Joe Sawyer Actor

Joe Sawyer is a 75 years old actor from Canada from Guelph, Ontario. Joe Sawyer was born on August 29, 1906 (died on April 21, 1982, he was 75 years old) in Guelph, Ontario as Joseph Sauers.

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Biography

Joe Sawyer was a Canadian film actor born Joseph Sauers. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1930 and 1962 and was sometimes billed under his birth name. He was born in Guelph Ontario Canada and died in Ashland Oregon from liver cancer. Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in several Rin Tin Tin television programs a film and on radio.
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Is Joe Sawyer still alive?

No, he died on 04/21/1982, 40 years ago. He was 75 years old when he died. Cause of death: liver cancer. He died in Ashland and buried in Oregon .

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Joe Sawyer Movies (155)

There are 155 movies of Joe Sawyer.

His first feature film was The Grapes of Wrath (1940, as Bookkeeper). He was 33 when he starred in this movie. Since 1940, he has appeared in 155 feature films. The last one is The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin (1958). In this movie, we watched him in the Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara character .

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Joe Sawyer movie characters

The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:

Character/Job	Movie	Age
Bookkeeper	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	33
Mike O'Reilly	The Killing (1956)	49
Sergeant Early	Sergeant York (1941)	35
The Sergeant	The Roaring Twenties (1939)	33
Pool Player	The Public Enemy (1931)	24
Land Commissioner	North to Alaska (1960)	54
Frank Daylon	It Came from Outer Space (1953)	46
Casey	Gilda (1946)	39
Sgt. Doolittle	They Died with Their Boots On (1941)	35
Jackie	The Petrified Forest (1936)	29
Charley Woodruff	The Outlaw (1943)	36
'Trigger' Smith	The Walking Dead (1936)	29
Bartly Mulholland	The Informer (1935)	28
Bushropp	Dark Command (1940)	33
Tom Biggert	Riding Shotgun (1954)	47
Shamus	Union Pacific (1939)	32
Kitzmiller	Santa Fe Trail (1940)	34
Curley Bill	Frontier Marshal (1939)	32
Pete Bonner	A Double Life (1947)	41
Whitey Franks	Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)	45
Werner Renz	Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)	32
Karl Straeder	Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)	37
Bailey	The Naughty Nineties (1945)	38
Davis	The Long Voyage Home (1940)	34
Hardy Ragan	Swamp Water (1941)	35
Rich - Chief Henchman	Special Agent (1935)	29
	Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)	47
Kalem McCoy	Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)	44
Frank Yordy	Coroner Creek (1948)	41
Thresher	The Stranger's Return (1933)	26
Police Capt. Thomas	Inside Job (1946)	39
Brannigan	Buckskin Frontier (1943)	36
Babe Dooley	Deadline at Dawn (1946)	39
Mannion's Thug	The Whole Town's Talking (1935)	28
John Cole	Belle Starr (1941)	35
Buster - Silky's Henchman	Hit the Ice (1943)	36
Police Sergeant Scudder	Fighting Back (1948)	41
Cliff Moore	Black Legion (1937)	30
Joe Burton	Great Guy (1936)	30
'Sailor Boy' Hansen	San Quentin (1937)	30
Jack Sully	Big Brown Eyes (1936)	29
Fuss Payne	The Flying Missile (1950)	44
Hacky Smith	Brewster's Millions (1945)	38
Mike	Jimmy the Gent (1934)	27
Sergeant	Hey, Rookie (1944)	37
Capt. Daly	Ace of Aces (1933)	27
Bancroft Baines	The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)	49
Leroux	Arsène Lupin (1932)	25
Charlie	The House Across the Bay (1940)	33
R. A. 'Pop' Miller	Red Skies of Montana (1952)	45
Henchman Keeler	The Arizonian (1935)	28
Prison Guard	Rio (1939)	33
Slugs Crippen	Frisco Kid (1935)	29
Tex Roust	College Humor (1933)	26
Sergeant Hunt	Eskimo (1933)	27
Police Sgt. Sanborn	And Sudden Death (1936)	29
Gardner	Sabotage (1939)	33
Louie	Cowboy in Manhattan (1943)	36
Idaho Jones	Raiders of Ghost City (1944)	37
Cactus Jack	The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)	43
Eddie Corbett	Brooklyn Orchid (1942)	35
Allen	Down Mexico Way (1941)	35
Eddie Corbett	Taxi, Mister (1943)	36
Holcomb	College Coach (1933)	27
