Personal Info
Known Credits
177
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1906-08-29 (119 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Also Known For
Joe SauersJoe SauerJoseph SauersJoseph Sawyer
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 po ...
Known For
Acting
1995 --
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
| Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992 --
Legends of the West
| Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall'
1991 --
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
| Sgt. Biff O'Hara
1962 --
How the West Was Won
| Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
1960 --
North to Alaska
| Land Commissioner
1958 --
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
| Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
1956 --
The Killing
| Mike O'Reilly
1956 --
The Kettles in the Ozarks
| Bancroft Baines
1954 --
Johnny Dark
| Carl Svenson
1954 --
Riding Shotgun
| Tom Biggert
1954 --
Taza, Son of Cochise
| Sgt. Hamma
1953 --
It Came from Outer Space
| Frank Daylon
1952 --
Mr. Walkie Talkie
| Sgt. Ames
1952 --
Deadline - U.S.A.
| Whitey Franks (uncredited)
1952 --
Red Skies of Montana
| R. A. 'Pop' Miller
1952 --
Indian Uprising
| Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
1951 --
As You Were
| Sgt. Ames
1951 --
Comin' Round the Mountain
| Kalem McCoy
1950 --
The Flying Missile
| Fuss Payne
1950 --
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
| Jake
1950 --
Operation Haylift
| George Swallow
1950 --
Blondie's Hero
| Sergeant Gateson
1950 --
The Traveling Saleswoman
| Cactus Jack
1949 --
And Baby Makes Three
| Police officer
1949 --
Deputy Marshal
| Eli Cressett
1949 --
Kazan
| Sandz Jepson
1949 --
Stagecoach Kid
| Thatcher
1949 --
The Lucky Stiff
| Tony
1949 --
The Gay Amigo
| Sergeant McNulty
1949 --
Tucson
| Tod Bryant
1948 --
The Untamed Breed
| Hoy Keegan
1948 --
Fighting Back
| Police Sergeant Scudder
1948 --
Coroner Creek
| Frank Yordy
1948 --
Fighting Father Dunne
| Steve Davis
1948 --
Here Comes Trouble
| Officer Ames
1948 --
Half Past Midnight
| Det. Lt. Joe Nash
1948 --
If You Knew Susie
| Zero Zantini
1947 --
A Double Life
| Pete Bonner
1947 --
Big Town After Dark
| Monk
1947 --
Roses Are Red
| Police Lt. Rocky Wall
1947 --
Christmas Eve
| Private Detective
1946 --
G.I. War Brides
| Sgt. Frank Moraski
1946 --
Inside Job
| Police Capt. Thomas
1946 --
The Runaround
| Hutchins
1946 --
Joe Palooka, Champ
| Lefty
1946 --
Gilda
| Casey
1946 --
Deadline at Dawn
| Babe Dooley
1945 --
The Naughty Nineties
| Bailey
1945 --
Brewster's Millions
| Hacky Smith
1945 --
High Powered
| Spike Kenny
1944 --
The Singing Sheriff
| Squint
1944 --
Raiders of Ghost City
| Idaho Jones
1944 --
South of Dixie
| Ernest Hatcher
1944 --
Hey, Rookie
| Sergeant
1944 --
Moon Over Las Vegas
| Joe
1943 --
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
| Karl Straeder
1943 --
Sleepy Lagoon
| Lumpy
1943 --
Tornado
| Charlie Muscles
1943 --
Let's Face It
| Sgt. Wiggins
1943 --
Yanks Ahoy
| Sgt. Ames
1943 --
Alaska Highway
| Roughhouse
1943 --
Hit the Ice
| Buster
1943 --
Cowboy in Manhattan
| Louie
1943 --
Prairie Chickens
| Albertson
1943 --
Buckskin Frontier
| Brannigan
1943 --
Taxi, Mister
| Eddie Corbett
1943 --
The Outlaw
| Charley Woodruff
1942 --
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
| Eddie Corbett
1942 --
Fall In
| Sgt. Ames
1942 --
Wrecking Crew
| Fred Bunce
1942 --
A Letter From Bataan
| Roy - John's Brother-in-Law
1942 --
About Face
| Sgt. William Ames
1942 --
Sundown Jim
| Ben Moffitt
1942 --
Brooklyn Orchid
| Eddie Corbett
1942 --
Hay Foot
| Sergeant Ames
1941 --
You're in the Army Now
| Sergeant Madden
1941 --
They Died with Their Boots On
| Sgt. Doolittle
1941 --
Swamp Water
| Hardy Ragan
1941 --
Down Mexico Way
| Allen
1941 --
Sergeant York
| Sergeant Early
1941 --
Last of the Duanes
| Bull Lossomer
1941 --
Tanks a Million
| Sgt. William Ames
1941 --
Belle Starr
| John Cole
1941 --
Down in San Diego
| Dutch
1941 --
The Lady from Cheyenne
| Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman
1940 --
Santa Fe Trail
