Acting credits
188
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Joe Sawyer
Acting
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Movies: 178Series: 10Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 3341
IMDb ID: nm0768178
Known for: Acting
Born: August 29, 1906
Died: April 21, 1982
Age: 75
Place of birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1931 - 1995
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q460968
Also known as
Joe Sauers • Joe Sauer • Joseph Sauers • Joseph Sawyer
Other jobs
Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Joe Sawyer.
5.6
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995 Movie
Legends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
1992 Movie
7.3
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara
1991 Movie
7.0
How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
1962 Movie
6.5
North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner
1960 Movie
10.0
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
1958 Movie
7.6
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
1956 Movie
7.1
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines
1956 Movie
5.0
Johnny Dark
as Carl Svenson
1954 Movie
5.8
Riding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert
1954 Movie
5.5
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma
1954 Movie
6.3
It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon
1953 Movie
5.0
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Sgt. Ames
1952 Movie
6.9
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
1952 Movie
5.2
Red Skies of Montana
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller
1952 Movie
6.2
Indian Uprising
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
1952 Movie
5.0
As You Were
as Sgt. Ames
1951 Movie
5.8
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Kalem McCoy
1951 Movie
Pride of Maryland
as Knuckles
1951 Movie
4.9
The Flying Missile
as Fuss Payne
1950 Movie
6.3
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Jake
1950 Movie
3.0
Operation Haylift
as George Swallow
1950 Movie
6.3
Blondie's Hero
as Sergeant Gateson
1950 Movie
4.5
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Cactus Jack
1950 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joe Sawyer.
8.5
Everglades
1 eps
1961 Series
Harrigan and Son
1 eps
1960 Series
5.0
Surfside 6
as Leon Huff • 1 eps
1960 Series
6.2
Lock-Up
as Sgt. McEvoy • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.5
Peter Gunn
1 eps
1958 Series
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Fighting Sam Brown • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.9
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
164 eps
1954 Series
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Chopper • 1 eps
1952 Series
6.0
Racket Squad
1 eps
1951 Series
Ford Theatre
1 eps
1948 Series