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Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

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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

Born

Aug 29, 1906

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Died

Apr 21, 1982

Known For

Acting

Movies

182 acting

2 crew

Popularity

1.1

Known For

Gilda
Gilda
1946 • as Casey
★ 7.5
Passport Husband
Passport Husband
1938 • as Duke Selton
★ 7.0
The Killing
The Killing
1956 • as Mike O'Reilly
★ 7.6
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1962 • as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 • as Bookkeeper
★ 7.8
Belle Starr
Belle Starr
1941 • as John Cole
★ 5.9
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin
1932 • as Leroux (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Slim
Slim
1937 • as Windy Wilcox
★ 6.5
The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy
1931 • as Pool Player (uncredited)
★ 7.3
Special Agent
Special Agent
1935 • as Rich - Chief Henchman
★ 6.1
About Face
About Face
1942 • as Sgt. William Ames
★ 6.6
Hay Foot
Hay Foot
1942 • as Sergeant Ames
★ 6.2
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 • as Sgt. Doolittle
★ 6.7
Stolen Heaven
Stolen Heaven
1938 • as Bako
★ 7.0
Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 • as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
1941 • as Sergeant Early
★ 7.2
North to Alaska
North to Alaska
1960 • as Land Commissioner
★ 6.5
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
1939 • as The Sergeant
★ 7.5
Motor Madness
Motor Madness
1937 • as Steve Dolan
★ 10.0
It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space
1953 • as Frank Daylon
★ 6.3
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 • as Shamus (uncredited)
★ 6.7
King of the Lumberjacks
King of the Lumberjacks
1940 • as Jigger
★ 3.7
Jimmy the Gent
Jimmy the Gent
1934 • as Mike (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Fighting Back
Fighting Back
1948 • as Police Sergeant Scudder
★ 6.7
Here Comes Trouble
Here Comes Trouble
1948 • as Officer Ames
★ 5.2
They Gave Him a Gun
They Gave Him a Gun
1937 • as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Down Mexico Way
Down Mexico Way
1941 • as Allen
★ 10.0
The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home
1940 • as Davis
★ 6.6
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943 • as Karl Straeder
★ 6.1
Tucson
Tucson
1949 • as Tod Bryant
★ 7.5
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
1940 • as Kitzmiller
★ 5.7
Huddle
Huddle
1932 • as Slater
★ 7.0
The Whole Town's Talking
The Whole Town's Talking
1935 • as Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Taza, Son of Cochise
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954 • as Sgt. Hamma
★ 5.6
Riding Shotgun
Riding Shotgun
1954 • as Tom Biggert
★ 6.0
Legends of the West
Legends of the West
1992 • as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Outlaw
The Outlaw
1943 • as Charley Woodruff
★ 5.4
Dark Command
Dark Command
1940 • as Bushropp
★ 6.4
Kazan
Kazan
1949 • as Sandz Jepson
★ 7.0
I Found Stella Parish
I Found Stella Parish
1935 • as Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
★ 7.3
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 • as Sgt. Ames
★ 6.5
The Naughty Nineties
The Naughty Nineties
1945 • as Bailey
★ 6.7
College Humor
College Humor
1933 • as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
★ 5.6
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest
1936 • as Jackie
★ 7.1
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
1936 • as 'Trigger' Smith
★ 6.3
G.I. War Brides
G.I. War Brides
1946 • as Sgt. Frank Moraski
★ 9.0
Two in a Crowd
Two in a Crowd
1936 • as Bonelli's Henchman
★ 8.0
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 • as Werner Renz
★ 6.1
Sundown Jim
Sundown Jim
1942 • as Ben Moffitt
★ 10.0
Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice
1943 • as Buster
★ 6.1
Olsen’s Big Moment
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933 • as Dapper' Danny Reynolds
★ 9.0
Comin' Round the Mountain
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 • as Kalem McCoy
★ 6.1
Black Legion
Black Legion
1937 • as Cliff Summers
★ 6.6
South of Dixie
South of Dixie
1944 • as Ernest Hatcher
★ 10.0
Great Guy
Great Guy
1936 • as Joe Burton
★ 6.3
The Stranger's Return
The Stranger's Return
1933 • as Thresher
★ 6.2
The Case of the Howling Dog
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934 • as Carl Trask (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
