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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
1956
The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookkeeper
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Kitzmiller
1940
Gilda
as Casey
1946
Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson
1950
The Outlaw
as Charley Woodruff
1943
The Naughty Nineties
as Bailey
1945
The Walking Dead
as 'Trigger' Smith
1936
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Kalem McCoy
1951
Hit the Ice
as Buster
1943
Deadline at Dawn
as Babe Dooley
1946
A Double Life
as Pete Bonner
1947
The Prescott Kid
as Marshal Willoughby
1934
Black Legion
as Cliff Summers
1937
Coroner Creek
as Frank Yordy
1948
Brewster's Millions
as Hacky Smith
1945
The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant
1939
The Singing Sheriff
as Squint
1944
The Informer
as Bartly Mulholland
1935
The House Across the Bay
as Charlie
1940
