Joe Sawyer
| Joe Sawyer | |
|---|---|
 As seen in the Rin Tin Tin television program: Lee Aaker (Rusty), Rin Tin Tin, James Brown, (Rip Masters) and Joe Sawyer (Biff O'Hara) | |
| Born |
Joseph Sauers August 29, 1906 Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| Died |
April 21, 1982 (aged 75) Ashland, Oregon, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1930–62 |
| Spouse(s) |
Jeane Wood (?–?) (divorced) June Sawyer (1937–1960) (her death) |
Joe Sawyer (August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor born Joseph Sauers.[1] He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962,[2] and was sometimes billed under his birth name. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Sawyer gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse.[3] Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in the Rin Tin Tin television program,[2] 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.
Death
Sawyer died April 21, 1982, in Ashland, Oregon from liver cancer. He was 75.[3] His interment was in Oregon.
Partial filmography
- Campus Sweethearts (1930) (short)
- New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931) (uncredited)
- Surrender (1931)
- Maker of Men (1931)
- Arsene Lupin (1932) (uncredited)
- Shopworn (1932) (uncredited)
- Young Bride (1932) (uncredited)
- Huddle (1932)
- Forgotten Commandments (1932) (uncredited)
- College Humor (1933)
- College Coach (1933)
- Eskimo (1934)
- Death on the Diamond (1934)
- The Arizonian (1935)
- Little Big Shot (1935)
- The Informer (1935)
- Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
- The Petrified Forest (1936)
- Great Guy (1936)
- The Walking Dead (1936)
- Pride of the Marines (1936)
- Black Legion (1937)
- Motor Madness (1937)
- A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
- Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
- You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- Dark Command (1940)
- The Long Voyage Home (1940)
- King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
- Swamp Water (1941)
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
- Down Mexico Way (1941)
- Belle Starr (1941)
- Tanks a Million (1941)
- Sergeant York (1941)
- Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
- Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
- Alaska Highway (1943)
- High Powered (1944)
- Brewster's Millions (1945)
- Gilda (1946)
- Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
- Roses Are Red (1947)
- Coroner Creek (1948)
- Half Past Midnight (1948)
- Two Knights from Brooklyn (1949)
- Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
- Indian Uprising (1952)
- It Came from Outer Space (1953)
- Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
- Riding Shotgun (1954)
- The Killing (1956)
- The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin (1957)
- How the West Was Won (1962)
References
- ↑ "Few Names Are 'Box-Office'". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. September 19, 1935. p. 21. Retrieved November 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Landesman, Fred (2004). The John Wayne Filmography. McFarland. p. 211. ISBN 9780786432523. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- 1 2 "JOE SAWYER, FILM AND TV ACTOR; Joe Sawyer, 75, Created Role Of Sgt. O'Hara in 'Rin Tin Tin'". The New York Times. United Press International. May 25, 1982. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
