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  • BIRTH 29/08/1906
  • DEATH 21/04/1982
  • Country Canada
  • MOVIES 34

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 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.

Joe Sawyer

Movies (34)

The Killing
The Killing
Mike O'Reilly
Gilda
Gilda
Casey
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
The Sergeant
It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space
Frank Daylon
The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home
Davis
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
Sergeant Early
Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice
Buster
Big Brown Eyes
Big Brown Eyes
Jack Sully
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
'Trigger' Smith
You're in the Army Now
You're in the Army Now
Sergeant Madden
Red Skies of Montana
Red Skies of Montana
R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Taza, Son of Cochise
Taza, Son of Cochise
Sgt. Hamma
The Informer
The Informer
Bartly Mulholland
Black Legion
Black Legion
Cliff Summers
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest
Jackie
You Can't Get Away with Murder
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Red
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Karl Straeder
Tarzan's Revenge
Tarzan's Revenge
Olaf Punch
The Outlaw
The Outlaw
Charley Woodruff
Dark Command
Dark Command
Bushropp
Riding Shotgun
Riding Shotgun
Tom Biggert
A Double Life
A Double Life
Pete Bonner
The Kettles in the Ozarks
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Bancroft Baines
Belle Starr
Belle Starr
John Cole
Car 99
Car 99
Whitey, burly henchman
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Werner Renz
Inside Job
Inside Job
Police Capt. Thomas
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On
Sgt. Doolittle
Midnight Madonna
Midnight Madonna
Wolfe
North to Alaska
North to Alaska
Land Commissioner
Swamp Water
Swamp Water
Hardy Ragan
Hay Foot
Hay Foot
Sergeant Ames
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Kitzmiller
Navy Blues
Navy Blues
Chips