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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

0.5

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
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 as Bookkeeper
★ 7.8
Gilda
Gilda
1946 as Casey
★ 7.5
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
1941 as Sergeant Early
★ 7.2
North to Alaska
North to Alaska
1960 as Land Commissioner
★ 6.5
The Outlaw
The Outlaw
1943 as Charley Woodruff
★ 5.5
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
1939 as The Sergeant
★ 7.5
The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy
1931 as Pool Player (uncredited)
★ 7.3
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 as Sgt. Doolittle
★ 6.7
Belle Starr
Belle Starr
1941 as John Cole
★ 5.9
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
1936 as 'Trigger' Smith
★ 6.3
It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space
1953 as Frank Daylon
★ 6.3
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
1940 as Kitzmiller
★ 5.8
Frisco Kid
Frisco Kid
1935 as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
★ 7.1
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 as Shamus (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Riding Shotgun
Riding Shotgun
1954 as Tom Biggert
★ 6.0
Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Coroner Creek
Coroner Creek
1948 as Frank Yordy
★ 6.2
Dark Command
Dark Command
1940 as Bushropp
★ 6.4
Black Legion
Black Legion
1937 as Cliff Summers
★ 6.6
The Informer
The Informer
1935 as Bartly Mulholland
★ 6.8
Big Brown Eyes
Big Brown Eyes
1936 as Jack Sully
★ 6.4
A Double Life
A Double Life
1947 as Pete Bonner
★ 6.4
Special Agent
Special Agent
1935 as Rich - Chief Henchman
★ 6.2
Broadway Gondolier
Broadway Gondolier
1935 as 'Red'
★ 6.0
Swamp Water
Swamp Water
1941 as Hardy Ragan
★ 6.3
Ace of Aces
Ace of Aces
1933 as Captain Daly
★ 5.9
San Quentin
San Quentin
1937 as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
★ 6.6
I Stole a Million
I Stole a Million
1939 as Billings
★ 8.0
Yanks Ahoy
Yanks Ahoy
1943 as Sgt. Ames
★ 6.6
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest
1936 as Jackie
★ 7.1
The Case of the Howling Dog
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934 as Carl Trask (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Fighting Father Dunne
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 as Steve Davis
★ 7.5
Slim
Slim
1937 as Windy Wilcox
★ 6.5
Johnny Dark
Johnny Dark
1954 as Carl Svenson
★ 5.8
Wildcat Bus
Wildcat Bus
1940 as Burke
★ 5.5
The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home
1940 as Davis
★ 6.6
The Whole Town's Talking
The Whole Town's Talking
1935 as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
★ 6.9
About Face
About Face
1942 as Sgt. William Ames
★ 6.5
College Humor
College Humor
1933 as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
★ 5.6
Hay Foot
Hay Foot
1942 as Sergeant Ames
★ 6.3
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 as Werner Renz
★ 6.1
Indian Uprising
Indian Uprising
1952 as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
★ 6.5
Melody Ranch
Melody Ranch
1940 as Jasper Wildhack
★ 6.2
As You Were
As You Were
1951 as Sgt. Ames
★ 7.5
Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice
1943 as Buster
★ 6.0
Alaska Highway
Alaska Highway
1943 as Roughhouse
★ 6.3
Comin' Round the Mountain
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 as Kalem McCoy
★ 6.0
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943 as Karl Straeder
★ 6.2
Sleepy Lagoon
Sleepy Lagoon
1943 as Lumpy
★ 5.0
Great Guy
Great Guy
1936 as Joe Burton
★ 6.3
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin
1932 as Leroux (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Naughty Nineties
The Naughty Nineties
1945 as Bailey
★ 6.7
The House Across the Bay
The House Across the Bay
1940 as Charlie
★ 5.6
Eskimo
Eskimo
1933 as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
1945 as Hacky Smith
★ 6.8
Taza, Son of Cochise
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954 as Sgt. Hamma
★ 5.7
Tucson
Tucson
1949 as Tod Bryant
★ 7.5
Fall In
Fall In
1942 as Sgt. Ames
★ 6.5
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
★ 6.4
Jimmy the Gent
Jimmy the Gent
