Joe Sawyer
Actor
Birth Date: August 29, 1906
Death Date: April 21, 1982 — 75 years old
Birth Place: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Comedic character actor in film since the early 1930s, usually as a no-nonsense cop or military figure.
Credits
The Courage of Rin Tin Tin
Actor
Sgt. "Biff" O'Hara
Movie
1983
The Day Mars Invaded EarthStream
Actor
Movie
1963
Surfside 6
Guest Star
Series
1960
North to AlaskaStream
Actor
Land Commissioner
Movie
1960
Lock-UpStream
Guest Star
Series
1959
Bat MastersonStream
Guest Star
Series
1958
Sugarfoot
Guest Star
Series
1957
The KillingStream
Actor
Mike O'Reilly
Movie
1956
Rin Tin Tin
Actor
Movie
1955
Rin Tin Tin: Hero of the West
Actor
Movie
1955
Rintintin
Actor
Show
1954
Stories of the CenturyStream
Guest Star
Butch Cassidy
Series
1954
Riding ShotgunStream
Actor
Tom Biggert
Movie
1954
Riding Shotgun
Actor
Tom Biggert
Movie
1954
Taza, Son of Cochise
Actor
Sgt. Hamma
Movie
1954
It Came From Outer SpaceStream
Actor
Frank Daylon
Movie
1953
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Actor
Sgt. Ames
Movie
1952
Indian Uprising
Actor
Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Movie
1952
Red Skies of Montana
Actor
Pop Miller
Movie
1952
The Flying Missile
Actor
Quartermaster "Fuss" Payne
Movie
1951
As You Were
Actor
Sgt. Ames
Movie
1951
Operation Haylift
Actor
George Swallow
Movie
1950
Operation Haylift
Producer
Movie
1950
Traveling Saleswoman
Actor
Cactus Jack
Movie
1950
The Lucky Stiff
Actor
Tony
Movie
1949
Kazan
Actor
Sandz Jepson
Movie
1949
Two Knights From Brooklyn
Actor
Eddie Corbett
Movie
1949
Tucson
Actor
Tod Bryant
Movie
1949
Fighting Father Dunne
Actor
Steve Davis
Movie
1948
Fighting Back
Actor
Police Sergeant Scudder
Movie
1948
Here Comes Trouble
Actor
Officer Ames
Movie
1948
The Untamed Breed
Actor
Hoy Keegan
Movie
1948
Half Past Midnight
Actor
Det. Lt. Joe Nash
Movie
1948
Roses Are Red
Actor
Wall
Movie
1947
A Double Life
Actor
Pete Bonner
Movie
1947
Big Town After Dark
Actor
Monk
Movie
1947
GildaStream
Actor
Casey
Movie
1946
The Runaround
Actor
Hutchins
Movie
1946
Deadline at Dawn
Actor
Babe Dooley
Movie
1946
Inside Job
Actor
Police Capt. Thomas
Movie
1946
Brewster's MillionsStream
Actor
Hacky Smith
Movie
1945
High Powered
Actor
Spike Kenny
Movie
1945
Raiders of Ghost City
Actor
Idaho Jones
Show
1944
The Singing Sheriff
Actor
Squint
Movie
1944
Hey, Rookie
Actor
Sergeant
Movie
1944
Prairie Chickens
Actor
Albertson
Movie
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Actor
Karl Straeder
Movie
1943
Hit the Ice
Actor
Buster
Movie
1943
Buckskin Frontier
Actor
Brannigan
Movie
1943
Alaska Highway
Actor
Roughhouse
Movie
1943
Yanks Ahoy
Actor
Sgt. Ames
Movie
1943
The OutlawStream
Actor
Charley Woodruff
Movie
1943
Taxi, Mister
Actor
Eddie Corbett
Movie
1943
Cowboy in Manhattan
Actor
Louie
Movie
1943
Wrecking Crew
Actor
Fred Bunce
Movie
1942
Two Mugs From Brooklyn
Actor
Eddie Corbett
Movie
1942
About Face
Actor
Sgt. William Ames
Movie
1942
Hay Foot
Actor
Sergeant Ames
Movie
1942
Sundown Jim
Actor
Ben Moffitt
Movie
1942
Fall In
Actor
Sgt. William Ames
Movie
1942
Sergeant YorkStream
Actor
Sergeant Early
Movie
1941
Lady From Cheyenne
Actor
Sheriff "Noisy" Burkett
Movie
1941
Down Mexico Way
Actor
Allen
Movie
1941
Last of the Duanes
Actor
Bull Lossomoer
Movie
1941
You're in the Army Now
Actor
Sergeant Madden
Movie
1941
Campy Kids From Boot Camp
Actor
Sgt. Ames
Movie
1941
Lucky Cisco Kid
Actor
Bill Stevens
Movie
1940
The Long Voyage HomeStream
Actor
Davis
Movie
1940
The Grapes of WrathStream
Actor
Bookkeeper
Movie
1940
The House Across the Bay
Actor
Charlie
Movie
1940
Wildcat Bus
Actor
Burke
Movie
1940
The Border Legion
Actor
Jim Gulden
Movie
1940
King of the Lumberjacks
Actor
Jigger
Movie
1940
Melody Ranch
Actor
Jasper Wildhack
Movie
1940
You Can't Get Away With Murder
Actor
Red
Movie
1939
The Lady and the Mob
Actor
Blinky Mack
Movie
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Actor
Werner Renz
Movie
1939
Frontier Marshal
Actor
Curley Bill
Movie
1939
Sabotage
Actor
Gardner
Movie
1939
The Roaring TwentiesStream
Actor
The Sergeant
Movie
1939
Inside Information
Actor
Detective Grazzi
Movie
1939
Tarzan's RevengeStream
Actor
Olaf Punch
Movie
1938
Heart of the North
Actor
Red Crocker
Movie
1938
Always in Trouble
Actor
Buster Mussendorfer
Movie
1938
Slim
Actor
Wilcox
Movie
1937
Black Legion
Actor
Cliff Moore
Movie
1937
San Quentin
Actor
"Sailor Boy" Hansen
Movie
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
Actor
Doyle
Movie
1937
Navy Blues
Actor
Chips
Movie
1937
Moonlight on the Prairie
Actor
Luke Thomas
Movie
1936
High Tension
Actor
Terry Madden
Movie
1936
Great Guy
Actor
Joe Burton
Movie
1936
Special Investigator
Actor
Jim "Jimmy" Plummer
Movie
1936
The Last Outlaw
Actor
Movie
1936
The Westerner
Actor
Bob Lockhart
Movie
1936
The Walking Dead
Actor
Trigger
Movie
1936
Pride of the Marines
Actor
Tennessee
Movie
1936
Gridiron Flash
Actor
Coach Eversmith
Movie
1935
The Informer
Actor
Bartly Mulholland (as Joseph Sauers)
Movie
1935
I Found Stella Parish
Actor
Chuck
Movie
1935
Man of Iron
Actor
Crawford
Movie
1935
Olsen's Night Out
Actor
'Dapper' Danny Reynolds
Movie
1934
Stamboul Quest
Actor
Soldier Escorting Doktor
Movie
1934
Death on the Diamond
Actor
Duncan "Dunk" Spencer
Movie
1934
Looking for Trouble
Actor
Henchman Max
Movie
1933
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