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Joe Sawyer
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 3341
IMDb ID: nm0768178
Known for: Acting
Born: August 29, 1906
Died: April 21, 1982
Age: 75
Place of birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1931 - 1995
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.57
Wikidata: Q460968
Also known as
Joe Sauers • Joe Sauer • Joseph Sauers • Joseph Sawyer
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Producer (1)
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 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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Highest rated movies linked with Joe Sawyer.
as Bookkeeper
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 • Movie
as Mike O'Reilly
The Killing
1956 • Movie
as The Sergeant
The Roaring Twenties
1939 • Movie
as Casey
Gilda
1946 • Movie
as Pool Player (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
1931 • Movie
as Sergeant Early
Sergeant York
1941 • Movie
as Jackie
The Petrified Forest
1936 • Movie
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962 • Movie
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 • Movie
as Bartly Mulholland
The Informer
1935 • Movie
as Shamus (uncredited)
Union Pacific
1939 • Movie
as Sgt. Doolittle
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 • Movie
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Joe Sawyer.
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962 • Movie
as Casey
Gilda
1946 • Movie
as Mike O'Reilly
The Killing
1956 • Movie
as Bako
Stolen Heaven
1938 • Movie
as Sergeant Early
Sergeant York
1941 • Movie
as Bookkeeper
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 • Movie
as Sergeant Ames
Hay Foot
1942 • Movie
as Windy Wilcox
Slim
1937 • Movie
as Duke Selton
Passport Husband
1938 • Movie
as Land Commissioner
North to Alaska
1960 • Movie
as The Sergeant
The Roaring Twenties
1939 • Movie
as Officer Ames
Here Comes Trouble
1948 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Joe Sawyer.
1 eps
Peter Gunn
1958 • Series
as Sgt. McEvoy • 1 eps
Lock-Up
1959 • Series
as Fighting Sam Brown • 1 eps
Sugarfoot
1957 • Series
as Leon Huff • 1 eps
Surfside 6
1960 • Series
1 eps
Everglades
1961 • Series
1 eps
Racket Squad
1951 • Series
as Chopper • 1 eps
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 • Series
1 eps
Ford Theatre
1948 • Series
164 eps
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954 • Series
1 eps
Harrigan and Son
1960 • Series
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Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Joe Sawyer.
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Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Joe Sawyer.
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995 • Movie
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends of the West
1992 • Movie
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991 • Movie
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962 • Movie
as Land Commissioner
North to Alaska
1960 • Movie
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958 • Movie
as Mike O'Reilly
The Killing
1956 • Movie
as Bancroft Baines
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956 • Movie
as Carl Svenson
Johnny Dark
1954 • Movie
as Tom Biggert
Riding Shotgun
1954 • Movie
as Sgt. Hamma
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954 • Movie
as Frank Daylon
It Came from Outer Space
1953 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Joe Sawyer.
1 eps
Everglades
1961 • Series
1 eps
Harrigan and Son
1960 • Series
as Leon Huff • 1 eps
Surfside 6
1960 • Series
as Sgt. McEvoy • 1 eps
Lock-Up
1959 • Series
1 eps
Peter Gunn
1958 • Series
as Fighting Sam Brown • 1 eps
Sugarfoot
1957 • Series
164 eps
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954 • Series
as Chopper • 1 eps
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 • Series
1 eps
Racket Squad
1951 • Series
1 eps
Ford Theatre
1948 • Series