Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 29, 1906
Died
Apr 21, 1982
Place of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Credits
192 titles
Joe Sawyer
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.
Known For
Filmography
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends of the West
Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Sgt. Biff O'Hara
How the West Was Won
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Everglades
North to Alaska
Land Commissioner
Harrigan and Son
Surfside 6
Leon Huff
Lock-Up
Sgt. McEvoy
Peter Gunn
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
Sugarfoot
Fighting Sam Brown
The Killing
Mike O'Reilly
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Bancroft Baines
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Johnny Dark
Carl Svenson
Riding Shotgun
Tom Biggert
Taza, Son of Cochise
Sgt. Hamma
It Came from Outer Space
Frank Daylon
The Abbott and Costello Show
Chopper
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Sgt. Ames
Deadline - U.S.A.
Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Red Skies of Montana
R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Indian Uprising
Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
As You Were
Sgt. Ames
Comin' Round the Mountain
Kalem McCoy
Racket Squad
Pride of Maryland
Knuckles
The Flying Missile
Fuss Payne
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Jake
Operation Haylift
George Swallow
Blondie's Hero
Sergeant Gateson
The Traveling Saleswoman
Cactus Jack
And Baby Makes Three
Police officer
Deputy Marshal
Eli Cressett
Kazan
Sandz Jepson
Stagecoach Kid
Thatcher
The Lucky Stiff
Tony
The Gay Amigo
Sergeant McNulty
Tucson
Tod Bryant
The Untamed Breed
Hoy Keegan
Ford Theatre
Fighting Back
Police Sergeant Scudder
Coroner Creek
Frank Yordy
Fighting Father Dunne
Steve Davis
Here Comes Trouble
Officer Ames
Half Past Midnight
Det. Lt. Joe Nash
If You Knew Susie
Zero Zantini
A Double Life
Pete Bonner
Big Town After Dark
Monk