★ 6.4
You Can't Get Away with Murder
★ 5.8
The Informer
The Informer
1935 • as Bartly Mulholland
★ 6.8
Ace of Aces
Ace of Aces
1933 • as Captain Daly
★ 5.9
Swamp Water
Swamp Water
1941 • as Hardy Ragan
★ 6.4
Blondie's Hero
Blondie's Hero
1950 • as Sergeant Gateson
★ 6.8
A Double Life
A Double Life
1947 • as Pete Bonner
★ 6.4
Death on the Diamond
Death on the Diamond
1934 • as "Dunc" Spencer
★ 7.3
Hold Your Man
Hold Your Man
1933 • as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Pride of Maryland
Pride of Maryland
1951 • as Knuckles
★ 9.0
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
1945 • as Hacky Smith
★ 6.7
Coroner Creek
Coroner Creek
1948 • as Frank Yordy
★ 6.2
Red Skies of Montana
Red Skies of Montana
1952 • as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
★ 6.0
I Stole a Million
I Stole a Million
1939 • as Billings
★ 8.0
You're in the Army Now
You're in the Army Now
1941 • as Sergeant Madden
★ 4.4
If You Knew Susie
If You Knew Susie
1948 • as Zero Zantini
★ 7.3
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
1947 • as Private Detective
★ 5.4
Let's Face It
Let's Face It
1943 • as Sgt. Wiggins
★ 5.4
The Flying Missile
The Flying Missile
1950 • as Fuss Payne
★ 5.3
movie
★ 10.0
The House Across the Bay
The House Across the Bay
1940 • as Charlie
★ 5.6
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal
1939 • as Curley Bill
★ 6.3
The Country Doctor
The Country Doctor
1936 • as Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Accusing Finger
The Accusing Finger
1936 • as Father Regan, chaplain
★ 5.8
The Notorious Sophie Lang
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934 • as Building Guard (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Frisco Kid
Frisco Kid
1935 • as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
★ 7.0
Buckskin Frontier
Buckskin Frontier
1943 • as Brannigan
★ 7.0
Son of a Sailor
Son of a Sailor
1933 • as Slug
★ 6.0
College Coach
College Coach
1933 • as Holcomb
★ 4.6
Big Brown Eyes
Big Brown Eyes
1936 • as Jack Sully
★ 6.2
Eskimo
Eskimo
1933 • as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Big Town After Dark
Big Town After Dark
1947 • as Monk
★ 5.5
Heart of the North
Heart of the North
1938 • as Red Crocker
★ 5.2
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995 • as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Melody Ranch
Melody Ranch
1940 • as Jasper Wildhack
★ 6.2
Moonlight on the Prairie
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935 • as Luke Thomas
★ 6.8
Deadline at Dawn
Deadline at Dawn
1946 • as Babe Dooley
★ 6.2
The Gay Amigo
The Gay Amigo
1949 • as Sergeant McNulty
★ 6.8
Broadway Gondolier
Broadway Gondolier
1935 • as 'Red'
★ 6.0
The Band Plays On
The Band Plays On
1934 • as Mr. Thomas
★ 8.3
The Lucky Stiff
The Lucky Stiff
1949 • as Tony
★ 5.8
Johnny Dark
Johnny Dark
1954 • as Carl Svenson
★ 5.8
Sabotage
Sabotage
1939 • as Gardner
★ 6.6
Women Without Names
Women Without Names
1940 • as Principal Keeper Grimley
★ 4.7
Moon Over Las Vegas
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944 • as Joe
★ 10.0
Three Cornered Moon
Three Cornered Moon
1933 • as Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Last of the Duanes
Last of the Duanes
1941 • as Bull Lossomer
★ 6.5
Brooklyn Orchid
Brooklyn Orchid
1942 • as Eddie Corbett
★ 6.7
Tarzan's Revenge
Tarzan's Revenge
1938 • as Olaf Punch
★ 4.8
The Lady and the Mob
The Lady and the Mob
1939 • as Blinky Mack
★ 6.7
The Man from Montreal
The Man from Montreal
1939 • as Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
★ 4.9
The Leathernecks Have Landed
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936 • as Sgt. Regan
★ 7.0
Wildcat Bus
Wildcat Bus
1940 • as Burke
★ 5.4
Cowboy in Manhattan
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943 • as Louie
★ 7.0
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 • as Eddie Corbett
★ 6.7
And Sudden Death
And Sudden Death
1936 • as Police Sgt. Sanborn
★ 8.0
Down in San Diego
Down in San Diego
1941 • as Dutch
★ 6.7
The Lady from Cheyenne
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 • as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
★ 5.7
Little Big Shot
Little Big Shot
1935 • as Doré's Henchman
★ 7.3
High Tension
High Tension
1936 • as Terry Madden
★ 5.8
The Kettles in the Ozarks
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956 • as Bancroft Baines
★ 6.4
Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash
1934 • as Coach Eversmith
