Joe Sawyer
Acting
- Born:
- 1906-08-29
- Died:
- 1982-04-21
- Place of birth:
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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.
Known For
Filmography
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Legends of the West
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
How the West Was Won
Everglades
North to Alaska
Harrigan and Son
Surfside 6
Lock-Up
Peter Gunn
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
Sugarfoot
The Killing
The Kettles in the Ozarks
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Johnny Dark
Riding Shotgun
Taza, Son of Cochise
It Came from Outer Space
The Abbott and Costello Show
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Deadline - U.S.A.
Red Skies of Montana
Indian Uprising
As You Were
Comin' Round the Mountain
Racket Squad
Pride of Maryland
The Flying Missile
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Operation Haylift
Blondie's Hero
The Traveling Saleswoman
And Baby Makes Three
Deputy Marshal
Kazan
Stagecoach Kid
The Lucky Stiff
The Gay Amigo
Tucson
The Untamed Breed
Ford Theatre
Fighting Back
Coroner Creek
Fighting Father Dunne
Here Comes Trouble
Half Past Midnight
If You Knew Susie
A Double Life
Big Town After Dark
Roses Are Red
Christmas Eve
G.I. War Brides
Inside Job
The Runaround
Joe Palooka, Champ
Gilda
Deadline at Dawn
The Naughty Nineties
Brewster's Millions
High Powered
The Singing Sheriff
Raiders of Ghost City
South of Dixie
Hey, Rookie
Moon Over Las Vegas
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Sleepy Lagoon
Tornado
Let's Face It
Yanks Ahoy
Alaska Highway
Hit the Ice
Prairie Chickens
Cowboy in Manhattan
Buckskin Frontier
Taxi, Mister
The Outlaw
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Fall In
Wrecking Crew
A Letter From Bataan
About Face
Sundown Jim
Brooklyn Orchid
Hay Foot
You're in the Army Now
They Died with Their Boots On
Swamp Water
Down Mexico Way
Sergeant York
Last of the Duanes
Belle Starr
Tanks a Million
Down in San Diego
The Lady from Cheyenne
Santa Fe Trail
The Border Legion
The Long Voyage Home
Melody Ranch
Wildcat Bus
Lucky Cisco Kid
Dark Command
King of the Lumberjacks
The Grapes of Wrath
Women Without Names
The House Across the Bay
Honeymoon Deferred
The Man from Montreal
The Roaring Twenties
Sabotage
I Stole a Million
Frontier Marshal
Inside Information
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Union Pacific
The Lady and the Mob
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Gambling Ship
Heart of the North
Always in Trouble
The Storm
Passport Husband
Stolen Heaven
Tarzan's Revenge
Behind the Criminal
The Lady Fights Back
Reported Missing
A Dangerous Adventure
Midnight Madonna
Slim
San Quentin
They Gave Him a Gun
Motor Madness
Navy Blues
Black Legion
Great Guy
Rose Bowl
The Accusing Finger
Two in a Crowd
Murder with Pictures
Crash Donovan
A Son Comes Home
High Tension
And Sudden Death
Special Investigator
Big Brown Eyes
Pride of the Marines
The Country Doctor
The Walking Dead
The Leathernecks Have Landed
The Petrified Forest
Freshman Love
Man of Iron
Frisco Kid
I Found Stella Parish
Moonlight on the Prairie
Special Agent
Little Big Shot
Broadway Gondolier
The Arizonian
The Informer
Car 99
The Whole Town's Talking
Sequoia
The Band Plays On
The Westerner
College Rhythm
The Prescott Kid
Gridiron Flash
The Case of the Howling Dog
Death on the Diamond
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Sing and Like It
Looking for Trouble
Jimmy the Gent
Son of a Sailor
Eskimo
College Coach
Ace of Aces
Saturday's Millions
Golden Harvest
Three Cornered Moon
The Stranger's Return
College Humor
Hold Your Man
Olsen’s Big Moment
Huddle
Arsène Lupin
Maker of Men
The Public Enemy
Campus Sweethearts