Joe Sawyer
Acting
1906-08-29 · Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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.
Filmography(192)
movieTheremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1995 · 5.8
movieLegends of the West
as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1992 · 0.0
movieRin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Sgt. Biff O'Hara · 1991 · 7.3
movieHow the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited) · 1962 · 7.0
tvEverglades
as · 1961 · 8.0
movieNorth to Alaska
as Land Commissioner · 1960 · 6.5
tvHarrigan and Son
as · 1960 · 10.0
tvSurfside 6
as Leon Huff · 1960 · 6.3
tvLock-Up
as Sgt. McEvoy · 1959 · 6.4
tvPeter Gunn
as · 1958 · 6.6
movieThe Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara · 1958 · 9.5
tvSugarfoot
as Fighting Sam Brown · 1957 · 5.2
movieThe Killing
as Mike O'Reilly · 1956 · 7.6
movieThe Kettles in the Ozarks
as Bancroft Baines · 1956 · 7.1
tvThe Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as · 1954 · 7.0
movieJohnny Dark
as Carl Svenson · 1954 · 5.8
movieRiding Shotgun
as Tom Biggert · 1954 · 6.0
movieTaza, Son of Cochise
as Sgt. Hamma · 1954 · 5.7
movieIt Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon · 1953 · 6.3
tvThe Abbott and Costello Show
as Chopper · 1952 · 7.2
movieMr. Walkie Talkie
as Sgt. Ames · 1952 · 6.5
movieDeadline - U.S.A.
as Whitey Franks (uncredited) · 1952 · 6.9
movieRed Skies of Montana
as R. A. 'Pop' Miller · 1952 · 5.8
movieIndian Uprising
as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh · 1952 · 6.5