Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer
Sawyer in Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
Born
Joseph Sauers

(1906-08-29)August 29, 1906
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
DiedApril 21, 1982(1982-04-21) (aged 75)
Ashland, Oregon, U.S.
Other namesJoseph Sawyer
OccupationActor
Years active1930–1962

Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers; August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor.[1] He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962,[2] and was sometimes billed under his birth name.

Early life

Sawyer was born August 29, 1906, as Joseph Sauer[3] in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His parents were German. In his 20s he went to Los Angeles to pursue a career in films.[4]

Career

Sawyer gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse.[5] Productions in which he performed there included Quinneys, The Wolves, and White Wings.[6]

Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in the Rin Tin Tin television program,[2] 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. Sawyer also appeared on ABC's, Maverick, Sugarfoot, Peter Gunn, and Surfside 6 as well as NBC's Bat Masterson.

Death

Sawyer died April 21, 1982, in Ashland, Oregon, from liver cancer. He was 75.[5] His interment was in Oregon.

Selected filmography

  • The Public Enemy (1931) as Pool player (uncredited)
  • New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931) as Willis the Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
  • Surrender (1931) as Sergeant Muller
  • Maker of Men (1931) as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
  • Arsene Lupin (1932) as Leroux (uncredited)
  • Shopworn (1932) as Construction Camp Worker (uncredited)
  • Young Bride (1932) as Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite (uncredited)
  • Huddle (1932) as Slater
  • Forgotten Commandments (1932) as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff (uncredited)
  • Olsen's Big Moment (1933) as 'Dapper' Danny Reynolds
  • Hold Your Man (1933) as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
  • College Humor (1933) as Tex Roust
  • The Stranger's Return (1933) as Farmhand (uncredited)
  • Three Cornered Moon (1933) as Swimming Pool Instructor (uncredited)
  • Golden Harvest (1933) as Farmhand (uncredited)
  • Saturday's Millions (1933) as Coach
  • Ace of Aces (1933) as Capt. Daly
  • College Coach (1933) as Holcomb
  • Eskimo (1933) as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
  • Blood Money (1933) as Red (uncredited)
  • Jimmy and Sally (1933) as Slug Morgan (uncredited)
  • Son of a Sailor (1933) as Slug (uncredited)
  • Jimmy the Gent (1934) as Mike (uncredited)
  • Wharf Angel (1934) as Sailor on 'The Coyote' (uncredited)
  • Looking for Trouble (1934) as Henchman Max Stanley
  • Sing and Like It (1934) as Gunner – Hood
  • Stamboul Quest (1934) as Soldier Escorting Doktor (uncredited)
  • The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934) as Building Guard (uncredited)
  • Death on the Diamond (1934) as Spencer
  • The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) as Carl Trask (uncredited)
  • Against the Law (1934) as McManus (uncredited)
  • Gridiron Flash (1934) as Coach Eversmith
  • The Prescott Kid (1934) as Marshal Willoughby
  • College Rhythm (1934) as Spud Miller (uncredited)
  • Behold My Wife! (1934) as Morton (uncredited)
  • The Westerner (1934) as Bob Lockhart
  • The Band Plays On (1934) as Mr. Thomas
  • Sequoia (1934) as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
  • The Whole Town's Talking (1935) as Nick, Mannion's Henchman (uncredited)
  • Car 99 (1935) as Whitey
  • Eight Bells (1935) as Gates (uncredited)
  • Air Hawks (1935) as Henchman (uncredited)
  • The Informer (1935) as Barty Mulholland
  • The Arizonian (1935) as Henchman Keeler
  • Broadway Gondolier (1935) as 'Red'
  • Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
  • Little Big Shot (1935) as Doré's Henchman #1
  • Special Agent (1935) as Ned Rich
