Joe Sawyer
Known for: Acting
Born: August 29, 1906
Died: April 21, 1982
Place of birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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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Filmography
182 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
5.8
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
NR
Legends of the West
1992
7.3
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
8.0
Everglades
1961
6.5
North to Alaska
1960
10.0
Harrigan and Son
1960
6.3
Surfside 6
1960
6.4
Lock-Up
1959
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
9.5
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
7.6
The Killing
1956
6.4
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
7.0
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
5.8
Johnny Dark
1954
6.0
Riding Shotgun
1954
5.6
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954
6.3
It Came from Outer Space
1953
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
6.5
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952
6.9
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
6.0
Red Skies of Montana
1952
6.5
Indian Uprising
1952
7.5
As You Were
1951
6.1
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
6.5
Racket Squad
1951
9.0
Pride of Maryland
1951
5.3
The Flying Missile
1950
6.4
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
5.0
Operation Haylift
1950
6.8
Blondie's Hero
1950
5.2
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
5.1
And Baby Makes Three
1949
6.3
Deputy Marshal
1949
7.0
Kazan
1949
7.3
Stagecoach Kid
1949
5.8
The Lucky Stiff
1949
6.8
The Gay Amigo
1949
7.5
Tucson
1949
6.5
The Untamed Breed
19488.0
Ford Theatre
1948
6.7
Fighting Back
1948
6.2
Coroner Creek
1948
7.5
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
5.2
Here Comes Trouble
1948
7.0
Half Past Midnight
1948
7.3
If You Knew Susie
1948
6.4
A Double Life
1947
5.5
Big Town After Dark
1947
5.7
Roses Are Red
1947
5.4
Christmas Eve
1947
9.0
G.I. War Brides
1946
5.9
Inside Job
1946
6.5
The Runaround
1946
8.0
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946
7.5
Gilda
1946
6.2
Deadline at Dawn
1946
6.7
The Naughty Nineties
1945
6.8
Brewster's Millions
1945
5.3
High Powered
1945
9.0
The Singing Sheriff
1944
7.0
Raiders of Ghost City
1944
10.0
South of Dixie
1944
8.0
Hey, Rookie
1944
10.0
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944
6.1
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943
5.0
Sleepy Lagoon
1943
5.7
Tornado
1943
5.4
Let's Face It
1943
6.6
Yanks Ahoy
1943
6.3
Alaska Highway
1943
6.0
Hit the Ice
1943
8.0
Prairie Chickens
1943
7.0
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943
7.0
Buckskin Frontier
1943
4.2
Taxi, Mister
1943
5.4
The Outlaw
1943
6.7
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
6.5
Fall In
1942
7.0
Wrecking Crew
1942
5.2
A Letter From Bataan
1942
6.6
About Face
1942
10.0
Sundown Jim
1942
6.7
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
6.3
Hay Foot
1942
4.4
You're in the Army Now
1941
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
6.4
Swamp Water
1941
10.0
Down Mexico Way
1941
7.2
Sergeant York
1941
6.5
Last of the Duanes
1941
5.9
Belle Starr
1941
5.8
Tanks a Million
1941
6.7
Down in San Diego
1941
5.7
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940
5.0
The Border Legion
1940
6.6
The Long Voyage Home
1940
6.2
Melody Ranch
1940
5.5
Wildcat Bus
1940
6.0
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
6.4
Dark Command
1940
3.7
King of the Lumberjacks
1940
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
4.7
Women Without Names
1940
5.6
The House Across the Bay
1940
8.0
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
4.9
The Man from Montreal
1939
7.5
The Roaring Twenties
1939
6.6
Sabotage
1939
8.0
I Stole a Million
1939
6.3
Frontier Marshal
1939
9.0
Inside Information
1939
6.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
6.7
Union Pacific
1939
6.5
The Lady and the Mob
1939
5.8
You Can't Get Away with Murder
193910.0
Gambling Ship
1938
5.2
Heart of the North
1938
7.3
Always in Trouble
1938
7.0
The Storm
1938
7.0
Passport Husband
1938
7.0
Stolen Heaven
1938
4.8
Tarzan's Revenge
1938
6.0
Behind the Criminal
19377.0
The Lady Fights Back
1937
10.0
Reported Missing
1937
5.5
A Dangerous Adventure
1937
8.0
Midnight Madonna
1937
6.5
Slim
1937
6.7
San Quentin
1937
6.7
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
10.0
Motor Madness
1937
6.0
Navy Blues
1937
6.6
Black Legion
1937
6.3
Great Guy
1936
7.0
Rose Bowl
1936
5.8
The Accusing Finger
1936
8.0
Two in a Crowd
1936
5.4
Murder with Pictures
1936
8.0
Crash Donovan
1936
4.0
A Son Comes Home
1936
5.8
High Tension
1936
8.0
And Sudden Death
1936
5.4
Special Investigator
1936
6.2
Big Brown Eyes
1936
8.0
Pride of the Marines
1936
6.5
The Country Doctor
1936
6.3
The Walking Dead
1936
7.0
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
7.1
The Petrified Forest
1936
7.0
Freshman Love
1936
7.0
Man of Iron
1935
7.0
Frisco Kid
1935
7.3
I Found Stella Parish
1935
6.8
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
6.2
Special Agent
1935
7.3
Little Big Shot
1935
6.0
Broadway Gondolier
1935
8.0
The Arizonian
1935
6.8
The Informer
1935
7.5
Car 99
1935
6.9
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
6.5
Sequoia
1935
8.3
The Band Plays On
1934
8.0
The Westerner
1934
5.6
College Rhythm
1934
8.0
The Prescott Kid
1934
4.8
Gridiron Flash
1934
6.3
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
7.3
Death on the Diamond
1934
6.7
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934
5.0
Sing and Like It
1934
6.7
Looking for Trouble
1934
6.4
Jimmy the Gent
1934
6.0
Son of a Sailor
1933
6.6
Eskimo
1933
4.6
College Coach
1933
5.9
Ace of Aces
1933
7.0
Saturday's Millions
1933
6.5
Golden Harvest
1933
6.0
Three Cornered Moon
1933
6.2
The Stranger's Return
1933
5.6
College Humor
1933
6.3
Hold Your Man
1933
9.0
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933
7.0
Huddle
1932
7.0
Arsène Lupin
1932
7.0
Maker of Men
1931
7.2
The Public Enemy
193110.0
Campus Sweethearts
1930