space
1953
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
1941
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest
1936
North to Alaska
North to Alaska
1960

Filmography

  1. 1995

    Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

    as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 1992

    Legends of the West

    as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  3. 1991

  4. 1962

    How the West Was Won

    as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

  5. 1961

    EvergladesTV
  6. 1960

    North to Alaska

    as Land Commissioner

  7. 1960

  8. 1960

    Surfside 6TV

    as Leon Huff (1 episode)

  9. 1959

    Lock-UpTV

    as Sgt. McEvoy (1 episode)

  10. 1958

  11. 1958

    The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

    as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

  12. 1957

    SugarfootTV

    as Fighting Sam Brown (1 episode)

  13. 1956

    The Killing

    as Mike O'Reilly

  14. 1956

    The Kettles in the Ozarks

    as Bancroft Baines

  15. 1954

  16. 1954

    Johnny Dark

    as Carl Svenson

  17. 1954

    Riding Shotgun

    as Tom Biggert

  18. 1954

  19. 1953

  20. 1952

    The Abbott and Costello ShowTV

    as Chopper (1 episode)

  21. 1952

    Mr. Walkie Talkie

    as Sgt. Ames

  22. 1952

    Deadline - U.S.A.

    as Whitey Franks (uncredited)

  23. 1952

    Red Skies of Montana

    as R. A. 'Pop' Miller

  24. 1952

    Indian Uprising

    as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

  25. 1951

    As You Were

    as Sgt. Ames

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