1934 as Mike (uncredited)
★ 6.4
They Gave Him a Gun
They Gave Him a Gun
1937 as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Sing and Like It
Sing and Like It
1934 as Gunner - Hood
★ 5.0
Two in a Crowd
Two in a Crowd
1936 as Bonelli's Henchman
★ 8.0
Women Without Names
Women Without Names
1940 as Principal Keeper Grimley
★ 4.7
Blondie's Hero
Blondie's Hero
1950 as Sergeant Gateson
★ 7.0
Legends of the West
Legends of the West
1992 as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hold Your Man
Hold Your Man
1933 as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Midnight Madonna
Midnight Madonna
1937 as Wolfe
★ 8.0
King of the Lumberjacks
King of the Lumberjacks
1940 as Jigger
★ 3.7
Inside Job
Inside Job
1946 as Police Capt. Thomas
★ 5.9
Heart of the North
Heart of the North
1938 as Red Crocker
★ 5.2
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
1947 as Private Detective
★ 5.4
The Lady and the Mob
The Lady and the Mob
1939 as Blinky Mack
★ 6.5
Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest
1933 as Farmhand (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Fighting Back
Fighting Back
1948 as Police Sergeant Scudder
★ 6.7
The Band Plays On
The Band Plays On
1934 as Mr. Thomas
★ 8.3
College Coach
College Coach
1933 as Holcomb
★ 4.6
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995 as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.9
You Can't Get Away with Murder
★ 5.8
Here Comes Trouble
Here Comes Trouble
1948 as Officer Ames
★ 5.2
Sabotage
Sabotage
1939 as Gardner
★ 6.6
The Accusing Finger
The Accusing Finger
1936 as Father Regan, chaplain
★ 5.8
The Flying Missile
The Flying Missile
1950 as Fuss Payne
★ 5.3
Tornado
Tornado
1943 as Charlie Muscles
★ 5.7
Tarzan's Revenge
Tarzan's Revenge
1938 as Olaf Punch
★ 4.8
Deadline at Dawn
Deadline at Dawn
1946 as Babe Dooley
★ 6.2
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Gambling Ship
1938 as Tony Garzoni
★ 10.0
Lucky Cisco Kid
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940 as Bill Stevens
★ 6.0
Red Skies of Montana
Red Skies of Montana
1952 as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
★ 5.8
South of Dixie
South of Dixie
1944 as Ernest Hatcher
★ 10.0
Kazan
Kazan
1949 as Sandz Jepson
★ 7.0
Little Big Shot
Little Big Shot
1935 as Doré's Henchman
★ 7.3
Special Investigator
Special Investigator
1936 as Jim Plummer
★ 5.4
The Lucky Stiff
The Lucky Stiff
1949 as Tony
★ 5.8
The Border Legion
The Border Legion
1940 as Jim Gulden
★ 5.0
If You Knew Susie
If You Knew Susie
1948 as Zero Zantini
★ 7.3
The Leathernecks Have Landed
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936 as Sgt. Regan
★ 7.0
G.I. War Brides
G.I. War Brides
1946 as Sgt. Frank Moraski
★ 9.0
Man of Iron
Man of Iron
1935 as Crawford
★ 7.0
Buckskin Frontier
Buckskin Frontier
1943 as Brannigan
★ 7.0
Death on the Diamond
Death on the Diamond
1934 as "Dunc" Spencer
★ 7.4
Big Town After Dark
Big Town After Dark
1947 as Monk
★ 5.5
Roses Are Red
Roses Are Red
1947 as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
★ 5.7
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal
1939 as Curley Bill
★ 6.3
The Stranger's Return
The Stranger's Return
1933 as Thresher
★ 6.2
Murder with Pictures
Murder with Pictures
1936 as Inspector Tom Bacon
★ 5.4
Taxi, Mister
Taxi, Mister
1943 as Eddie Corbett
★ 4.2
A Son Comes Home
A Son Comes Home
1936 as First Truck Driver
★ 4.0
Huddle
Huddle
1932 as Slater
★ 7.0
And Baby Makes Three
And Baby Makes Three
1949 as Police officer
★ 5.1
The Untamed Breed
The Untamed Breed
1948 as Hoy Keegan
★ 6.5
Son of a Sailor
Son of a Sailor
1933 as Slug
★ 6.0
The Kettles in the Ozarks
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956 as Bancroft Baines
★ 7.1
Maker of Men
Maker of Men
1931 as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Lady from Cheyenne
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
★ 5.7
The Arizonian
The Arizonian
1935 as Henchman Keeler
★ 8.0
A Letter From Bataan
A Letter From Bataan
1942 as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
★ 5.2
Freshman Love
Freshman Love
1936 as Coach Kendall
★ 7.0
Three Cornered Moon
Three Cornered Moon
1933 as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 as Eddie Corbett
★ 6.7
The Runaround
The Runaround
