Joe Sawyer

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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.

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1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Movie Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Legends of the West
Movie Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Movie Sgt. Biff O'Hara
1962
How the West Was Won
Movie Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
1961
Everglades
TV show
1960
North to Alaska
Movie Land Commissioner
1960
Harrigan and Son
TV show
1960
Surfside 6
TV show Leon Huff
1959
Lock-Up
TV show Sgt. McEvoy
1958
Peter Gunn
TV show
1958
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
Movie Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
1957
Sugarfoot
TV show Fighting Sam Brown
1956
The Killing
Movie Mike O'Reilly
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Movie Bancroft Baines
1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV show
1954
Johnny Dark
Movie Carl Svenson