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Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Actor, Producer, Writer

Born August 29, 1906 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Died April 21, 1982

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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.

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The Universe According to Universal Poster

The Universe According to Universal Documentary2002Frank Daylon

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey Poster

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey Documentary1993Actor in 'It Came From Outer Space' Clip

TV's Western Heroes Poster

TV's Western Heroes Documentary1993Sgt. Biff O'Hara

Legends of the West Poster

Legends of the West Documentary1992Actor in 'Frontier Marshal'

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West Poster

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West Video1991Sgt. Biff O'Hara

The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 Poster

The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 Documentary1991Sgt. Major

How the West Was Won Poster

How the West Was Won Feature Film1962Riverboat Officer

Stories of the Century Poster

Stories of the Century TV Series1962Butch Cassidy

Everglades! Poster

Everglades! TV Series1961Marco Collins

Harrigan and Son Poster

Harrigan and Son TV Series1960Matt Collins

Maisie TV Movie1960Master Sergeant Blackenhorn

North to Alaska Poster

North to Alaska Feature Film1960Land Commissioner

Surfside 6 Poster

Surfside 6 TV Series1960Leon Huff

Lock Up TV Series1959Sgt. McEvoy

Bat Masterson Poster

Bat Masterson TV Series19581 episode, 1961

Frontier Doctor Poster

Frontier Doctor TV Series1958Butch Cassidy

Peter Gunn Poster

Peter Gunn TV Series1958Sam Granger

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin Poster

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin Feature Film1958Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

Maverick Poster

Maverick TV Series1957Sgt. Schumacher

Sugarfoot Poster

Sugarfoot TV Series1957Fighting Sam Brown

Two Knights from Brooklyn Poster

Two Knights from Brooklyn Feature Film1957Eddie Corbett

The Kettles in the Ozarks Poster

The Kettles in the Ozarks Feature Film1956Bancroft Baines

The Killing Poster

The Killing Feature Film1956Mike O'Reilly

Botsford's Beanery TV Movie1955Gambler

Adventures of the Falcon Poster

Adventures of the Falcon TV Series1954Harry Gault

It's a Great Life Poster

It's a Great Life TV Series1954Motorcycle Cop

Johnny Dark Poster

Johnny Dark Feature Film1954Carl Svenson

Riding Shotgun Poster

Riding Shotgun Feature Film1954Tom Biggert

Taza, Son of Cochise Poster

Taza, Son of Cochise Feature Film1954Sgt. Hamma

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Poster

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin TV Series1954Sgt. Biff O'Hara

The Halls of Ivy Poster

The Halls of Ivy TV Series19541 episode, 1954

It Came from Outer Space Poster

It Came from Outer Space Feature Film1953Frank Daylon

Deadline - U.S.A. Poster

Deadline - U.S.A. Feature Film1952Whitey Franks

Indian Uprising Poster

Indian Uprising Feature Film1952Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

