Joe Sawyer

About

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....

Known for

Peter GunnSeries • 1958Surfside 6Series • 1960SugarfootSeries • 1957The Abbott and Costello ShowSeries • 1952Racket SquadSeries • 1951Lock-UpSeries • 1959The Adventures of Rin Tin TinSeries • 1954How the West Was WonMovie • 1962The Grapes of WrathMovie • 1940The KillingMovie • 1956GildaMovie • 1946The Public EnemyMovie • 1931The Roaring TwentiesMovie • 1939North to AlaskaMovie • 1960Sergeant YorkMovie • 1941Deadline - U.S.A.Movie • 1952Union PacificMovie • 1939They Died with Their Boots OnMovie • 1941The InformerMovie • 1935Tarzan's Desert MysteryMovie • 1943Santa Fe TrailMovie • 1940The Long Voyage HomeMovie • 1940A Double LifeMovie • 1947Riding ShotgunMovie • 1954