Joe Sawyer
Known For
Acting
Born
1906-08-29 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Died
1982-04-21
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.
Most Known For
Peter Gunn
Surfside 6
as Leon Huff
Lock-Up
as Sgt. McEvoy
Sugarfoot
as Fighting Sam Brown
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Chopper
Racket Squad
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Gilda
as Casey
Ford Theatre
Belle Starr
as John Cole
Slim
as Windy Wilcox
Huddle
as Slater
Deputy Marshal
as Eli Cressett
Arsène Lupin
as Leroux (uncredited)
North to Alaska
as Land Commissioner
About Face
as Sgt. William Ames
How the West Was Won
as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Tucson
as Tod Bryant
The Killing
as Mike O'Reilly