  • Moonlight on the Prairie (1935) as Luke Thomas
  • I Found Stella Parish (1935) as Chuck
  • Frisco Kid (1935) as Slugs Crippen
  • Man of Iron (1935) as Crawford
  • Freshman Love (1936) as Coach Kendall
  • The Petrified Forest (1936) as Jackie
  • The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936) as Sgt. Regan
  • The Walking Dead (1936) as Trigger Smith
  • The Country Doctor (1936) as Joe, Logger lifting log (uncredited)
  • Pride of the Marines (1936) as Tennessee
  • Big Brown Eyes (1936) as Jack Sully
  • Special Investigator (1936) as Jim 'Jimmy' Plummer
  • And Sudden Death (1936) as Police Sgt. Sanborn
  • High Tension (1936) as Terry Madden
  • A Son Comes Home (1936) as First Truck Driver (uncredited)
  • Crash Donovan (1936) as Henchman (uncredited)
  • Murder with Pictures (1936) as Inspector Bacon
  • Two in a Crowd (1936) as Bonelli's Henchman
  • Rose Bowl (1936) as Announcer (uncredited)
  • The Accusing Finger (1936) as Father Reed – the Priest
  • Great Guy (1936) as Burton
  • Black Legion (1937) as Cliff Moore
  • Navy Blues (1937) as Chips
  • Motor Madness (1937) as Steve Dolan
  • They Gave Him a Gun (1937) as Doyle – Gangster (uncredited)
  • San Quentin (1937) as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
  • Slim (1937) as Wilcox
  • Midnight Madonna (1937) as Wolfe
  • A Dangerous Adventure (1937) as Dutch
  • Reported Missing (1937) as 'Brad' Martin
  • The Lady Fights Back (1937) as Swede Jannsen
  • Tarzan's Revenge (1938) as Olaf Punch
  • Stolen Heaven (1938) as Bako
  • Passport Husband (1938) as Duke Selton
  • Always in Trouble (1938) as Buster Mussendorfer
  • The Storm (1938) as Kelly – Wireless Operator
  • Heart of the North (1938) as Red Crocker
  • Gambling Ship (1938) as Tony Garzoni
  • My Son Is a Criminal (1939) as Policeman (uncredited)
  • You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) as Red
  • The Lady and the Mob (1939) as Blinky Mack
  • Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) as Werner Renz
  • Union Pacific (1939) as Shamus (uncredited)
  • Inside Information (1939) as Detective Grazzi
  • Frontier Marshal (1939) as Curley Bill
  • I Stole a Million (1939) as Billings
  • Rio (1939) as Prison Guard (uncredited)
  • Sabotage (1939) as Gardner
  • The Roaring Twenties (1939) as Sergeant Pete Jones
  • Man from Montreal (1939) as Biff Anders
  • The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Keene Ranch foreman
  • Honeymoon Deferred (1940) as Detective James
  • The House Across the Bay (1940) as Charley
  • Women Without Names (1940) as Principal Keeper Grimley (uncredited)
  • Dark Command (1940) as Bushropp
  • King of the Lumberjacks (1940) as Jigger, a Lumberjack
  • Lucky Cisco Kid (1940) as Bill Stevens
  • Wildcat Bus (1940) as Burke
  • The Long Voyage Home (1940) as Davis
  • Melody Ranch (1940) as Jasper Wildhack
  • The Border Legion (1940) as Jim Gulden
  • Santa Fe Trail (1940) as Kitzmiller
  • The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman (uncredited)
  • Sergeant York (1941) as Sergeant Early
  • Down in San Diego (1941) as Dutch
  • Belle Starr (1941) as John Cole
  • Tanks a Million (1941) as Sgt. William Ames
  • Last of the Duanes (1941) as Bull Lossomer
  • Down Mexico Way (1941) as Allen
  • Swamp Water (1941) as Hardy Ragan
  • They Died with Their Boots On (1941) as Sergeant Doolittle
  • You're in the Army Now (1941) as Sergeant Madden
  • Hay Foot (1942) as Sergeant Ames
  • Brooklyn Orchid (1942) as Eddie Corbett
  • Sundown Jim (1942) as Ben Moffitt
  • Wrecking Crew (1942) as Fred Bunce
  • Fall In (1942) as Sgt. William Ames
  • The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942) as Eddie Corbett
  • The Outlaw (1943) as Charley Woodruff
  • Prairie Chickens (1943) as Albertson
  • Taxi, Mister (1943) as Eddie Corbett
  • Buckskin Frontier (1943) as Brannigan
  • Cowboy in Manhattan (1943) as Louie
  • Hit the Ice (1943) as Buster
  • Alaska Highway (1943) as Roughhouse
  • Yanks Ahoy (1943) as Sgt. Ames