Mr. Walkie Talkie Poster

Mr. Walkie Talkie Feature Film1952Sgt. William Ames

Red Skies of Montana Poster

Red Skies of Montana Feature Film1952R.A. Miller

The Abbott and Costello Show Poster

The Abbott and Costello Show TV Series1952Chopper

The Ford Television Theatre Poster

The Ford Television Theatre TV Series1952Joey Uptown

As You Were Poster

As You Were Feature Film1951Sgt. Ames

Comin' Round the Mountain Poster

Comin' Round the Mountain Feature Film1951Kalem McCoy

Pride of Maryland Poster

Pride of Maryland Feature Film1951Knuckles

Racket Squad Poster

Racket Squad TV Series1951Sgt. Gunner McGurn

Blondie's Hero Poster

Blondie's Hero Feature Film1950Sgt. Gateson

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek Poster

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek Feature Film1950Jake

Operation Haylift Poster

Operation Haylift Feature Film1950George Swallow

The Flying Missile Poster

The Flying Missile Feature Film1950Quartermaster 'Fuss' Payne

The Traveling Saleswoman Poster

The Traveling Saleswoman Feature Film1950Cactus Jack

And Baby Makes Three Poster

And Baby Makes Three Feature Film1949Motorcycle Cop

Deputy Marshal Poster

Deputy Marshal Feature Film1949Eli Cressett

Kazan Feature Film1949Sandz Jepson

Stagecoach Kid Poster

Stagecoach Kid Feature Film1949Thatcher

The Gay Amigo Poster

The Gay Amigo Feature Film1949Sergeant McNulty

The Lucky Stiff Poster

The Lucky Stiff Feature Film1949Tony

Tucson Feature Film1949Tod Bryant

Coroner Creek Poster

Coroner Creek Feature Film1948Frank Yordy

Fighting Back Poster

Fighting Back Feature Film1948Police Sgt. Scudder

Fighting Father Dunne Poster

Fighting Father Dunne Feature Film1948Steve Davis

Half Past Midnight Poster

Half Past Midnight Feature Film1948Det. Lt. Joe Nash

Here Comes Trouble Poster

Here Comes Trouble Feature Film1948Officer Ames

If You Knew Susie Poster

If You Knew Susie Feature Film1948Zero Zantini

The Untamed Breed Poster

The Untamed Breed Feature Film1948Hoy Keegan

A Double Life Poster

A Double Life Feature Film1947Pete Bonner

Big Town After Dark Poster

Big Town After Dark Feature Film1947Monk

Christmas Eve Poster

Christmas Eve Feature Film1947Private Detective Gimlet

Roses Are Red Poster

Roses Are Red Feature Film1947Police Lt. Rocky Wall

Deadline at Dawn Poster

Deadline at Dawn Feature Film1946Babe Dooley

G.I. War Brides Poster

G.I. War Brides Feature Film1946Sgt. Frank Moraski

Gilda Feature Film1946Casey

Inside Job Poster

Inside Job Feature Film1946Police Capt. Thomas

Joe Palooka, Champ Poster

Joe Palooka, Champ Feature Film1946Lefty

The Runaround Poster

The Runaround Feature Film1946Hutchins

Brewster's Millions Poster

Brewster's Millions Feature Film1945Hacky Smith

High Powered Poster

High Powered Feature Film1945Spike Kenny

The Naughty Nineties Poster

The Naughty Nineties Feature Film1945Bailey

Hey, Rookie Poster

Hey, Rookie Feature Film1944Sergeant

Moon Over Las Vegas Poster

Moon Over Las Vegas Feature Film1944Joe

Raiders of Ghost City Poster

Raiders of Ghost City Feature Film1944Idaho Jones

South of Dixie Poster

South of Dixie Feature Film1944Ernest Hatcher

The Singing Sheriff Poster

The Singing Sheriff Feature Film1944Squint

Alaska Highway Poster

Alaska Highway Feature Film1943Roughhouse

Buckskin Frontier Poster

Buckskin Frontier Feature Film1943Brannigan

Cowboy in Manhattan Poster

Cowboy in Manhattan Feature Film1943Louie

Hit the Ice Poster

Hit the Ice Feature Film1943Buster

Let's Face It Poster

Let's Face It Feature Film1943Sergeant Wiggins

Prairie Chickens Poster

Prairie Chickens Feature Film1943Albertson

Sleepy Lagoon Poster

Sleepy Lagoon Feature Film1943Lumpy

Tarzan's Desert Mystery Poster

Tarzan's Desert Mystery Feature Film1943Karl Straeder

Taxi, Mister Poster

Taxi, Mister Feature Film1943Eddie Corbett

The Outlaw Poster

The Outlaw Feature Film1943Charley Woodruff

Tornado Feature Film1943Charlie Boswell

Yanks Ahoy Poster

Yanks Ahoy Feature Film1943Sgt. Ames

A Letter from Bataan Poster

A Letter from Bataan Short Film1942Roy - John's Brother-in-Law

About Face Poster

About Face Short Film1942Sgt. Ames

Brooklyn Orchid Poster

Brooklyn Orchid Feature Film1942Eddie Corbett

Fall In Feature Film1942Sgt. William Ames

Hay Foot Poster

Hay Foot Feature Film1942Sergeant Ames

Sundown Jim Poster

Sundown Jim Feature Film1942Ben Moffitt

The McGuerins from Brooklyn Poster

The McGuerins from Brooklyn Feature Film1942Eddie Corbett

Wrecking Crew Poster

Wrecking Crew Feature Film1942Fred Bunce

Belle Starr Poster

Belle Starr Feature Film1941John Cole

Down in San Diego Poster

Down in San Diego Feature Film1941Dutch

Down Mexico Way Poster

Down Mexico Way Feature Film1941Allen

Last of the Duanes Poster

Last of the Duanes Feature Film1941Bull Lossomer

Sergeant York Poster

Sergeant York Feature Film1941Sgt. Early

Swamp Water Poster

Swamp Water Feature Film1941Hardy Ragan

Tanks a Million Poster

Tanks a Million Feature Film1941Sgt. William Ames

The Lady from Cheyenne Poster

The Lady from Cheyenne Feature Film1941Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman

