Joe Sawyer
Known for ActingBorn 1906-08-29 — died 1982-04-21Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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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.
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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
How the West Was Won
1962 · as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Gilda
1946 · as Casey
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · as Bookkeeper
North to Alaska
1960 · as Land Commissioner
The Killing
1956 · as Mike O'Reilly
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · as Sgt. Doolittle
Special Agent
1935 · as Rich - Chief Henchman
Sergeant York
1941 · as Sergeant Early
Slim
1937 · as Windy Wilcox
The Outlaw
1943 · as Charley Woodruff
The Public Enemy
1931 · as Pool Player (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin
1932 · as Leroux (uncredited)
Kazan
1949 · as Sandz Jepson
Motor Madness
1937 · as Steve Dolan
Belle Starr
1941 · as John Cole
Passport Husband
1938 · as Duke Selton
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Stolen Heaven
1938 · as Bako