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Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Birthday: 1906-08-29 | Place of Birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1958
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

as    Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks

as    Bancroft Baines

1956
The Killing

as    Mike O'Reilly

1954
Riding Shotgun

as    Tom Biggert

1953
It Came from Outer Space

as    Frank Daylon

1952
Red Skies of Montana

as    R. A. 'Pop' Miller

1952
Indian Uprising

as    Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

1951
Comin' Round the Mountain

as    Kalem McCoy

1949
The Gay Amigo

as    Sergeant McNulty

1949
Stagecoach Kid

as    Thatcher

1949
Tucson

as    Tod Bryant

1949
The Lucky Stiff

as    Tony

1948
Half Past Midnight

as    Det. Lt. Joe Nash

1948
Coroner Creek

as    Frank Yordy

1948
Fighting Back

as    Police Sergeant Scudder

1947
Big Town After Dark

as    Monk

1947
A Double Life

as    Pete Bonner

1946
The Runaround

as    Hutchins

1945
The Naughty Nineties

as    Bailey

1944
Raiders of Ghost City

as    Idaho Jones

1944
Moon Over Las Vegas

as    Joe

1943
Prairie Chickens

as    Albertson

1943
Hit the Ice

as    Buster - Silky's Henchman

1943
The Outlaw

as    Charley Woodruff

1943
Taxi, Mister

as    Eddie Corbett

1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery

as    Karl Straeder

1942
Hay Foot

as    Sergeant Ames

1941
Belle Starr

as    John Cole