Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

1906-08-29 – 1982-04-21 (age 75) Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Biography

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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.

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Known For

The Killing
The Killing

1956

as Mike O'Reilly

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won

1962

as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Bookkeeper

Gilda
Gilda

1946

as Casey

Sergeant York
Sergeant York

1941

as Sergeant Early

North to Alaska
North to Alaska

1960

as Land Commissioner

The Outlaw
The Outlaw

1943

as Charley Woodruff

The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy

1931

as Pool Player (uncredited)

Riding Shotgun
Riding Shotgun

1954

as Tom Biggert

They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as Sgt. Doolittle

The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties

1939

as The Sergeant

Broadway Gondolier
Broadway Gondolier

1935

as 'Red'

The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead

1936

as 'Trigger' Smith

Belle Starr
Belle Starr

1941

as John Cole

Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail

1940

as Kitzmiller

It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space

1953

as Frank Daylon

Union Pacific
Union Pacific

1939

as Shamus (uncredited)

Frisco Kid
Frisco Kid

1935

as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)

Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

as Whitey Franks (uncredited)

Black Legion
Black Legion

1937

as Cliff Summers