They Died with Their Boots On Poster

They Died with Their Boots On Feature Film1941Sgt. Doolittle

You're in the Army Now Poster

You're in the Army Now Feature Film1941Sergeant Madden

Dark Command Poster

Dark Command Feature Film1940Bushropp

Honeymoon Deferred Poster

Honeymoon Deferred Feature Film1940Detective James

King of the Lumberjacks Poster

King of the Lumberjacks Feature Film1940Jigger, a Lumberjack

Lucky Cisco Kid Poster

Lucky Cisco Kid Feature Film1940Bill Stevens

Melody Ranch Poster

Melody Ranch Feature Film1940Jasper Wildhack

Santa Fe Trail Poster

Santa Fe Trail Feature Film1940Kitzmiller

The Border Legion Poster

The Border Legion Feature Film1940Jim Gulden

The Grapes of Wrath Poster

The Grapes of Wrath Feature Film1940Keene Ranch Foreman

The House Across the Bay Poster

The House Across the Bay Feature Film1940Charley

The Long Voyage Home Poster

The Long Voyage Home Feature Film1940Davis

Wildcat Bus Poster

Wildcat Bus Feature Film1940Burke

Women Without Names Poster

Women Without Names Feature Film1940Principal Keeper Grimley

Confessions of a Nazi Spy Poster

Confessions of a Nazi Spy Feature Film1939Werner Renz

Frontier Marshal Poster

Frontier Marshal Feature Film1939Curley Bill

I Stole a Million Poster

I Stole a Million Feature Film1939Billings

Inside Information Poster

Inside Information Feature Film1939Detective Grazzi

Man from Montreal Poster

Man from Montreal Feature Film1939Biff Anders

My Son Is a Criminal Poster

My Son Is a Criminal Feature Film1939Policeman

Rio Feature Film1939Prison Guard

Sabotage Poster

Sabotage Feature Film1939Gardner

The Lady and the Mob Poster

The Lady and the Mob Feature Film1939Blinky Mack

The Roaring Twenties Poster

The Roaring Twenties Feature Film1939The Sergeant - Pete Jones

Union Pacific Poster

Union Pacific Feature Film1939Shamus

You Can't Get Away with Murder Poster

You Can't Get Away with Murder Feature Film1939Red

Always in Trouble Poster

Always in Trouble Feature Film1938Buster Mussendorfer

Gambling Ship Poster

Gambling Ship Feature Film1938Tony Garzoni

Heart of the North Poster

Heart of the North Feature Film1938James 'Red' Crocker

Passport Husband Poster

Passport Husband Feature Film1938Duke Selton

Stolen Heaven Poster

Stolen Heaven Feature Film1938Bakó

Tarzan's Revenge Poster

Tarzan's Revenge Feature Film1938Olaf Punch

The Storm Poster

The Storm Feature Film1938Bill Kelly

A Dangerous Adventure Poster

A Dangerous Adventure Feature Film1937Dutch

Behind the Criminal Poster

Behind the Criminal Short Film1937Red Manders

Black Legion Poster

Black Legion Feature Film1937Cliff Moore

Midnight Madonna Poster

Midnight Madonna Feature Film1937Wolfe

Motor Madness Poster

Motor Madness Feature Film1937Steve Dolan

Navy Blues Poster

Navy Blues Feature Film1937Chips

Reported Missing! Poster

Reported Missing! Feature Film1937'Brad' Martin

San Quentin Poster

San Quentin Feature Film1937'Sailor Boy' Hansen

Slim Feature Film1937Wilcox

The Lady Fights Back Poster

The Lady Fights Back Feature Film1937Swede Jannsen

They Gave Him a Gun Poster

They Gave Him a Gun Feature Film1937Doyle - Gangster

A Son Comes Home Poster

A Son Comes Home Feature Film1936First Truck Driver

And Sudden Death Poster

And Sudden Death Feature Film1936Police Sgt. Sanborn

Big Brown Eyes Poster

Big Brown Eyes Feature Film1936Jack Sully

Crash Donovan Poster

Crash Donovan Feature Film1936Henchman

Great Guy Poster

Great Guy Feature Film1936Burton

High Tension Poster

High Tension Feature Film1936Terry Madden

Murder with Pictures Poster

Murder with Pictures Feature Film1936Inspector Bacon

Pride of the Marines Poster

Pride of the Marines Feature Film1936Tennessee

Rose Bowl Poster

Rose Bowl Feature Film1936Announcer

Special Investigator Poster

Special Investigator Feature Film1936Jim 'Jimmy' Plummer

The Accusing Finger Poster

The Accusing Finger Feature Film1936Father Reed - the Priest

The Country Doctor Poster

The Country Doctor Feature Film1936Joe - Logger Lifting Log

The Leathernecks Have Landed Poster

The Leathernecks Have Landed Feature Film1936Sgt. Regan

The Petrified Forest Poster

The Petrified Forest Feature Film1936Jackie

The Walking Dead Poster

The Walking Dead Feature Film1936Trigger Smith

Two in a Crowd Poster

Two in a Crowd Feature Film1936Bonelli's Henchman

Air Hawks Poster

Air Hawks Feature Film1935Henchman

Broadway Gondolier Poster

Broadway Gondolier Feature Film1935'Red'

