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.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Killing (1956) — Mike O'Reilly
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The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — Bookkeeper
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Gilda (1946) — Casey
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How the West Was Won (1962) — Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
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The Public Enemy (1931) — Pool Player (uncredited)
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The Roaring Twenties (1939) — The Sergeant
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It Came from Outer Space (1953) — Frank Daylon
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Sergeant York (1941) — Sergeant Early
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The Petrified Forest (1936) — Jackie
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North to Alaska (1960) — Land Commissioner
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The Informer (1935) — Bartly Mulholland
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They Died with Their Boots On (1941) — Sgt. Doolittle
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The Outlaw (1943) — Charley Woodruff
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The Long Voyage Home (1940) — Davis
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The Walking Dead (1936) — 'Trigger' Smith
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A Double Life (1947) — Pete Bonner
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Union Pacific (1939) — Shamus (uncredited)
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Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) — Whitey Franks (uncredited)
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Santa Fe Trail (1940) — Kitzmiller
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Dark Command (1940) — Bushropp
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The Whole Town's Talking (1935) — Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
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Black Legion (1937) — Cliff Summers
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) — Karl Straeder
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Swamp Water (1941) — Hardy Ragan
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The Stranger's Return (1933) — Thresher
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Deadline at Dawn (1946) — Babe Dooley
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) — Werner Renz
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The Naughty Nineties (1945) — Bailey
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Jimmy the Gent (1934) — Mike (uncredited)
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San Quentin (1937) — 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
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Hit the Ice (1943) — Buster
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Coroner Creek (1948) — Frank Yordy
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Riding Shotgun (1954) — Tom Biggert
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Frontier Marshal (1939) — Curley Bill
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Brewster's Millions (1945) — Hacky Smith
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Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) — Sgt. Hamma
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Big Brown Eyes (1936) — Jack Sully
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Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) — Kalem McCoy
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You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) — Red
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Peter Gunn (1958)