  • Let's Face It (1943) as Sergeant Wiggins
  • Sleepy Lagoon (1943) as Lumpy
  • Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) as Karl Straeder
  • Tornado (1943) as Charlie Boswell
  • Moon Over Las Vegas (1944) as Joe
  • Hey, Rookie (1944) as Sergeant
  • South of Dixie (1944) as Ernest Hatcher
  • Raiders of Ghost City (1944) as Idaho Jones
  • The Singing Sheriff (1944) as Squint
  • High Powered (1945) as Spike Kenny
  • Brewster's Millions (1945) as Hacky Smith
  • The Naughty Nineties (1945) as Bailey
  • Deadline at Dawn (1946) as Babe Dooley
  • Gilda (1946) as Casey
  • Joe Palooka, Champ (1946) as Lefty
  • The Runaround (1946) as Hutchins
  • Inside Job (1946) as Police Capt. Thomas
  • G.I. War Brides (1946) as Sgt. Frank Moraski
  • Christmas Eve (1947) as Private Detective Gimlet
  • Roses Are Red (1947) as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
  • Big Town After Dark (1947) as Monk
  • A Double Life (1947) as Det. Pete Bonner
  • If You Knew Susie (1948) as Zero Zantini
  • Here Comes Trouble (1948) as Officer Ames
  • Half Past Midnight (1948) as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
  • Fighting Father Dunne (1948) as Steve Davis
  • Coroner Creek (1948) as Frank Yordy
  • Fighting Back (1948) as Police Sgt. Scudder
  • The Untamed Breed (1948) as Hoy Keegan
  • Two Knights from Brooklyn (1949) as Eddie Corbett (archive footage)
  • The Lucky Stiff (1949) as Tony
  • Kazan (1949)
  • Tucson (1949) as Tod Bryant
  • The Gay Amigo (1949) as Sergeant McNulty
  • Stagecoach Kid (1949) as Thatcher
  • Pinky (1949) as Sandz Jepson
  • Deputy Marshall (1949) as Eli Cressett / Colt Redwood
  • And Baby Makes Three (1949) as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
  • The Traveling Saleswoman (1950) as Cactus Jack
  • Blondie's Hero (1950) as Sgt. Gateson
  • Operation Haylift (1950) as George Swallow
  • Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) as Jake
  • The Flying Missile (1950) as Quartermaster 'Fuss' Payne
  • Pride of Maryland (1951) as Knuckles
  • Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) as Kalem McCoy
  • As You Were (1952) as Sgt. Ames
  • Indian Uprising (1952) as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
  • Red Skies of Montana (1952) as R.A. (Pop) Miller
  • Deadline – U.S.A. (1952) as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
  • Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952) as Sgt. Ames
  • It Came from Outer Space (1953) as Frank Daylon
  • Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) as Sgt. Hamma
  • Riding Shotgun (1954) as Tom Biggert
  • Johnny Dark (1954) as Carl Svenson
  • The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956) as Bancroft Baines
  • The Killing (1956) as Mike O'Reilly
  • The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin (1958) as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
  • New Comedy Showcase (TV series, 1960, Season 1 Episode 7 "Maisie") as Master Sergeant Blackenhorn
  • North to Alaska (1960) as Land Commissioner
  • How the West Was Won (1962) as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

References

  1. ^ "Few Names Are 'Box-Office'". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. September 19, 1935. p. 21. Retrieved November 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b Landesman, Fred (2004). The John Wayne Filmography. McFarland. p. 211. ISBN 9780786432523. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  3. ^ family member
  4. ^ Levy, Bill (April 5, 2013). Lest We Forget: The John Ford Stock Company. BearManor Media. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "JOE SAWYER, FILM AND TV ACTOR; Joe Sawyer, 75, Created Role Of Sgt. O'Hara in 'Rin Tin Tin'". The New York Times. United Press International. May 25, 1982. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  6. ^ "Is Villain". The Pasadena Post. November 2, 1928. p. 10. Retrieved July 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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