★ 4.8
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines
1936 • as Tennessee
★ 8.0
Hey, Rookie
Hey, Rookie
1944 • as Sergeant
★ 8.0
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991 • as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
★ 7.3
Raiders of Ghost City
Raiders of Ghost City
1944 • as Idaho Jones
★ 7.0
Murder with Pictures
Murder with Pictures
1936 • as Inspector Tom Bacon
★ 5.4
San Quentin
San Quentin
1937 • as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
★ 6.7
Sing and Like It
Sing and Like It
1934 • as Gunner - Hood
★ 5.0
And Baby Makes Three
And Baby Makes Three
1949 • as Police officer
★ 5.1
Special Investigator
Special Investigator
1936 • as Jim Plummer
★ 5.4
Indian Uprising
Indian Uprising
1952 • as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
★ 6.5
High Powered
High Powered
1945 • as Spike Kenny
★ 5.2
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958 • as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
★ 9.5
Roses Are Red
Roses Are Red
1947 • as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
★ 5.7
Freshman Love
Freshman Love
1936 • as Coach Kendall
★ 7.0
Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest
1933 • as Farmhand (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Deputy Marshal
Deputy Marshal
1949 • as Eli Cressett
★ 6.3
College Rhythm
College Rhythm
1934 • as Spud Miller
★ 5.6
The Runaround
The Runaround
1946 • as Hutchins
★ 6.5
Crash Donovan
Crash Donovan
1936 • as Henchman (uncredited)
★ 8.0
The Prescott Kid
The Prescott Kid
1934 • as Marshal Willoughby
★ 8.0
Wrecking Crew
Wrecking Crew
1942 • as Fred Bunce
★ 7.0
Fighting Father Dunne
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 • as Steve Davis
★ 7.5
The Border Legion
The Border Legion
1940 • as Jim Gulden
★ 5.0
Maker of Men
Maker of Men
1931 • as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Prairie Chickens
Prairie Chickens
1943 • as Albertson
★ 8.0
Sequoia
Sequoia
1935 • as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Stagecoach Kid
Stagecoach Kid
1949 • as Thatcher
★ 7.3
A Dangerous Adventure
A Dangerous Adventure
1937 • as Dutch
★ 5.5
The Singing Sheriff
The Singing Sheriff
1944 • as Squint
★ 9.0
Inside Job
Inside Job
1946 • as Police Capt. Thomas
★ 5.9
Alaska Highway
Alaska Highway
1943 • as Roughhouse
★ 6.3
Car 99
Car 99
1935 • as Whitey, burly henchman
★ 7.5
The Untamed Breed
The Untamed Breed
1948 • as Hoy Keegan
★ 5.0
Lucky Cisco Kid
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940 • as Bill Stevens
★ 6.0
Half Past Midnight
Half Past Midnight
1948 • as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
★ 7.0
Midnight Madonna
Midnight Madonna
1937 • as Wolfe
★ 8.0
A Letter From Bataan
A Letter From Bataan
1942 • as Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
★ 5.2
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Gambling Ship
1938 • as Tony Garzoni
★ 10.0
Tanks a Million
Tanks a Million
1941 • as Sgt. William Ames
★ 5.8
Looking for Trouble
Looking for Trouble
1934 • as Max Stanley
★ 6.7
Saturday's Millions
Saturday's Millions
1933 • as Coach
★ 7.0
The Storm
The Storm
1938 • as Kelly
★ 7.0
Taxi, Mister
Taxi, Mister
1943 • as Eddie Corbett
★ 4.2
Yanks Ahoy
Yanks Ahoy
1943 • as Sgt. Ames
★ 6.6
Joe Palooka, Champ
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946 • as Lefty
★ 8.0
A Son Comes Home
A Son Comes Home
1936 • as First Truck Driver
★ 4.0
The Traveling Saleswoman
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950 • as Cactus Jack
★ 5.2
The Arizonian
The Arizonian
1935 • as Henchman Keeler
★ 8.0
Reported Missing
Reported Missing
1937 • as 'Brad' Martin
★ 10.0
Sleepy Lagoon
Sleepy Lagoon
1943 • as Lumpy
★ 5.0
Man of Iron
Man of Iron
1935 • as Crawford
★ 7.0
Tornado
Tornado
1943 • as Charlie Muscles
★ 5.7
Fall In
Fall In
1942 • as Sgt. Ames
★ 6.5
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl
1936 • as Announcer
★ 7.0
Navy Blues
Navy Blues
1937 • as Chips
★ 6.0
As You Were
As You Were
1951 • as Sgt. Ames
★ 7.5
Honeymoon Deferred
Honeymoon Deferred
1940 • as Detective James
★ 8.0
Operation Haylift
Operation Haylift
1950 • as George Swallow
★ 5.0
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The Lady Fights Back
1937 • as Swede Jannsen
★ 7.0
Behind the Criminal
Behind the Criminal
1937 • as Red Manders
★ 6.0
Inside Information
Inside Information
1939 • as Detective Grazzi
★ 7.5
Always in Trouble
Always in Trouble
1938 • as Buster Mussendorfer
★ 7.3
The Westerner
The Westerner
1934 • as Bob Lockhart
★ 8.0