Joe Sawyer

Personal Info

Birthday

August 29, 1906

Day of Death

1982-04-21

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Joe Sauers

Joe Sauer

Joseph Sauers

Joseph Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

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.

Known For

Surfside 6

Sugarfoot

Lock-Up

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Killing

Sergeant York

How the West Was Won

Gilda

Filmography

1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Legends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
1991
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
1962
How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
1960
North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner
1958
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
1956
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines
1954
Johnny Dark
as Carl Svenson
Riding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma
1953
It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon
1952
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Sgt. Ames
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Red Skies of Montana
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Indian Uprising
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
1951
As You Were
as Sgt. Ames
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Kalem McCoy
1950
The Flying Missile
as Fuss Payne
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Jake
Operation Haylift
as George Swallow
Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Cactus Jack
1949
And Baby Makes Three
as Police officer
Deputy Marshal
as Eli Cressett
Kazan
as Sandz Jepson
Stagecoach Kid
as Thatcher
The Lucky Stiff
as Tony
The Gay Amigo
as Sergeant McNulty
Tucson
as Tod Bryant
1948
The Untamed Breed
as Hoy Keegan
Fighting Back
as Police Sergeant Scudder
Coroner Creek
as Frank Yordy
Fighting Father Dunne
as Steve Davis
Here Comes Trouble
as Officer Ames
Half Past Midnight
as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
If You Knew Susie
as Zero Zantini
1947
A Double Life
as Pete Bonner
Big Town After Dark
as Monk
Roses Are Red
as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Christmas Eve
as Private Detective
1946
G.I. War Brides
as Sgt. Frank Moraski
Inside Job
as Police Capt. Thomas
The Runaround
as Hutchins
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Lefty
Gilda
as Casey
Deadline at Dawn
as Babe Dooley
1945
The Naughty Nineties
as Bailey
Brewster's Millions
as Hacky Smith
High Powered
as Spike Kenny
1944
The Singing Sheriff
as Squint
Raiders of Ghost City
as Idaho Jones
South of Dixie
as Ernest Hatcher
Hey, Rookie
as Sergeant
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Joe
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as Karl Straeder
Sleepy Lagoon
as Lumpy
Tornado
as Charlie Muscles
Let's Face It
as Sgt. Wiggins
Yanks Ahoy
as Sgt. Ames
Alaska Highway
as Roughhouse
Hit the Ice
as Buster
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Louie
Prairie Chickens
as Albertson
Buckskin Frontier
as Brannigan
Taxi, Mister
as Eddie Corbett
The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff
1942
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Eddie Corbett
Fall In
as Sgt. Ames
Wrecking Crew
as Fred Bunce
A Letter From Bataan
as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
About Face
as Sgt. William Ames
Sundown Jim
as Ben Moffitt
Brooklyn Orchid
as Eddie Corbett
Hay Foot
as Sergeant Ames
1941
You're in the Army Now
as Sergeant Madden
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Doolittle
Swamp Water
as Hardy Ragan
Down Mexico Way
as Allen
Sergeant York
as Sergeant Early
Last of the Duanes
as Bull Lossomer
Belle Starr
as John Cole
Tanks a Million
as Sgt. William Ames
Down in San Diego
as Dutch
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Kitzmiller
The Border Legion
as Jim Gulden
The Long Voyage Home
as Davis
Melody Ranch
as Jasper Wildhack
Wildcat Bus
as Burke
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Bill Stevens
Dark Command
as Bushropp
King of the Lumberjacks
as Jigger
The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookkeeper
Women Without Names
as Principal Keeper Grimley
The House Across the Bay
as Charlie
Honeymoon Deferred
as Detective James
1939
The Man from Montreal
as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant
Sabotage
as Gardner
I Stole a Million
as Billings
Frontier Marshal
as Curley Bill
Inside Information
as Detective Grazzi
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Werner Renz
Union Pacific
as Shamus (uncredited)
The Lady and the Mob
as Blinky Mack
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Red
1938
Gambling Ship
as Tony Garzoni
Heart of the North
as Red Crocker
Always in Trouble
as Buster Mussendorfer
The Storm
as Kelly
Passport Husband
as Duke Selton
Stolen Heaven
as Bako
Tarzan's Revenge
as Olaf Punch
1937
Behind the Criminal
as Red Manders
The Lady Fights Back
as Swede Jannsen
Reported Missing
as 'Brad' Martin
A Dangerous Adventure
as Dutch
Midnight Madonna
as Wolfe
Slim
as Windy Wilcox
San Quentin
as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
They Gave Him a Gun
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
Navy Blues
as Chips
Black Legion
as Cliff Summers
1936
Great Guy
as Joe Burton
Rose Bowl
as Announcer
The Accusing Finger
as Father Reed, chaplain
Two in a Crowd
as Bonelli's Henchman
Murder with Pictures
as Inspector Tom Bacon
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
A Son Comes Home
as First Truck Driver
High Tension
as Terry Madden
And Sudden Death
as Police Sgt. Sanborn
Special Investigator
as Jim Plummer
Big Brown Eyes
as Jack Sully
Pride of the Marines
as Tennessee
The Country Doctor
as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
as 'Trigger' Smith
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Sgt. Regan
The Petrified Forest
as Jackie
Freshman Love
as Coach Kendall
1935
Man of Iron
as Crawford
Frisco Kid
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
I Found Stella Parish
as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Luke Thomas
Special Agent
as Rich - Chief Henchman
Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman
Broadway Gondolier
as 'Red'
The Arizonian
as Henchman Keeler
The Informer
as Bartly Mulholland
Car 99
as Whitey, burly henchman
The Whole Town's Talking
as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
Sequoia
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
1934
The Band Plays On
as Mr. Thomas
The Westerner
as Bob Lockhart
College Rhythm
as Spud Miller
Prescott Kid
as Marshal Willoughby
Gridiron Flash
as Coach Eversmith
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Carl Trask (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond
as "Dunc" Spencer
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Building Guard (uncredited)
Sing and Like It
as Gunner - Hood
Looking for Trouble
as Max Stanley
Jimmy the Gent
as Mike (uncredited)
1933
Son of a Sailor
as Slug
Eskimo
as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
College Coach
as Holcomb
Ace of Aces
as Captain Daly
Saturday's Millions
as Coach
Golden Harvest
as Farmhand (uncredited)
Three Cornered Moon
as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
The Stranger's Return
as Thresher
College Humor
as Tex Roust
Hold Your Man
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
1932
Huddle
as Slater
Arsène Lupin
as Leroux (uncredited)
1931
Maker of Men
as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
as Pool Player (uncredited)