Joe Sawyer - IMDb

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The Petrified Forest Jackie

(1936)

Gilda Casey

(1946)

The Killing Mike O'Reilly

(1956)

The Grapes of Wrath Keene Ranch Foreman

(1940)

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Actor (214 credits)

1962 How the West Was Won
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

1961 Everglades (TV Series)
Marco Collins

- Flight at Boca Chico (1961) ... Marco Collins (as Joseph Sawyer)

1961 Surfside 6 (TV Series)
Leon Huff

- Inside Job (1961) ... Leon Huff

1961 Bat Masterson (TV Series)

- End of the Line (1961) ... (credit only)

1961 Lock Up (TV Series)
Sgt. McEvoy

- His Brother's Keeper (1961) ... Sgt. McEvoy

1960 Harrigan and Son (TV Series)
Matt Collins

- Pipes Are Pipes (1960) ... Matt Collins

1960 North to Alaska
Land Commissioner

1960 Maisie (TV Movie)
Master Sergeant Blackenhorn

1959 Peter Gunn (TV Series)
Sam Granger

- The Briefcase (1959) ... Sam Granger

1959 Sugarfoot (TV Series)
Fighting Sam Brown

- Apollo with a Gun (1959) ... Fighting Sam Brown

1959 Maverick (TV Series)
Sgt. Schumacher

- Trooper Maverick (1959) ... Sgt. Schumacher

1954-1959 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series)
Sgt. Biff O'Hara

- The Luck of O'Hara (1959) ... Sgt. Biff O'Hara

- Pillajohn's Progress (1959) ... Sgt. Biff O'Hara

- The Accusation (1959) ... Sgt. Biff O'Hara

- Stagecoach to Phoenix (1959) ... Sgt. Biff O'Hara

- Ol' Betsy (1959) ... Sgt. Biff O'Hara

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1958 Frontier Doctor (TV Series)
Butch Cassidy

- The Outlaw Legion (1958) ... Butch Cassidy

1958 The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara

1956 The Killing
Mike O'Reilly

1956 The Kettles in the Ozarks
Bancroft Baines

1955 Botsford's Beanery (TV Movie)
Gambler

1954 Adventures of the Falcon (TV Series)
Harry Gault

- The Reckoning (1954) ... Harry Gault

1954 It's a Great Life (TV Series)
Motorcycle Cop

- The Driver's License (1954) ... Motorcycle Cop

1954 The Halls of Ivy (TV Series)

- Professor Hall's Baby (1954)

1954 Johnny Dark
Carl Svenson (as Joseph Sawyer)

1954 Stories of the Century (TV Series)
Butch Cassidy

- The Wild Bunch of Wyoming (1954) ... Butch Cassidy

1954 Riding Shotgun
Tom Biggert

1954 The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series)
Chopper

- Public Enemies (1954) ... Chopper

1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
Sgt. Hamma

1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series)
Joey Uptown

- For the Love of Kitty (1954) ... Joey Uptown

1952-1953 Racket Squad (TV Series)
Sgt. Gunner McGurn

- Phony Photo Contest (1953)

