
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-08-29
Deathday
1982-04-21
Place of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Joe Sawyer
Biography
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.
Known For

The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly

The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookkeeper

Gilda
as Casey

How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

The Public Enemy
as Pool Player (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties
as The Sergeant

It Came from Outer Space
as Frank Daylon

Sergeant York
as Sergeant Early

The Petrified Forest
as Jackie

North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner