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.
Joe Sawyer | |
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.jpg) Sawyer in Tarzan's Revenge (1938) | |
| Born | Joseph Sauers August 29, 1906 |
| Died | April 21, 1982 (aged 75) Ashland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Other names | Joseph Sawyer |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1930–1962 |
Early life
editSawyer 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
editSawyer 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
editSawyer died April 21, 1982, in Ashland, Oregon, from liver cancer. He was 75.[5] His interment was in Oregon.[citation needed]
Selected filmography
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Few Names Are 'Box-Office'". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. September 19, 1935. p. 21. Retrieved November 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Landesman, Fred (2004). The John Wayne Filmography. McFarland. p. 211. ISBN 9780786432523. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ family member
- ^ Levy, Bill (April 5, 2013). Lest We Forget: The John Ford Stock Company. BearManor Media. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Is Villain". The Pasadena Post. November 2, 1928. p. 10. Retrieved July 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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- Joe Sawyer at IMDb
- Joe Sawyer at the Internet Broadway Database