- Beauty for Hire (1952) ... Sgt. Gunner McGurn

1953 It Came from Outer Space
Frank Daylon

1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
Sgt. William Ames

1952 Deadline - U.S.A.
Whitey Franks (uncredited)

1952 Red Skies of Montana
R.A. (Pop) Miller

1952 Indian Uprising
Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh

1951 As You Were
Sgt. Ames

1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
Kalem McCoy

1951 The Pride of Maryland
Knuckles

1950 The Flying Missile
Quartermaster 'Fuss' Payne

1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Jake

1950 Operation Haylift
George Swallow

1950 Blondie's Hero
Sgt. Gateson

1950 The Traveling Saleswoman
Cactus Jack

1949 And Baby Makes Three
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

1949 Deputy Marshal
Eli Cressett / Colt Redwood

1949 Kazan
Sandz Jepson

1949 Stagecoach Kid
Thatcher

1949 The Gay Amigo
Sergeant McNulty

1949 Tucson
Tod Bryant

1949 The Lucky Stiff
Tony

1948 The Untamed Breed
Hoy Keegan

1948 Fighting Back
Police Sgt. Scudder

1948 Coroner Creek
Frank Yordy

1948 Fighting Father Dunne
Steve Davis

1948 Half Past Midnight
Det. Lt. Joe Nash

1948 Here Comes Trouble
Officer Ames

1948 If You Knew Susie
Zero Zantini

1947 A Double Life
Ray Bonner

1947 Big Town After Dark
Monk

1947 Roses Are Red
Police Lt. Rocky Wall

1947 Christmas Eve
Private Detective Gimlet

1946 G.I. War Brides
Sgt. Frank Moraski (as Joseph Sawyer)

1946 Inside Job
Police Capt. Thomas

1946 The Runaround
Hutchins

1946 Joe Palooka, Champ
Lefty

1946 Gilda
Casey

1946 Deadline at Dawn
Babe Dooley

1945 The Naughty Nineties
Bailey

1945 Brewster's Millions
Hacky Smith

1945 High Powered
Spike Kenny (as Joseph Sawyer)

1944 The Singing Sheriff
Squint

1944 Raiders of Ghost City
Idaho Jones

1944 South of Dixie
Ernest Hatcher

1944 Hey, Rookie
Sergeant

1944 Moon Over Las Vegas
Joe

1943 Tornado
Charlie Boswell

1943 Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Karl Straeder

1943 Sleepy Lagoon
Lumpy

1943 Let's Face It
Sergeant Wiggins

1943 Yanks Ahoy
Sgt. Ames

1943 Alaska Highway
Roughhouse

1943 Hit the Ice
Buster (as Joseph Sawyer)

1943 Cowboy in Manhattan
Louie

1943 Buckskin Frontier
Brannigan

1943 Taxi, Mister
Eddie Corbett

1943 Prairie Chickens
Albertson

1943 The Outlaw
Charley Woodruff

1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Eddie Corbett (as Joseph Sawyer)

1942 Fall In
Sgt. William Ames

1942 Wrecking Crew
Fred Bunce

1942 A Letter from Bataan (Short)
Roy - John's Brother-in-Law

1942 About Face (Short)
Sgt. William Ames

1942 Sundown Jim
Ben Moffitt (as Joseph Sawyer)

1942 Brooklyn Orchid
Eddie Corbett

1942 Hay Foot
Sergeant Ames

1941 You're in the Army Now
Sergeant Madden (as Joseph Sawyer)

1941 They Died with Their Boots On
Sergeant Doolittle (as Joseph Sawyer)

1941 Swamp Water
Hardy Ragan (as Joseph Sawyer)

1941 Down Mexico Way
Allen

1941 Last of the Duanes
Bull Lossomer (as Joseph Sawyer)

1941 Tanks a Million
Sgt. William Ames

1941 Belle Starr
John Cole (as Joseph Sawyer)

1941 Down in San Diego
Dutch

1941 Sergeant York
Sgt. Early (as Joseph Sawyer)

1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman (uncredited)

1940 Santa Fe Trail
Kitzmiller

1940 The Border Legion
Jim Gulden (as Joseph Sawyer)

1940 Melody Ranch
Jasper Wildhack (as Joseph Sawyer)

1940 The Long Voyage Home
Davis (as Joseph Sawyer)

1940 Wildcat Bus
Burke (as Joseph Sawyer)

1940 Lucky Cisco Kid
Bill Stevens

1940 King of the Lumberjacks
Jigger, a Lumberjack

1940 Dark Command
Bushropp (as Joseph Sawyer)

1940 Women Without Names
Principal Keeper Grimley (uncredited)

1940 The House Across the Bay
Charley (as Joseph Sawyer)

1940 Honeymoon Deferred
Detective James

1940 The Grapes of Wrath
Keene Ranch Foreman (as Joseph Sawyer)

1939 Man from Montreal
Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)

1939 The Roaring Twenties
The Sergeant - Pete Jones

1939 Sabotage
Gardner

1939 Rio
Prison Guard (uncredited)

1939 I Stole a Million
Billings (as Joseph Sawyer)

1939 Frontier Marshal
Curley Bill

1939 Inside Information
Detective Grazzi (as Joseph Sawyer)

1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Werner Renz

1939 Union Pacific
Shamus (uncredited)

1939 The Lady and the Mob
Blinky Mack (as Joseph Sawyer)

1939 You Can't Get Away with Murder
Red

1939 My Son Is a Criminal
Policeman (uncredited)

1938 Gambling Ship
Tony Garzoni (as Joseph Sawyer)

1938 Heart of the North
Red Crocker

1938 Always in Trouble
Buster Mussendorfer

1938 The Storm
Kelly - Wireless Operator (as Joseph Sawyer)

1938 Passport Husband
Duke Selton (as Joseph Sawyer)

1938 Stolen Heaven
Bako

1938 Tarzan's Revenge
Olaf Punch (as Joseph Sawyer)

1937 Behind the Criminal (Short)
Red Manders

1937 The Lady Fights Back
Swede Jannsen

1937 Reported Missing!
'Brad' Martin (as Joseph Sawyer)

1937 A Dangerous Adventure
Dutch

1937 Midnight Madonna
Wolfe

1937 Slim
Wilcox (as Joseph Sawyer)

1937 San Quentin
'Sailor Boy' Hansen (as Joseph Sawyer)

1937 They Gave Him a Gun
Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)

1937 Motor Madness
Steve Dolan (as Joseph Sawyer)

1937 Navy Blues
Chips (as Joseph Sawyer)

1937 Black Legion
Cliff Moore (as Joseph Sawyer)

1936 Great Guy
Burton

1936 The Accusing Finger
Father Reed - the Priest (as Joseph Sawyer)

1936 Rose Bowl
Announcer (uncredited)

1936 Two in a Crowd
Bonelli's Henchman

1936 Murder with Pictures
Inspector Bacon (as Joseph Sawyer)

1936 Crash Donovan
Henchman (uncredited)

1936 A Son Comes Home
First Truck Driver (uncredited)

1936 High Tension
Terry Madden

1936 And Sudden Death
Police Sgt. Sanborn (as Joseph Sawyer)

1936 Special Investigator
Jim 'Jimmy' Plummer (as Joseph Sawyer)

1936 Big Brown Eyes
Jack Sully

1936 Pride of the Marines
Tennessee (as Joseph Sawyer)

1936 The Country Doctor
Joe - Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)

1936 The Walking Dead
Trigger Smith (as Joseph Sawyer)

1936 The Leathernecks Have Landed
Sgt. Regan (as Joseph Sawyer)

1936 The Petrified Forest
Jackie (as Joseph Sawyer)

1936 Freshman Love
Coach Kendall (as Joseph Sawyer)

1935 Man of Iron
Crawford (as Joseph Sawyer)

1935 Frisco Kid
Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)

1935 I Found Stella Parish
Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)

1935 Moonlight on the Prairie
Luke Thomas

1935 Special Agent
Ned Rich (as Joseph Sauers)

1935 Little Big Shot
Doré's Henchman (as Joseph Sauers)

1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

1935 Broadway Gondolier
'Red' (as Joseph Sauers)

1935 The Arizonian
Henchman Keeler (as Joseph Sauers)

1935 The Informer
Barty Mulholland (as Joseph Sauers)

1935 Air Hawks
Henchman (uncredited)

1935 Eight Bells
Gates (uncredited)

1935 Car 99
Whitey (as Joe Sauers)

1935 The Whole Town's Talking
Nick - Mannion's Henchman (uncredited)

1934 Sequoia
Forest Ranger (uncredited)

1934 The Band Plays On
Mr. Thomas (as Joseph Sauers)

1934 The Westerner
Bob Lockhart (as Joseph Sauers)

