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Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

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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

Born

Aug 29, 1906

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Died

Apr 21, 1982

Known For

Acting

Movies

182 acting

2 crew

Popularity

0.9

Known For

The Killing
The Killing
1956 • as Mike O'Reilly
★ 7.6
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1962 • as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Gilda
Gilda
1946 • as Casey
★ 7.5
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 • as Bookkeeper
★ 7.8
The Outlaw
The Outlaw
1943 • as Charley Woodruff
★ 5.4
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
1941 • as Sergeant Early
★ 7.2
North to Alaska
North to Alaska
1960 • as Land Commissioner
★ 6.5
Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 • as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Special Agent
Special Agent
1935 • as Rich - Chief Henchman
★ 6.1
Stolen Heaven
Stolen Heaven
1938 • as Bako
★ 7.0
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin
1932 • as Leroux (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy
1931 • as Pool Player (uncredited)
★ 7.3
It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space
1953 • as Frank Daylon
★ 6.3
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 • as Sgt. Doolittle
★ 6.7
Passport Husband
Passport Husband
1938 • as Duke Selton
★ 7.0
Slim
Slim
1937 • as Windy Wilcox
★ 6.5
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
1939 • as The Sergeant
★ 7.5
Coroner Creek
Coroner Creek
1948 • as Frank Yordy
★ 6.2
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 • as Shamus (uncredited)
★ 6.7
I Found Stella Parish
I Found Stella Parish
1935 • as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
★ 7.3
The Case of the Howling Dog
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934 • as Carl Trask (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home
1940 • as Davis
★ 6.6
Jimmy the Gent
Jimmy the Gent
1934 • as Mike (uncredited)
★ 6.4
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest
1936 • as Jackie
★ 7.1
Hay Foot
Hay Foot
1942 • as Sergeant Ames
★ 6.2
Belle Starr
Belle Starr
1941 • as John Cole
★ 5.9
Comin' Round the Mountain
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 • as Kalem McCoy
★ 6.1
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943 • as Karl Straeder
★ 6.1
Riding Shotgun
Riding Shotgun
1954 • as Tom Biggert
★ 6.0
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
1940 • as Kitzmiller
★ 5.7
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
1936 • as 'Trigger' Smith
★ 6.3
The Naughty Nineties
The Naughty Nineties
1945 • as Bailey
★ 6.7
The Whole Town's Talking
The Whole Town's Talking
1935 • as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 • as Werner Renz
★ 6.1
They Gave Him a Gun
They Gave Him a Gun
1937 • as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Taza, Son of Cochise
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954 • as Sgt. Hamma
★ 5.6
Motor Madness
Motor Madness
1937 • as Steve Dolan
★ 10.0
King of the Lumberjacks
King of the Lumberjacks
1940 • as Jigger
★ 3.7
Dark Command
Dark Command
1940 • as Bushropp
★ 6.4
Death on the Diamond
Death on the Diamond
1934 • as "Dunc" Spencer
★ 7.3
Here Comes Trouble
Here Comes Trouble
1948 • as Officer Ames
★ 5.2
Two in a Crowd
Two in a Crowd
1936 • as Bonelli's Henchman
★ 8.0
G.I. War Brides
G.I. War Brides
1946 • as Sgt. Frank Moraski
★ 9.0
Huddle
Huddle
1932 • as Slater
★ 7.0
Black Legion
Black Legion
1937 • as Cliff Summers
★ 6.6
Heart of the North
Heart of the North
1938 • as Red Crocker
★ 5.2
The Informer
The Informer
1935 • as Bartly Mulholland
★ 6.8
Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice
1943 • as Buster
★ 6.1
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 • as Sgt. Ames
★ 6.5
The House Across the Bay
The House Across the Bay
1940 • as Charlie
★ 5.6
Tucson
Tucson
1949 • as Tod Bryant
★ 7.5
About Face
About Face
1942 • as Sgt. William Ames
★ 6.6
Red Skies of Montana
Red Skies of Montana
1952 • as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
★ 6.0
You Can't Get Away with Murder
★ 5.8
A Double Life
A Double Life
1947 • as Pete Bonner
★ 6.4
College Coach
College Coach
1933 • as Holcomb
★ 4.6
Legends of the West
Legends of the West
1992 • as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger
The Accusing Finger
1936 • as Father Regan, chaplain
★ 5.8
The Notorious Sophie Lang
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934 • as Building Guard (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Ace of Aces
Ace of Aces
1933 • as Captain Daly
★ 5.9
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 • as Eddie Corbett
★ 6.7
And Baby Makes Three
And Baby Makes Three
1949 • as Police officer
★ 5.1
You're in the Army Now
You're in the Army Now
1941 • as Sergeant Madden
★ 4.4
The Leathernecks Have Landed
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936 • as Sgt. Regan
★ 7.0
Big Town After Dark
Big Town After Dark
1947 • as Monk
★ 5.5
Broadway Gondolier
Broadway Gondolier
1935 • as 'Red'
★ 6.0
Looking for Trouble
Looking for Trouble
1934 • as Max Stanley
★ 6.7
The Stranger's Return
The Stranger's Return
1933 • as Thresher
★ 6.2
Kazan
Kazan
1949 • as Sandz Jepson
★ 7.0
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
1945 • as Hacky Smith
★ 6.7
If You Knew Susie
If You Knew Susie
1948 • as Zero Zantini
★ 7.3
Johnny Dark
Johnny Dark
1954 • as Carl Svenson
★ 5.8
Let's Face It
Let's Face It
1943 • as Sgt. Wiggins
★ 5.4
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
★ 6.4
Son of a Sailor
Son of a Sailor
1933 • as Slug
★ 6.0
I Stole a Million
I Stole a Million
1939 • as Billings
★ 8.0
Raiders of Ghost City
Raiders of Ghost City
1944 • as Idaho Jones
★ 7.0
The Flying Missile
The Flying Missile
1950 • as Fuss Payne
★ 5.3
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal
1939 • as Curley Bill
★ 6.3
Olsen’s Big Moment
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933 • as Dapper' Danny Reynolds
★ 9.0
Frisco Kid
Frisco Kid
1935 • as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
★ 7.0
Deadline at Dawn
Deadline at Dawn
1946 • as Babe Dooley
★ 6.2
Down Mexico Way
Down Mexico Way
1941 • as Allen
★ 10.0
College Humor
College Humor
1933 • as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
★ 5.6
Moon Over Las Vegas
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944 • as Joe
★ 10.0
Fighting Back
Fighting Back
1948 • as Police Sergeant Scudder
★ 6.7
Joe Palooka, Champ
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946 • as Lefty
★ 8.0
The Country Doctor
The Country Doctor
1936 • as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
1947 • as Private Detective
★ 5.4
Great Guy
Great Guy
1936 • as Joe Burton
★ 6.3
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995 • as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Blondie's Hero
Blondie's Hero
1950 • as Sergeant Gateson
★ 6.8
Murder with Pictures
Murder with Pictures
1936 • as Inspector Tom Bacon
★ 5.4
Freshman Love
Freshman Love
1936 • as Coach Kendall
★ 7.0
South of Dixie
South of Dixie
1944 • as Ernest Hatcher
★ 10.0
Swamp Water
Swamp Water
1941 • as Hardy Ragan
★ 6.4
movie
★ 10.0
The Kettles in the Ozarks
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956 • as Bancroft Baines
★ 6.4
Stagecoach Kid
Stagecoach Kid
1949 • as Thatcher
★ 7.3
Big Brown Eyes
Big Brown Eyes
1936 • as Jack Sully
★ 6.2
San Quentin
San Quentin
1937 • as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
★ 6.7
The Lady from Cheyenne
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 • as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
★ 5.7
Always in Trouble
Always in Trouble
1938 • as Buster Mussendorfer
★ 7.3
Last of the Duanes
Last of the Duanes
1941 • as Bull Lossomer
★ 6.5
Moonlight on the Prairie
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935 • as Luke Thomas
★ 6.8
The Lucky Stiff
The Lucky Stiff
1949 • as Tony
★ 5.8
Hold Your Man
Hold Your Man
1933 • as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Lady and the Mob
The Lady and the Mob
1939 • as Blinky Mack
★ 6.7
Melody Ranch
Melody Ranch
1940 • as Jasper Wildhack
★ 6.2
As You Were
As You Were
1951 • as Sgt. Ames
★ 7.5
High Tension
High Tension
1936 • as Terry Madden
★ 5.8
Honeymoon Deferred
Honeymoon Deferred
1940 • as Detective James
★ 8.0
Sabotage
Sabotage
1939 • as Gardner
★ 6.6
Lucky Cisco Kid
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940 • as Bill Stevens
★ 6.0
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines
1936 • as Tennessee
★ 8.0
Eskimo
Eskimo
1933 • as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest
1933 • as Farmhand (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Arizonian
The Arizonian
1935 • as Henchman Keeler
