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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
all 183
Movies 174
TV Shows 9
Writer 1
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
Legends of the West (1992)
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West (1991)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Everglades (1961)
North to Alaska (1960)
Harrigan and Son (1960)
Surfside 6 (1960)
Lock Up (1959)
Peter Gunn (1958)
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin (1958)
Sugarfoot (1957)
The Killing (1956)
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
Johnny Dark (1954)
Riding Shotgun (1954)
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952)
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Red Skies of Montana (1952)
Indian Uprising (1952)
As You Were (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Racket Squad (1951)
Pride of Maryland (1951)
The Flying Missile (1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Operation Haylift (1950)
Blondie's Hero (1950)
The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)
Deputy Marshal (1949)
Kazan (1949)
Stagecoach Kid (1949)
The Lucky Stiff (1949)
The Gay Amigo (1949)
Tucson (1949)
The Untamed Breed (1948)
Ford Theatre (1948)
Fighting Back (1948)
Coroner Creek (1948)
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
Here Comes Trouble (1948)
Half Past Midnight (1948)
If You Knew Susie (1948)
A Double Life (1947)
Big Town After Dark (1947)
Roses Are Red (1947)
Christmas Eve (1947)
G.I. War Brides (1946)
Inside Job (1946)
The Runaround (1946)
Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Brewster's Millions (1945)
High Powered (1945)
The Singing Sheriff (1944)
Raiders of Ghost City (1944)
South of Dixie (1944)
Hey, Rookie (1944)
Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)
Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
Sleepy Lagoon (1943)
Tornado (1943)
Let's Face It (1943)
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
Alaska Highway (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Prairie Chickens (1943)
Cowboy in Manhattan (1943)
Buckskin Frontier (1943)
Taxi, Mister (1943)
The Outlaw (1943)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)
Fall In (1942)
Wrecking Crew (1942)
A Letter From Bataan (1942)
About Face (1942)
Sundown Jim (1942)
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
Hay Foot (1942)
You're in the Army Now (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Swamp Water (1941)
Down Mexico Way (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
Last of the Duanes (1941)
Tanks a Million (1941)
Belle Starr (1941)
Down in San Diego (1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
The Border Legion (1940)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Melody Ranch (1940)
Wildcat Bus (1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
Dark Command (1940)
King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Women Without Names (1940)
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Honeymoon Deferred (1940)
The Man from Montreal (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Sabotage (1939)
I Stole a Million (1939)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Inside Information (1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Lady and the Mob (1939)
You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
Gambling Ship (1938)
Heart of the North (1938)
Always in Trouble (1938)
The Storm (1938)
Passport Husband (1938)
Stolen Heaven (1938)
Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
Behind the Criminal (1937)
The Lady Fights Back (1937)
Reported Missing (1937)
A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
Midnight Madonna (1937)
San Quentin (1937)
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
Navy Blues (1937)
Black Legion (1937)
Great Guy (1936)
Rose Bowl (1936)
The Accusing Finger (1936)
Two in a Crowd (1936)
Murder with Pictures (1936)
Crash Donovan (1936)
High Tension (1936)
And Sudden Death (1936)
Special Investigator (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Pride of the Marines (1936)
The Country Doctor (1936)
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Freshman Love (1936)
Man of Iron (1935)
Frisco Kid (1935)
I Found Stella Parish (1935)
Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
Special Agent (1935)
Little Big Shot (1935)
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
The Arizonian (1935)
The Informer (1935)
Car 99 (1935)
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
Sequoia (1935)
The Bands Plays On (1934)
The Westerner (1934)
College Rhythm (1934)
Prescott Kid (1934)
Gridiron Flash (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
Death on the Diamond (1934)
Sing and Like it (1934)
Looking for Trouble (1934)
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
Son of a Sailor (1933)
Eskimo (1933)
College Coach (1933)
Ace of Aces (1933)
Saturday's Millions (1933)
Golden Harvest (1933)
Three-Cornered Moon (1933)
The Stranger's Return (1933)
College Humor (1933)
Huddle (1932)
Arsène Lupin (1932)
Maker of Men (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1906-08-29
Deathday1982-04-21 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceGuelph, Canada
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known AsJoe Sauers, Joe Sauer, Joseph Sauers, Joseph Sawyer
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