Car 99 Feature Film1935Whitey

Eight Bells Poster

Eight Bells Feature Film1935Gates

Freshman Love Poster

Freshman Love Feature Film1935Coach Kendall

Frisco Kid Poster

Frisco Kid Feature Film1935Slugs Crippen

I Found Stella Parish Poster

I Found Stella Parish Feature Film1935Chuck

Little Big Shot Poster

Little Big Shot Feature Film1935Doré's Henchman

Man of Iron Poster

Man of Iron Feature Film1935Crawford

Man on the Flying Trapeze Poster

Man on the Flying Trapeze Feature Film1935Ambulance Driver

Moonlight on the Prairie Poster

Moonlight on the Prairie Feature Film1935Luke Thomas

Special Agent Poster

Special Agent Feature Film1935Ned Rich

The Arizonian Poster

The Arizonian Feature Film1935Henchman Keeler

The Informer Poster

The Informer Feature Film1935Barty Mulholland

The Whole Town's Talking Poster

The Whole Town's Talking Feature Film1935Nick - Mannion's Henchman

Against the Law Poster

Against the Law Feature Film1934McManus

Behold My Wife! Poster

Behold My Wife! Feature Film1934Morton

College Rhythm Poster

College Rhythm Feature Film1934Spud Miller

Death on the Diamond Poster

Death on the Diamond Feature Film1934Spencer

Gridiron Flash Poster

Gridiron Flash Feature Film1934Coach Eversmith

Jimmy the Gent Poster

Jimmy the Gent Feature Film1934Mike

Looking for Trouble Poster

Looking for Trouble Feature Film1934Henchman Max Stanley

Sequoia Feature Film1934Forest Ranger

Sing and Like It Poster

Sing and Like It Feature Film1934Gunner - Hood

Stamboul Quest Poster

Stamboul Quest Feature Film1934Soldier Escorting Doktor

The Band Plays On Poster

The Band Plays On Feature Film1934Mr. Thomas

The Case of the Howling Dog Poster

The Case of the Howling Dog Feature Film1934Carl Trask

The Notorious Sophie Lang Poster

The Notorious Sophie Lang Feature Film1934Building Guard

The Prescott Kid Poster

The Prescott Kid Feature Film1934Marshal Willoughby

The Westerner Poster

The Westerner Feature Film1934Bob Lockhart

Wharf Angel Poster

Wharf Angel Feature Film1934Sailor on 'The Coyote'

Ace of Aces Poster

Ace of Aces Feature Film1933Capt. Daly

Blood Money Poster

Blood Money Feature Film1933Red

College Coach Poster

College Coach Feature Film1933Holcomb

College Humor Poster

College Humor Feature Film1933Tex Roust

Eskimo Feature Film1933Sergeant Hunt

Golden Harvest Poster

Golden Harvest Feature Film1933Farmhand

Hold Your Man Poster

Hold Your Man Feature Film1933Policeman at Reformatory

Jimmy and Sally Poster

Jimmy and Sally Feature Film1933Slug Morgan

Olsen's Big Moment Poster

Olsen's Big Moment Feature Film1933'Dapper' Danny Reynolds

Saturday's Millions Poster

Saturday's Millions Feature Film1933Coach

Son of a Sailor Poster

Son of a Sailor Feature Film1933Slug

The Stranger's Return Poster

The Stranger's Return Feature Film1933Farmhand

Three Cornered Moon Poster

Three Cornered Moon Feature Film1933Swimming Pool Instructor

Arsène Lupin Poster

Arsène Lupin Feature Film1932Leroux

Forgotten Commandments Poster

Forgotten Commandments Feature Film1932Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff

Huddle Feature Film1932Slater

Shopworn Poster

Shopworn Feature Film1932Construction Camp Doctor

Young Bride Poster

Young Bride Feature Film1932Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite

Maker of Men Poster

Maker of Men Feature Film1931Bennett the Monroe Coach

New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford Poster

New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford Feature Film1931Willis the Newspaper Reporter

Surrender Poster

Surrender Feature Film1931Sergeant Muller

The Public Enemy Poster

The Public Enemy Feature Film1931Pool Player

Campus Sweethearts Short Film1930

Producer

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Operation Haylift Poster

Operation Haylift Feature Film1950

Writer

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Operation Haylift Poster

Operation Haylift Feature Film1950

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