Joe Sawyer
AKA: Joe Sauers
Birthday: 1906-08-29
Died: 1982-04-21
Birthplace: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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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 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.
Filmography
Character: Sergeant Gateson
Character: Charley Woodruff
Character: Buster - Silky's Henchman
Character: 'Trigger' Smith
Character: Bartly Mulholland
Character: Sergeant Early
Character: Sgt. Doolittle
Character: Rich - Chief Henchman
Character: Bancroft Baines
Character: Doré's Henchman
Character: Sgt. William Ames
Character: Father Reed, chaplain
Character: R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Character: Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
Character: Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Character: Det. Lt. Joe Nash
Character: Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Character: Inspector Tom Bacon
Character: George Swallow
Character: Charlie Muscles
Character: Whitey, burly henchman
Character: Buster Mussendorfer
Character: Coach Eversmith
Character: Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Character: Carl Trask (uncredited)
Character: Mike (uncredited)
Character: Private Detective
Character: Bonelli's Henchman
Character: Police Sergeant Scudder
Character: Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
Character: Shamus (uncredited)
Character: Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
Character: Sergeant McNulty
Character: Sgt. William Ames
Character: Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
Character: Police Capt. Thomas
Character: Head Lifeguard
Character: Henchman Keeler
Character: 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
Character: Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Character: Principal Keeper Grimley
Character: Jasper Wildhack
Character: Sergeant Madden
Character: Police Sgt. Sanborn
Character: Farmhand (uncredited)
Character: Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
Character: Land Commissioner
Character: "Dunc" Spencer
Character: Detective James
Character: Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Character: Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
Character: Pool Player (uncredited)
Character: Leroux (uncredited)
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Character: Ernest Hatcher
Character: Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
Character: Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
Character: Marshal Willoughby
Character: Sgt. Biff O'Hara
Character: Detective Grazzi
Character: Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
Character: Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
Character: Sgt. Frank Moraski
Character: Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Character: Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
Character: Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: First Truck Driver
Character: Police officer