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Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Acting

August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982 (died at 75)
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Male
184 Movies
10 TV Shows

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.

The Killing
The Killing

The Killing

1956 7.6

as Mike O'Reilly

Age 49 (now 75)
Gilda
Gilda

Gilda

1946 7.5

as Casey

Age 39 (now 75)
It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space

1953 6.3

as Frank Daylon

Age 46 (now 75)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

1954 7.0
Age 48 (now 75)
164 eps
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

1939 7.5

as The Sergeant

Age 33 (now 75)
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

1936 7.1

as Jackie

Age 29 (now 75)
The Outlaw
The Outlaw

The Outlaw

1943 5.5

as Charley Woodruff

Age 36 (now 75)
The Informer
The Informer

The Informer

1935 6.8

as Bartly Mulholland

Age 28 (now 75)
Black Legion
Black Legion

Black Legion

1937 6.6

as Cliff Summers

Age 30 (now 75)
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

1943 6.2

as Karl Straeder

Age 37 (now 75)
A Double Life
A Double Life

A Double Life

1947 6.4

as Pete Bonner

Age 41 (now 75)
Riding Shotgun
Riding Shotgun

Riding Shotgun

1954 6.0

as Tom Biggert

Age 47 (now 75)
San Quentin
San Quentin

San Quentin

1937 6.6

as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen

Age 30 (now 75)
The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home

1940 6.6

as Davis

Age 34 (now 75)
Dark Command
Dark Command

Dark Command

1940 6.4

as Bushropp

Age 33 (now 75)
North to Alaska
North to Alaska

North to Alaska

1960 6.5

as Land Commissioner

Age 54 (now 75)