The Killing1956
As Mike O'Reilly
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Joe Sawyer
Born
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 (182)
The Grapes of Wrath1940
As Bookkeeper
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Sergeant York1941
As Sergeant Early
TMDb 7.2 / 10
How the West Was Won1962
As Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Public Enemy1931
As Pool Player (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Red Skies of Montana1952
As R. A. 'Pop' Miller
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Gilda1946
As Casey
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Santa Fe Trail1940
As Kitzmiller
TMDb 5.8 / 10
North to Alaska1960
As Land Commissioner
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Long Voyage Home1940
As Davis
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Deadline - U.S.A.1952
As Whitey Franks (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
They Died with Their Boots On1941
As Sgt. Doolittle
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Dark Command1940
As Bushropp
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Union Pacific1939
As Shamus (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hit the Ice1943
As Buster
TMDb 6.0 / 10
It Came from Outer Space1953
As Frank Daylon
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Walking Dead1936
As 'Trigger' Smith
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Roaring Twenties1939
As The Sergeant
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Whole Town's Talking1935
As Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Stolen Heaven1938
As Bako
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Taza, Son of Cochise1954
As Sgt. Hamma
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Outlaw1943
As Charley Woodruff
TMDb 5.4 / 10
A Double Life1947
As Pete Bonner
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Passport Husband1938
As Duke Selton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Comin' Round the Mountain1951
As Kalem McCoy
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Jimmy the Gent1934
As Mike (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Special Agent1935
As Rich - Chief Henchman
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Belle Starr1941
As John Cole
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Petrified Forest1936
As Jackie
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Slim1937
As Windy Wilcox
TMDb 6.5 / 10
I Found Stella Parish1935
As Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
I Stole a Million1939
As Billings
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Riding Shotgun1954
As Tom Biggert
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Swamp Water1941
As Hardy Ragan
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Tarzan's Desert Mystery1943
As Karl Straeder
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Confessions of a Nazi Spy1939
As Werner Renz
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Naughty Nineties1945
As Bailey
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Legends of the West1992
As Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frontier Marshal1939
As Curley Bill
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Big Brown Eyes1936
As Jack Sully
TMDb 6.3 / 10
You Can't Get Away with Murder1939
As Red
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Arsène Lupin1932
As Leroux (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Motor Madness1937
As Steve Dolan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The House Across the Bay1940
As Charlie
TMDb 5.6 / 10
They Gave Him a Gun1937
As Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Fighting Father Dunne1948
As Steve Davis
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Christmas Eve1947
As Private Detective
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Son of a Sailor1933
As Slug
TMDb 6.0 / 10
If You Knew Susie1948
As Zero Zantini
TMDb 7.3 / 10
You're in the Army Now1941
As Sergeant Madden
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Two in a Crowd1936
As Bonelli's Henchman
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Frisco Kid1935
As Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Informer1935
As Bartly Mulholland
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Great Guy1936
As Joe Burton
TMDb 6.3 / 10
And Baby Makes Three1949
As Police officer
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Deadline at Dawn1946
As Babe Dooley
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Johnny Dark1954
As Carl Svenson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey1995
As Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Hay Foot1942
As Sergeant Ames
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Case of the Howling Dog1934
As Carl Trask (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Death on the Diamond1934
As "Dunc" Spencer
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Band Plays On1934
As Mr. Thomas
TMDb 8.3 / 10
King of the Lumberjacks1940
As Jigger
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Moonlight on the Prairie1935
As Luke Thomas
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Coroner Creek1948
As Frank Yordy
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Flying Missile1950
As Fuss Payne
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Let's Face It1943
As Sgt. Wiggins
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Stranger's Return1933
As Thresher
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ace of Aces1933
As Captain Daly
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Tucson1949
As Tod Bryant
TMDb 7.5 / 10
San Quentin1937
As 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The McGuerins from Brooklyn1942
As Eddie Corbett
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hold Your Man1933
As Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Huddle1932
As Slater
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Brewster's Millions1945
As Hacky Smith
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Black Legion1937
As Cliff Summers
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Lady from Cheyenne1941
As Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Kazan1949
As Sandz Jepson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
About Face1942
As Sgt. William Ames
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Tarzan's Revenge1938
As Olaf Punch
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Heart of the North1938
As Red Crocker
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Runaround1946
As Hutchins
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Notorious Sophie Lang1934
As Building Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
College Humor1933
As Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Melody Ranch1940
As Jasper Wildhack
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Country Doctor1936
As Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Three Cornered Moon1933
As Head Lifeguard (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Lady and the Mob1939
As Blinky Mack
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Kettles in the Ozarks1956
As Bancroft Baines
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Golden Harvest1933
As Farmhand (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Here Comes Trouble1948
As Officer Ames
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Raiders of Ghost City1944