Sgt. Ames	Yanks Ahoy (1943)	36
Dutch	Down in San Diego (1941)	34
Max Stanley	Looking for Trouble (1934)	27
Sergeant Ames	Hay Foot (1942)	35
Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman	The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)	34
Jim Gulden	The Border Legion (1940)	34
Plainclothes cop seeking 'Harris'	I Stole a Million (1939)	32
Slug	Son of a Sailor (1933)	27
Eddie Corbett	The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)	36
Mr. Thomas	The Bands Plays On (1934)	28
	Wrecking Crew (1942)	36
Charlie Muscles	Tornado (1943)	36
Monk	Big Town After Dark (1947)	41
Henchman	Crash Donovan (1936)	29
Hoy Keegan	The Untamed Breed (1948)	42
Private Detective	Christmas Eve (1947)	41
Bill Stevens	Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)	33
Sgt. Gateson	Blondie's Hero (1950)	43
Zero Zantini	If You Knew Susie (1948)	41
Carl Svenson	Johnny Dark (1954)	47
Ben Moffitt	Sundown Jim (1942)	35
Head Lifeguard	Three-Cornered Moon (1933)	26
Sergeant Madden	You're in the Army Now (1941)	35
Coach Kendall	Freshman Love (1936)	29
Spencer	Death on the Diamond (1934)	28
Jigger	King of the Lumberjacks (1940)	33
Spike Kenny	High Powered (1945)	38
Spud Miller	College Rhythm (1934)	28
Crawford	Man of Iron (1935)	29
Eli Cressett	Deputy Marshal (1949)	43
Jim 'Jimmy' Plummer	Special Investigator (1936)	29
Sgt. Ames	As You Were (1951)	45
Joe, the Logger Lifting Log	The Country Doctor (1936)	29
Bonelli's Henchman	Two in a Crowd (1936)	30
Hutchins	The Runaround (1946)	39
Inspector Tom Bacon	Murder with Pictures (1936)	30
Sergeant McNulty	The Gay Amigo (1949)	42
Police Lt. Rocky Wall	Roses Are Red (1947)	41
Olaf Punch	Tarzan's Revenge (1938)	31
Sgt. William Ames	Tanks a Million (1941)	35
Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh	Indian Uprising (1952)	45
Whitey, burly henchman	Car 99 (1935)	28
Luke Thomas	Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)	29
Terry Madden	High Tension (1936)	29
Jasper Wildhack	Melody Ranch (1940)	34
Slater	Huddle (1932)	25
Lumpy	Sleepy Lagoon (1943)	37
'Chips'	Navy Blues (1937)	30
Tennessee	Pride of the Marines (1936)	29
Roughhouse	Alaska Highway (1943)	36
George Swallow	Operation Haylift (1950)	43
Father Reed - the priest	The Accusing Finger (1936)	30
Coach Eversmith	Gridiron Flash (1934)	28
Doyle - Gangster	They Gave Him a Gun (1937)	30
Sgt. Wiggins	Let's Face It (1943)	36
Gunner - Hood	Sing and Like it (1934)	27
Albertson	Prairie Chickens (1943)	36
Swede Jannsen	The Lady Fights Back (1937)	31
Doré's henchman	Little Big Shot (1935)	29
Dutch	A Dangerous Adventure (1937)	30
Principal Keeper Grimley	Women Without Names (1940)	33
Steve Davis	Fighting Father Dunne (1948)	41
Farmhand	Golden Harvest (1933)	27
Coach	Saturday's Millions (1933)	27
Carl Trask	The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)	28
Forest Ranger	Sequoia (1935)	28
'Red'	Broadway Gondolier (1935)	28
Wolfe	Midnight Madonna (1937)	30
'Brad' Martin	Reported Missing (1937)	30
Red Manders	Behind the Criminal (1937)	31
Bako	Stolen Heaven (1938)	31
Duke Selton	Passport Husband (1938)	31
Kelly - Wireless Operator	The Storm (1938)	32
Buster Mussendorfer	Always in Trouble (1938)	32
Red Crocker	Heart of the North (1938)	32
Tony Garzoni	Gambling Ship (1938)	32
Blinky Mack	The Lady and the Mob (1939)	32
Detective James	Honeymoon Deferred (1940)	33
Sgt. William Ames	About Face (1942)	35
Sgt. Ames	Fall In (1942)	36
	Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)	37
Ernest Hatcher	South of Dixie (1944)	37
Lefty	Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)	39
Det. Lt. Joe Nash	Half Past Midnight (1948)	41
Officer Ames	Here Comes Trouble (1948)	41
Tod Bryant	Tucson (1949)	42
Tony	The Lucky Stiff (1949)	42
Thatcher	Stagecoach Kid (1949)	42
	Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)	43
Sgt. Ames	Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952)	46
Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara	The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin (1958)	51

Joe Sawyer TV Shows (9)

His first TV Show was Ford Theatre (1948).

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Joe Sawyer zodiac sign was virgo.

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