1946 as Hutchins
★ 6.5
Moonlight on the Prairie
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935 as Luke Thomas
★ 6.8
Passport Husband
Passport Husband
1938 as Duke Selton
★ 7.0
High Tension
High Tension
1936 as Terry Madden
★ 5.8
Honeymoon Deferred
Honeymoon Deferred
1940 as Detective James
★ 8.0
Deputy Marshal
Deputy Marshal
1949 as Eli Cressett
★ 6.3
Down in San Diego
Down in San Diego
1941 as Dutch
★ 6.7
And Sudden Death
And Sudden Death
1936 as Police Sgt. Sanborn
★ 8.0
Reported Missing
Reported Missing
1937 as 'Brad' Martin
★ 10.0
You're in the Army Now
You're in the Army Now
1941 as Sergeant Madden
★ 4.4
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl
1936 as Announcer
★ 7.0
The Prescott Kid
The Prescott Kid
1934 as Marshal Willoughby
★ 8.0
Crash Donovan
Crash Donovan
1936 as Henchman (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Sequoia
Sequoia
1935 as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Moon Over Las Vegas
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944 as Joe
★ 10.0
A Dangerous Adventure
A Dangerous Adventure
1937 as Dutch
★ 5.5
Half Past Midnight
Half Past Midnight
1948 as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
★ 7.0
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The Lady Fights Back
1937 as Swede Jannsen
★ 7.0
Raiders of Ghost City
Raiders of Ghost City
1944 as Idaho Jones
★ 7.0
Stolen Heaven
Stolen Heaven
1938 as Bako
★ 7.0
Down Mexico Way
Down Mexico Way
1941 as Allen
★ 10.0
College Rhythm
College Rhythm
1934 as Spud Miller
★ 5.6
I Found Stella Parish
I Found Stella Parish
1935 as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
★ 7.3
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 as Sgt. Ames
★ 6.5
Brooklyn Orchid
Brooklyn Orchid
1942 as Eddie Corbett
★ 6.7
Sundown Jim
Sundown Jim
1942 as Ben Moffitt
★ 10.0
Car 99
Car 99
1935 as Whitey, burly henchman
★ 7.5
Inside Information
Inside Information
1939 as Detective Grazzi
★ 9.0
Let's Face It
Let's Face It
1943 as Sgt. Wiggins
★ 5.4
Hey, Rookie
Hey, Rookie
1944 as Sergeant
★ 8.0
Stagecoach Kid
Stagecoach Kid
1949 as Thatcher
★ 7.3
Motor Madness
Motor Madness
1937 as Steve Dolan
★ 10.0
Prairie Chickens
Prairie Chickens
1943 as Albertson
★ 8.0
The Man from Montreal
The Man from Montreal
1939 as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
★ 4.9
Operation Haylift
Operation Haylift
1950 as George Swallow
★ 5.0
Looking for Trouble
Looking for Trouble
1934 as Max Stanley
★ 6.7
The Storm
The Storm
1938 as Kelly
★ 7.0
Last of the Duanes
Last of the Duanes
1941 as Bull Lossomer
★ 6.5
Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash
1934 as Coach Eversmith
★ 4.8
Pride of Maryland
Pride of Maryland
1951 as Knuckles
★ 9.0
Joe Palooka, Champ
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946 as Lefty
★ 8.0
The Gay Amigo
The Gay Amigo
1949 as Sergeant McNulty
★ 6.8
Saturday's Millions
Saturday's Millions
1933 as Coach
★ 7.0
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958 as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
★ 9.5
The Notorious Sophie Lang
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934 as Building Guard (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Wrecking Crew
Wrecking Crew
1942 as Fred Bunce
★ 7.0
Cowboy in Manhattan
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943 as Louie
★ 7.0
The Country Doctor
The Country Doctor
1936 as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991 as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
★ 7.3
The Traveling Saleswoman
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950 as Cactus Jack
★ 5.2
Tanks a Million
Tanks a Million
1941 as Sgt. William Ames
★ 5.7
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines
1936 as Tennessee
★ 8.0
Navy Blues
Navy Blues
1937 as Chips
★ 6.0
The Westerner
The Westerner
1934 as Bob Lockhart
★ 8.0
Always in Trouble
Always in Trouble
1938 as Buster Mussendorfer
★ 7.3
High Powered
High Powered
1945 as Spike Kenny
★ 5.3
Olsen’s Big Moment
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933 as Dapper' Danny Reynolds
★ 9.0
The Singing Sheriff
The Singing Sheriff
1944 as Squint
★ 9.0
Behind the Criminal
Behind the Criminal
1937 as Red Manders
★ 6.0
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★ 10.0