As Idaho Jones
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Murder with Pictures1936
As Inspector Tom Bacon
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Campus Sweethearts
Campus Sweethearts1930
TMDb 10.0 / 10
High Powered1945
As Spike Kenny
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Big Town After Dark1947
As Monk
TMDb 5.5 / 10
High Tension1936
As Terry Madden
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek1950
As Jake
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Fighting Back1948
As Police Sergeant Scudder
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Inside Job1946
As Police Capt. Thomas
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Down in San Diego1941
As Dutch
TMDb 6.7 / 10
G.I. War Brides1946
As Sgt. Frank Moraski
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sundown Jim1942
As Ben Moffitt
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Moon Over Las Vegas1944
As Joe
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Blondie's Hero1950
As Sergeant Gateson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Eskimo1933
As Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Sing and Like It1934
As Gunner - Hood
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Accusing Finger1936
As Father Regan, chaplain
TMDb 5.8 / 10
A Son Comes Home1936
As First Truck Driver
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Olsen’s Big Moment1933
As Dapper' Danny Reynolds
TMDb 9.0 / 10
South of Dixie1944
As Ernest Hatcher
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Wildcat Bus1940
As Burke
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Last of the Duanes1941
As Bull Lossomer
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Roses Are Red1947
As Police Lt. Rocky Wall
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Gridiron Flash1934
As Coach Eversmith
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Border Legion1940
As Jim Gulden
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Prescott Kid1934
As Marshal Willoughby
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Man of Iron1935
As Crawford
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Man from Montreal1939
As Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Indian Uprising1952
As Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Fall In1942
As Sgt. Ames
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin1958
As Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
TMDb 9.5 / 10
The Untamed Breed1948
As Hoy Keegan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Buckskin Frontier1943
As Brannigan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sleepy Lagoon1943
As Lumpy
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Yanks Ahoy1943
As Sgt. Ames
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Always in Trouble1938
As Buster Mussendorfer
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Pride of the Marines1936
As Tennessee
TMDb 8.0 / 10
As You Were1951
As Sgt. Ames
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Sabotage1939
As Gardner
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Lucky Stiff1949
As Tony
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Lady Fights Back
The Lady Fights Back1937
As Swede Jannsen
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Crash Donovan1936
As Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Navy Blues1937
As Chips
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Leathernecks Have Landed1936
As Sgt. Regan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Freshman Love1936
As Coach Kendall
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Half Past Midnight1948
As Det. Lt. Joe Nash
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Stagecoach Kid1949
As Thatcher
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Broadway Gondolier1935
As 'Red'
TMDb 6.0 / 10
College Coach1933
As Holcomb
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Down Mexico Way1941
As Allen
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Singing Sheriff1944
As Squint
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Special Investigator1936
As Jim Plummer
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Tanks a Million1941
As Sgt. William Ames
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Little Big Shot1935
As Doré's Henchman
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Women Without Names1940
As Principal Keeper Grimley
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Mr. Walkie Talkie1952
As Sgt. Ames
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Looking for Trouble1934
As Max Stanley
TMDb 6.7 / 10
And Sudden Death1936
As Police Sgt. Sanborn
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Inside Information1939
As Detective Grazzi
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Car 991935
As Whitey, burly henchman
TMDb 7.5 / 10
A Letter From Bataan1942
As Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Prairie Chickens1943
As Albertson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Joe Palooka, Champ1946
As Lefty
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Lucky Cisco Kid1940
As Bill Stevens
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Arizonian1935
As Henchman Keeler
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Alaska Highway1943
As Roughhouse
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Gay Amigo1949
As Sergeant McNulty
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Pride of Maryland1951
As Knuckles
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Rose Bowl1936
As Announcer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Deputy Marshal1949
As Eli Cressett
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Cowboy in Manhattan1943
As Louie
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Dangerous Adventure1937
As Dutch
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Brooklyn Orchid1942
As Eddie Corbett
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hey, Rookie1944
As Sergeant
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Saturday's Millions1933
As Coach
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Wrecking Crew1942
As Fred Bunce
TMDb 7.0 / 10
College Rhythm1934
As Spud Miller
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Taxi, Mister1943
As Eddie Corbett
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Tornado1943
As Charlie Muscles
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Traveling Saleswoman1950
As Cactus Jack
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Operation Haylift1950
As George Swallow
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sequoia1935
As Forest Ranger (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West1991
As Sgt. Biff O'Hara
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Midnight Madonna1937
As Wolfe
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Reported Missing1937
As 'Brad' Martin
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Maker of Men1931
As Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Westerner1934
As Bob Lockhart
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Honeymoon Deferred1940
As Detective James
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Storm1938
As Kelly
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Behind the Criminal1937
As Red Manders
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Gambling Ship
Gambling Ship1938
As Tony Garzoni
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb