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Joe Sawyer

Aug 29, 1906 - Apr 21, 1982 (75 years old) in Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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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.

Known For

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Sergeant York
Sergeant Early
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The Killing
Mike O'Reilly
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The Outlaw
Charley Woodruff
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The Informer
Bartly Mulholland
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Peter Gunn
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The Whole Town's Talking
Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
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Surfside 6
Leon Huff
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Sugarfoot
Fighting Sam Brown
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Swamp Water
Hardy Ragan
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The Case of the Howling Dog
Carl Trask (uncredited)

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