Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1906-08-29
Day of Death
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.
Filmography (182)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
Legends of the West
1992
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991
How the West Was Won
1962
North to Alaska
1960
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958
The Killing
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
Johnny Dark
1954
Riding Shotgun
1954
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954
It Came from Outer Space
1953
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