★ 8.0
The Man from Montreal
The Man from Montreal
1939 • as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
★ 4.9
Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash
1934 • as Coach Eversmith
★ 4.8
Tarzan's Revenge
Tarzan's Revenge
1938 • as Olaf Punch
★ 4.8
The Runaround
The Runaround
1946 • as Hutchins
★ 6.5
Inside Job
Inside Job
1946 • as Police Capt. Thomas
★ 5.9
A Dangerous Adventure
A Dangerous Adventure
1937 • as Dutch
★ 5.5
The Storm
The Storm
1938 • as Kelly
★ 7.0
Cowboy in Manhattan
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943 • as Louie
★ 7.0
The Border Legion
The Border Legion
1940 • as Jim Gulden
★ 5.0
Maker of Men
Maker of Men
1931 • as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
★ 7.0
And Sudden Death
And Sudden Death
1936 • as Police Sgt. Sanborn
★ 8.0
Sundown Jim
Sundown Jim
1942 • as Ben Moffitt
★ 10.0
Sleepy Lagoon
Sleepy Lagoon
1943 • as Lumpy
★ 5.0
Sing and Like It
Sing and Like It
1934 • as Gunner - Hood
★ 5.0
Three Cornered Moon
Three Cornered Moon
1933 • as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Women Without Names
Women Without Names
1940 • as Principal Keeper Grimley
★ 4.7
Operation Haylift
Operation Haylift
1950 • as George Swallow
★ 5.0
The Band Plays On
The Band Plays On
1934 • as Mr. Thomas
★ 8.3
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991 • as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
★ 7.3
movie
The Lady Fights Back
1937 • as Swede Jannsen
★ 7.0
Little Big Shot
Little Big Shot
1935 • as Doré's Henchman
★ 7.3
Indian Uprising
Indian Uprising
1952 • as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
★ 6.5
Crash Donovan
Crash Donovan
1936 • as Henchman (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Special Investigator
Special Investigator
1936 • as Jim Plummer
★ 5.4
Down in San Diego
Down in San Diego
1941 • as Dutch
★ 6.7
Pride of Maryland
Pride of Maryland
1951 • as Knuckles
★ 9.0
Reported Missing
Reported Missing
1937 • as 'Brad' Martin
★ 10.0
Yanks Ahoy
Yanks Ahoy
1943 • as Sgt. Ames
★ 6.6
Man of Iron
Man of Iron
1935 • as Crawford
★ 7.0
The Untamed Breed
The Untamed Breed
1948 • as Hoy Keegan
★ 5.0
A Son Comes Home
A Son Comes Home
1936 • as First Truck Driver
★ 4.0
Midnight Madonna
Midnight Madonna
1937 • as Wolfe
★ 8.0
A Letter From Bataan
A Letter From Bataan
1942 • as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
★ 5.2
High Powered
High Powered
1945 • as Spike Kenny
★ 5.2
Deputy Marshal
Deputy Marshal
1949 • as Eli Cressett
★ 6.3
Navy Blues
Navy Blues
1937 • as Chips
★ 6.0
Wildcat Bus
Wildcat Bus
1940 • as Burke
★ 5.4
Prairie Chickens
Prairie Chickens
1943 • as Albertson
★ 8.0
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl
1936 • as Announcer
★ 7.0
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958 • as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
★ 9.5
Car 99
Car 99
1935 • as Whitey, burly henchman
★ 7.5
Tornado
Tornado
1943 • as Charlie Muscles
★ 5.7
Roses Are Red
Roses Are Red
1947 • as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
★ 5.7
Fighting Father Dunne
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 • as Steve Davis
★ 7.5
Alaska Highway
Alaska Highway
1943 • as Roughhouse
★ 6.3
Sequoia
Sequoia
1935 • as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Half Past Midnight
Half Past Midnight
1948 • as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
★ 7.0
Buckskin Frontier
Buckskin Frontier
1943 • as Brannigan
★ 7.0
Hey, Rookie
Hey, Rookie
1944 • as Sergeant
★ 8.0
College Rhythm
College Rhythm
1934 • as Spud Miller
★ 5.6
Inside Information
Inside Information
1939 • as Detective Grazzi
★ 7.5
Fall In
Fall In
1942 • as Sgt. Ames
★ 6.5
Saturday's Millions
Saturday's Millions
1933 • as Coach
★ 7.0
The Gay Amigo
The Gay Amigo
1949 • as Sergeant McNulty
★ 6.8
The Prescott Kid
The Prescott Kid
1934 • as Marshal Willoughby
★ 8.0
Tanks a Million
Tanks a Million
1941 • as Sgt. William Ames
★ 5.8
movie
Gambling Ship
1938 • as Tony Garzoni
★ 10.0
Brooklyn Orchid
Brooklyn Orchid
1942 • as Eddie Corbett
★ 6.7
The Singing Sheriff
The Singing Sheriff
1944 • as Squint
★ 9.0
Taxi, Mister
Taxi, Mister
1943 • as Eddie Corbett
★ 4.2
The Traveling Saleswoman
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950 • as Cactus Jack
★ 5.2
Wrecking Crew
Wrecking Crew
1942 • as Fred Bunce
★ 7.0
The Westerner
The Westerner
1934 • as Bob Lockhart
★ 8.0
Behind the Criminal
Behind the Criminal
1937 • as Red Manders
★ 6.0