
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. On Stories of the Century in 1954, he po…
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Filmography
Acting (191)
Movies (181)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends of the West
1992as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
How the West Was Won
1962as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
North to Alaska
1960as Land Commissioner
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
The Killing
1956as Mike O'Reilly
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956as Bancroft Baines
Riding Shotgun
1954as Tom Biggert
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954as Sgt. Hamma
Johnny Dark
1954as Carl Svenson
It Came from Outer Space
1953as Frank Daylon
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Indian Uprising
1952as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Red Skies of Montana
1952as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952as Sgt. Ames
Pride of Maryland
1951as Knuckles
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951as Kalem McCoy
As You Were
1951as Sgt. Ames
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950as Jake
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950as Cactus Jack
The Flying Missile
1950as Fuss Payne
Operation Haylift
1950as George Swallow
Blondie's Hero
1950as Sergeant Gateson
And Baby Makes Three
1949as Police officer
The Lucky Stiff
1949as Tony
Tucson
1949as Tod Bryant
Kazan
1949as Sandz Jepson
The Gay Amigo
1949as Sergeant McNulty
Deputy Marshal
1949as Eli Cressett
Stagecoach Kid
1949as Thatcher
If You Knew Susie
1948as Zero Zantini
Fighting Father Dunne
1948as Steve Davis
Fighting Back
1948as Police Sergeant Scudder
Coroner Creek
1948as Frank Yordy
Here Comes Trouble
1948as Officer Ames
The Untamed Breed
1948as Hoy Keegan
Half Past Midnight
1948as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
A Double Life
1947as Pete Bonner
Christmas Eve
1947as Private Detective
Big Town After Dark
1947as Monk
Roses Are Red
1947as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Deadline at Dawn
1946as Babe Dooley
Gilda
1946as Casey
The Runaround
1946as Hutchins
G.I. War Brides
1946as Sgt. Frank Moraski
Inside Job
1946as Police Capt. Thomas
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946as Lefty
The Naughty Nineties
1945as Bailey
Brewster's Millions
1945as Hacky Smith
High Powered
1945as Spike Kenny
The Singing Sheriff
1944as Squint
South of Dixie
1944as Ernest Hatcher
Raiders of Ghost City
1944as Idaho Jones
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944as Joe
Hey, Rookie
1944as Sergeant
The Outlaw
1943as Charley Woodruff
Taxi, Mister
1943as Eddie Corbett
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943as Karl Straeder
Hit the Ice
1943as Buster
Let's Face It
1943as Sgt. Wiggins
Tornado
1943as Charlie Muscles
Alaska Highway
1943as Roughhouse
Prairie Chickens
1943as Albertson
Buckskin Frontier
1943as Brannigan
Sleepy Lagoon
1943as Lumpy
Yanks Ahoy
1943as Sgt. Ames
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943as Louie
About Face
1942as Sgt. William Ames
Hay Foot
1942as Sergeant Ames
Wrecking Crew
1942as Fred Bunce
Sundown Jim
1942as Ben Moffitt
Brooklyn Orchid
1942as Eddie Corbett
Fall In
1942as Sgt. Ames
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942as Eddie Corbett
A Letter From Bataan
1942as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
Down in San Diego
1941as Dutch
Last of the Duanes
1941as Bull Lossomer
Sergeant York
1941as Sergeant Early
Belle Starr
1941as John Cole
Swamp Water
1941as Hardy Ragan
They Died with Their Boots On
1941as Sgt. Doolittle
Tanks a Million
1941as Sgt. William Ames
Down Mexico Way
1941as Allen
You're in the Army Now
1941as Sergeant Madden
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
Santa Fe Trail
1940as Kitzmiller
The Grapes of Wrath
1940as Bookkeeper
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940as Bill Stevens
The Long Voyage Home
1940as Davis
King of the Lumberjacks
1940as Jigger
The Border Legion
1940as Jim Gulden
Dark Command
1940as Bushropp
Women Without Names
1940as Principal Keeper Grimley
Melody Ranch
1940as Jasper Wildhack
The House Across the Bay
1940as Charlie
Wildcat Bus
1940as Burke
Honeymoon Deferred
1940as Detective James
Sabotage
1939as Gardner
The Roaring Twenties
1939as The Sergeant
Frontier Marshal
1939as Curley Bill
Union Pacific
1939as Shamus (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939as Werner Renz
I Stole a Million
1939as Billings
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939as Red
Inside Information
1939as Detective Grazzi
The Man from Montreal
1939as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Lady and the Mob
1939as Blinky Mack
Passport Husband
1938as Duke Selton
Tarzan's Revenge
1938as Olaf Punch
Always in Trouble
1938as Buster Mussendorfer
Gambling Ship
1938as Tony Garzoni
Stolen Heaven
1938as Bako
Heart of the North
1938as Red Crocker
The Storm
1938as Kelly
Behind the Criminal
1937as Red Manders
San Quentin
1937as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
Black Legion
1937as Cliff Summers
Slim
1937as Windy Wilcox
They Gave Him a Gun
1937as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
Reported Missing
1937as 'Brad' Martin
Midnight Madonna
1937as Wolfe
Navy Blues
1937as Chips
A Dangerous Adventure
1937as Dutch
The Lady Fights Back
1937as Swede Jannsen
Motor Madness
1937as Steve Dolan
A Son Comes Home
1936as First Truck Driver
And Sudden Death
1936as Police Sgt. Sanborn
Pride of the Marines
1936as Tennessee
High Tension
1936as Terry Madden
Special Investigator
1936as Jim Plummer
Two in a Crowd
1936as Bonelli's Henchman
Great Guy
1936as Joe Burton
Big Brown Eyes
1936as Jack Sully
The Walking Dead
1936as 'Trigger' Smith
The Petrified Forest
1936as Jackie
The Accusing Finger
1936as Father Regan, chaplain
The Country Doctor
1936as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936as Sgt. Regan
Rose Bowl
1936as Announcer
Murder with Pictures
1936as Inspector Tom Bacon
Crash Donovan
1936as Henchman (uncredited)
Freshman Love
1936as Coach Kendall
Man of Iron
1935as Crawford
Little Big Shot
1935as Doré's Henchman
Special Agent
1935as Rich - Chief Henchman
The Informer
1935as Bartly Mulholland
Car 99
1935as Whitey, burly henchman
Frisco Kid
1935as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
I Found Stella Parish
1935as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Whole Town's Talking
1935as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
Sequoia
1935as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier
1935as 'Red'
The Arizonian
1935as Henchman Keeler
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935as Luke Thomas
Sing and Like It
1934as Gunner - Hood
Prescott Kid
1934as Marshal Willoughby
Jimmy the Gent
1934as Mike (uncredited)
College Rhythm
1934as Spud Miller
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934as Carl Trask (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond
1934as "Dunc" Spencer
Looking for Trouble
1934as Max Stanley
The Band Plays On
1934as Mr. Thomas
The Westerner
1934as Bob Lockhart
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934as Building Guard (uncredited)
Gridiron Flash
1934as Coach Eversmith
Hold Your Man
1933as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
College Humor
1933as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
Golden Harvest
1933as Farmhand (uncredited)
Eskimo
1933as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
College Coach
1933as Holcomb
Ace of Aces
1933as Captain Daly
Son of a Sailor
1933as Slug
Three Cornered Moon
1933as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
The Stranger's Return
1933as Thresher
Saturday's Millions
1933as Coach
Huddle
1932as Slater
Arsène Lupin
1932as Leroux (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
1931as Pool Player (uncredited)
Maker of Men
1931as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
Campus Sweethearts
1930Television (10)
Crew (2)
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