| Kitzmiller
1940 --
The Border Legion
| Jim Gulden
1940 --
The Long Voyage Home
| Davis
1940 --
Melody Ranch
| Jasper Wildhack
1940 --
Wildcat Bus
| Burke
1940 --
Lucky Cisco Kid
| Bill Stevens
1940 --
Dark Command
| Bushropp
1940 --
King of the Lumberjacks
| Jigger
1940 --
The Grapes of Wrath
| Bookkeeper
1940 --
Women Without Names
| Principal Keeper Grimley
1940 --
The House Across the Bay
| Charlie
1940 --
Honeymoon Deferred
| Detective James
1939 --
The Man from Montreal
| Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
1939 --
The Roaring Twenties
| The Sergeant
1939 --
Sabotage
| Gardner
1939 --
I Stole a Million
| Billings
1939 --
Frontier Marshal
| Curley Bill
1939 --
Inside Information
| Detective Grazzi
1939 --
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
| Werner Renz
1939 --
Union Pacific
| Shamus (uncredited)
1939 --
The Lady and the Mob
| Blinky Mack
1939 --
You Can't Get Away with Murder
| Red
1938 --
Gambling Ship
| Tony Garzoni
1938 --
Heart of the North
| Red Crocker
1938 --
The Storm
| Kelly
1938 --
Always in Trouble
| Buster Mussendorfer
1938 --
Passport Husband
| Duke Selton
1938 --
Stolen Heaven
| Bako
1938 --
Tarzan's Revenge
| Olaf Punch
1937 --
Behind the Criminal
| Red Manders
1937 --
The Lady Fights Back
| Swede Jannsen
1937 --
Reported Missing
| 'Brad' Martin
1937 --
A Dangerous Adventure
| Dutch
1937 --
Midnight Madonna
| Wolfe
1937 --
San Quentin
| 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
1937 --
They Gave Him a Gun
| Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
1937 --
Navy Blues
| Chips
1937 --
Black Legion
| Cliff Summers
1936 --
Great Guy
| Joe Burton
1936 --
Rose Bowl
| Announcer
1936 --
The Accusing Finger
| Father Reed, chaplain
1936 --
Two in a Crowd
| Bonelli's Henchman
1936 --
Murder with Pictures
| Inspector Tom Bacon
1936 --
Crash Donovan
| Henchman (uncredited)
1936 --
A Son Comes Home
| First Truck Driver
1936 --
High Tension
| Terry Madden
1936 --
And Sudden Death
| Police Sgt. Sanborn
1936 --
Special Investigator
| Jim Plummer
1936 --
Big Brown Eyes
| Jack Sully
1936 --
Pride of the Marines
| Tennessee
1936 --
The Country Doctor
| Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
1936 --
The Walking Dead
| 'Trigger' Smith
1936 --
The Leathernecks Have Landed
| Sgt. Regan
1936 --
The Petrified Forest
| Jackie
1936 --
Freshman Love
| Coach Kendall
1935 --
Man of Iron
| Crawford
1935 --
Frisco Kid
| Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
1935 --
I Found Stella Parish
| Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
1935 --
Moonlight on the Prairie
| Luke Thomas
1935 --
Special Agent
| Rich - Chief Henchman
1935 --
Little Big Shot
| Doré's Henchman
1935 --
Broadway Gondolier
| 'Red'
1935 --
The Arizonian
| Henchman Keeler
1935 --
The Informer
| Bartly Mulholland
1935 --
Car 99
| Whitey, burly henchman
1935 --
The Whole Town's Talking
| Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
1935 --
Sequoia
| Forest Ranger (uncredited)
1934 --
The Bands Plays On
| Mr. Thomas
1934 --
The Westerner
| Bob Lockhart
1934 --
College Rhythm
| Spud Miller
1934 --
Prescott Kid
| Marshal Willoughby
1934 --
Gridiron Flash
| Coach Eversmith
1934 --
The Case of the Howling Dog
| Carl Trask (uncredited)
1934 --
Death on the Diamond
| "Dunc" Spencer
1934 --
The Notorious Sophie Lang
| Building Guard (uncredited)
1934 --
Sing and Like it
| Gunner - Hood
1934 --
Looking for Trouble
| Max Stanley
1934 --
Jimmy the Gent
| Mike (uncredited)
1933 --
Son of a Sailor
| Slug
1933 --
Eskimo
| Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
1933 --
College Coach
| Holcomb
1933 --
Ace of Aces
| Captain Daly
1933 --
Saturday's Millions
| Coach
1933 --
Golden Harvest
| Farmhand (uncredited)
1933 --
Three-Cornered Moon
| Head Lifeguard
1933 --
The Stranger's Return
| Thresher
1933 --
College Humor
| Tex Roust
1933 --
Hold Your Man
| Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
1932 --
Huddle
| Slater
1932 --
Arsène Lupin
| Leroux (uncredited)
1931 --
Maker of Men
| Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
1931 --
The Public Enemy
| Pool Player (uncredited)