1934 Behold My Wife!
Morton (uncredited)

1934 College Rhythm
Spud Miller (uncredited)

1934 The Prescott Kid
Marshal Willoughby (as Joseph Sauers)

1934 Gridiron Flash
Coach Eversmith (as Joseph Sauers)

1934 Against the Law
McManus (uncredited)

1934 The Case of the Howling Dog
Carl Trask (uncredited)

1934 Death on the Diamond
Spencer (as Joe Sauers)

1934 The Notorious Sophie Lang
Building Guard (uncredited)

1934 Stamboul Quest
Soldier Escorting Doktor (uncredited)

1934 Sing and Like It
Gunner - Hood (as Joseph Sauers)

1934 Looking for Trouble
Henchman Max Stanley (as Joseph Sauers)

1934 Wharf Angel
Sailor on 'The Coyote' (uncredited)

1934 Jimmy the Gent
Mike (uncredited)

1933 Son of a Sailor
Slug (uncredited)

1933 Jimmy and Sally
Slug Morgan (uncredited)

1933 Blood Money
Red (uncredited)

1933 Eskimo
Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)

1933 College Coach
Holcomb (as Joe Sauers)

1933 Ace of Aces
Capt. Daly (as Joe Sauers)

1933 Saturday's Millions
Coach (as Joe Sauers)

1933 Golden Harvest
Farmhand (uncredited)

1933 Three Cornered Moon
Swimming Pool Instructor (uncredited)

1933 The Stranger's Return
Farmhand (uncredited)

1933 College Humor
Tex Roust (as Joseph Sawyer)

1933 Hold Your Man
Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)

1933 Olsen's Big Moment
'Dapper' Danny Reynolds (as Joe Sauer)

1932 Forgotten Commandments
Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff (uncredited)

1932 Huddle
Slater (as Joe Sauers)

1932 Young Bride
Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite (uncredited)

1932 Shopworn
Construction Camp Worker (uncredited)

1932 Arsène Lupin
Leroux (uncredited)

1931 Maker of Men
Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)

1931 Surrender
Sergeant Muller (as Joseph Sauers)

1931 New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
Willis the Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

1931 The Public Enemy
Pool player (uncredited)

1930 Campus Sweethearts (Short)

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Soundtrack (3 credits)

1945 Brewster's Millions (performer: "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)" - uncredited)

1940 Melody Ranch (performer: "Back to the City Again" (1940), "What Are Cowboys Made Of" (1940) - uncredited)

1932 Huddle ("Boola Boola" (1900), uncredited)

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Writer (1 credit)

1950 Operation Haylift

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Producer (1 credit)

1950 Operation Haylift (producer)

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Archive footage (7 credits)

2002 The Universe According to Universal (Video documentary short)
Frank Daylon (uncredited)

1993 Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (Documentary)
Actor in 'It Came From Outer Space' Clip (uncredited)

1992 Legends of the West (Documentary)
Actor in 'Frontier Marshal' (uncredited)

1991 The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (Documentary)
Sgt. Major (uncredited)

1991 Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West (Video)

1983 Jack Arnold erzählt (TV Series documentary)
Frank Daylon

- Gefahr aus dem Weltall (1983) ... Frank Daylon (uncredited)

1949 Two Knights from Brooklyn
Eddie Corbett (as Joseph Sawyer)

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Joe Sauers was a graduate of Hollywood High School, where he became interested in drama. While a student at the University of Southern California in the 1920s, he continued acting in plays and was seen by Gilmore Brown of the Pasadena Playhouse. He had Joe read for the part of a cockney in George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara. That began an association that led to writing, directing, and appearing... See more »