Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name.
Early life
Sawyer was born August 29, 1906, as Joseph Sauer in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His parents were German. In his 20s he went to Los Angeles to pursue a career in films.
Career
Sawyer gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse. Productions in which he performed there included Quinneys, The Wolves, and White Wings.
Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in the The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin, 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. Sawyer also appeared on ABC's, Maverick, Sugarfoot, Peter Gunn, and Surfside 6 as well as NBC's Bat Masterson.
Death
Sawyer died April 21, 1982, in Ashland, Oregon, from liver cancer. He was 75. His interment was in Oregon.
Selected filmography
The Public Enemy as Pool player New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford as Willis the Newspaper Reporter Surrender as Sergeant MullerMaker of Men as Bennett the Monroe Coach Arsene Lupin as Leroux Shopworn as Construction Camp Worker Young Bride as Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite Huddle as SlaterForgotten Commandments as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff Olsen's Big Moment as 'Dapper' Danny ReynoldsHold Your Man as Policeman at Reformatory College Humor as Tex RoustThe Stranger's Return as Farmhand Three Cornered Moon as Swimming Pool Instructor Golden Harvest as Farmhand Saturday's Millions as CoachAce of Aces as Capt. DalyCollege Coach as HolcombEskimo as Sergeant Hunt Blood Money as Red Jimmy and Sally as Slug Morgan Son of a Sailor as Slug Jimmy the Gent as Mike Wharf Angel as Sailor on 'The Coyote' Looking for Trouble as Henchman Max StanleySing and Like It as Gunner – HoodStamboul Quest as Soldier Escorting Doktor The Notorious Sophie Lang as Building Guard Death on the Diamond as SpencerThe Case of the Howling Dog as Carl Trask Against the Law as McManus Gridiron Flash as Coach EversmithThe Prescott Kid as Marshal WilloughbyCollege Rhythm as Spud Miller Behold My Wife! as Morton The Westerner as Bob LockhartThe Band Plays On as Mr. ThomasSequoia as Forest Ranger The Whole Town's Talking as Nick, Mannion's Henchman Car 99 as WhiteyEight Bells as Gates Air Hawks as Henchman The Informer as Barty MulhollandThe Arizonian as Henchman KeelerBroadway Gondolier as 'Red'Man on the Flying Trapeze as Ambulance Driver Little Big Shot as Doré's Henchman #1Special Agent as Ned RichMoonlight on the Prairie as Luke ThomasI Found Stella Parish as ChuckFrisco Kid as Slugs CrippenMan of Iron as CrawfordFreshman Love as Coach KendallThe Petrified Forest as JackieThe Leathernecks Have Landed as Sgt. ReganThe Walking Dead as Trigger SmithThe Country Doctor as Joe, Logger lifting log Pride of the Marines as TennesseeBig Brown Eyes as Jack SullySpecial Investigator as Jim 'Jimmy' PlummerAnd Sudden Death as Police Sgt. SanbornHigh Tension as Terry MaddenA Son Comes Home as First Truck Driver Crash Donovan as Henchman Murder with Pictures as Inspector BaconTwo in a Crowd as Bonelli's HenchmanRose Bowl as Announcer The Accusing Finger as Father Reed – the PriestGreat Guy as BurtonBlack Legion as Cliff MooreNavy Blues as ChipsMotor Madness as Steve DolanThey Gave Him a Gun as Doyle – Gangster San Quentin as 'Sailor Boy' HansenSlim as WilcoxMidnight Madonna as WolfeA Dangerous Adventure as DutchReported Missing as 'Brad' MartinThe Lady Fights Back as Swede JannsenTarzan's Revenge as Olaf PunchStolen Heaven as BakoPassport Husband as Duke SeltonAlways in Trouble as Buster MussendorferThe Storm as Kelly – Wireless OperatorHeart of the North as Red CrockerGambling Ship as Tony GarzoniMy Son Is a Criminal as Policeman You Can't Get Away with Murder as RedThe Lady and the Mob as Blinky MackConfessions of a Nazi Spy as Werner RenzUnion Pacific as Shamus Inside Information as Detective GrazziFrontier Marshal as Curley BillI Stole a Million as BillingsRio as Prison Guard Sabotage as GardnerThe Roaring Twenties as Sergeant Pete JonesMan from Montreal as Biff Anders The Grapes of Wrath as Keene Ranch foremanHoneymoon Deferred as Detective JamesThe House Across the Bay as CharleyWomen Without Names as Principal Keeper Grimley Dark Command as BushroppKing of the Lumberjacks as Jigger, a LumberjackLucky Cisco Kid as Bill StevensWildcat Bus as BurkeThe Long Voyage Home as DavisMelody Ranch as Jasper WildhackThe Border Legion as Jim GuldenSanta Fe Trail as KitzmillerThe Lady from Cheyenne as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman Sergeant York as Sergeant EarlyDown in San Diego as DutchBelle Starr as John ColeTanks a Million as Sgt. William AmesLast of the Duanes as Bull LossomerDown Mexico Way as AllenSwamp Water as Hardy RaganThey Died with Their Boots On as Sergeant DoolittleYou're in the Army Now as Sergeant MaddenHay Foot as Sergeant AmesBrooklyn Orchid as Eddie CorbettSundown Jim as Ben MoffittWrecking Crew as Fred BunceFall In as Sgt. William AmesThe McGuerins from Brooklyn as Eddie CorbettThe Outlaw as Charley WoodruffPrairie Chickens as AlbertsonTaxi, Mister as Eddie CorbettBuckskin Frontier as BranniganCowboy in Manhattan as LouieHit the Ice as BusterAlaska Highway as RoughhouseYanks Ahoy as Sgt. AmesLet's Face It as Sergeant WigginsSleepy Lagoon as LumpyTarzan's Desert Mystery as Karl StraederTornado as Charlie BoswellMoon Over Las Vegas as JoeHey, Rookie as SergeantSouth of Dixie as Ernest HatcherRaiders of Ghost City as Idaho JonesThe Singing Sheriff as SquintHigh Powered as Spike KennyBrewster's Millions as Hacky SmithThe Naughty Nineties as BaileyDeadline at Dawn as Babe DooleyGilda as CaseyJoe Palooka, Champ as LeftyThe Runaround as HutchinsInside Job as Police Capt. ThomasG.I. War Brides as Sgt. Frank MoraskiChristmas Eve as Private Detective GimletRoses Are Red as Police Lt. Rocky WallBig Town After Dark as MonkA Double Life as Det. Pete BonnerIf You Knew Susie as Zero ZantiniHere Comes Trouble as Officer AmesHalf Past Midnight as Det. Lt. Joe NashFighting Father Dunne as Steve DavisCoroner Creek as Frank YordyFighting Back as Police Sgt. ScudderThe Untamed Breed as Hoy KeeganTwo Knights from Brooklyn as Eddie Corbett The Lucky Stiff as TonyKazan Tucson as Tod BryantThe Gay Amigo as Sergeant McNultyStagecoach Kid as ThatcherPinky as Sandz JepsonDeputy Marshall as Eli Cressett / Colt RedwoodAnd Baby Makes Three as Motorcycle Cop The Traveling Saleswoman as Cactus JackBlondie's Hero as Sgt. GatesonOperation Haylift as George SwallowCurtain Call at Cactus Creek as JakeThe Flying Missile as Quartermaster 'Fuss' PaynePride of Maryland as KnucklesComin' Round the Mountain as Kalem McCoyAs You Were as Sgt. AmesIndian Uprising as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. KeoghRed Skies of Montana as R.A. MillerDeadline – U.S.A. as Whitey Franks Mr. Walkie Talkie as Sgt. AmesIt Came from Outer Space as Frank DaylonTaza, Son of Cochise as Sgt. HammaRiding Shotgun as Tom BiggertJohnny Dark as Carl SvensonThe Kettles in the Ozarks as Bancroft BainesThe Killing as Mike O'ReillyThe Challenge of Rin Tin Tin as Sgt. 'Biff' O'HaraNew Comedy Showcase as Master Sergeant BlackenhornNorth to Alaska as Land CommissionerHow the West Was Won as Riverboat Officer