Joe Sawyer
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
How the West Was Won
1962
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Gilda
1946
as Casey
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Bookkeeper
The Killing
1956
as Mike O'Reilly
Union Pacific
1939
as Shamus (uncredited)
Slim
1937
as Windy Wilcox
The Public Enemy
1931
as Pool Player (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Kitzmiller
Sergeant York
1941
as Sergeant Early
The Outlaw
1943
as Charley Woodruff
Jimmy the Gent
1934
as Mike (uncredited)
Legends of the West
1992
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Sgt. Doolittle
Hit the Ice
1943
as Buster
Belle Starr
1941
as John Cole
North to Alaska
1960
as Land Commissioner
Arsène Lupin
1932
as Leroux (uncredited)
College Humor
1933
as Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
The Walking Dead
1936
as 'Trigger' Smith
Ace of Aces
1933
as Captain Daly