Joseph Sauers

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.

Early life

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

Career

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

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''. 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. 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 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 film), 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 (film), Hit the Ice'' (1943) as Buster
* ''Alaska Highway (film), Alaska Highway'' (1943) as Roughhouse
* ''Yanks Ahoy'' (1943) as Sgt. Ames
* ''Let's Face It (film), Let's Face It'' (1943) as Sergeant Wiggins
* ''Sleepy Lagoon (film), Sleepy Lagoon'' (1943) as Lumpy
* ''Tarzan's Desert Mystery'' (1943) as Karl Straeder
* ''Tornado (film), 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 film), 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 film), The Runaround'' (1946) as Hutchins
* ''Inside Job (1946 film), Inside Job'' (1946) as Police Capt. Thomas
* ''G.I. War Brides'' (1946) as Sgt. Frank Moraski
* ''Christmas Eve (1947 film), Christmas Eve'' (1947) as Private Detective Gimlet
* ''Roses Are Red (film), Roses Are Red'' (1947) as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
* ''Big Town After Dark'' (1947) as Monk
* ''A Double Life (1947 film), A Double Life'' (1947) as Det. Pete Bonner
* ''If You Knew Susie (film), If You Knew Susie'' (1948) as Zero Zantini
* ''Here Comes Trouble (1948 film), 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 film), 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 film), Kazan'' (1949)
* ''Tucson (film), Tucson'' (1949) as Tod Bryant
* ''The Gay Amigo'' (1949) as Sergeant McNulty
* ''Stagecoach Kid'' (1949) as Thatcher
* ''Pinky (film), 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 (film), As You Were'' (1952) as Sgt. Ames
* ''Indian Uprising (film), 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 (film), 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 (film), Riding Shotgun'' (1954) as Tom Biggert
* ''Johnny Dark (film), Johnny Dark'' (1954) as Carl Svenson
* ''The Kettles in the Ozarks'' (1956) as Bancroft Baines
* ''The Killing (film), The Killing'' (1956) as Mike O'Reilly
* ''The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin'' (1958) as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
* ''North to Alaska'' (1960) as Land Commissioner
* ''How the West Was Won (film), How the West Was Won'' (1962) as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

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1906 births
1982 deaths
Canadian male film actors
Deaths from cancer in Oregon
Deaths from liver cancer
Burials in Oregon
Male actors from Ontario
People from Guelph
Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States
Western (genre) television actors
Canadian male stage actors
20th-century Canadian male actors