Joe Sawyer (I) (1906–1982)

Actor | Writer | Producer

Joe Sawyer's familiar mug appeared everywhere during the 1930s and 1940s, particularly as a stock ...

Born: August 29, 1906
Died: April 21, 1982 (age 75)

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Filmography

Known For

The Petrified Forest Jackie (1936)
Gilda Casey (1946)
The Killing Mike O'Reilly (1956)
Known For

The Grapes of Wrath Keene Ranch Foreman (1940)
Actor

How the West Was Won Riverboat Officer (1962)
Everglades! Marco Collins (1961)
Surfside 6 Leon Huff (1961)
Bat Masterson (1961)
Lock Up Sgt. McEvoy (1961)
Harrigan and Son Matt Collins (1960)
North to Alaska Land Commissioner (1960)
Maisie Master Sergeant Blackenhorn (1960)
Peter Gunn Sam Granger (1959)
Sugarfoot Fighting Sam Brown (1959)
Maverick Sgt. Schumacher (1959)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Sgt. Biff O'Hara (1954-1959)
Frontier Doctor Butch Cassidy (1958)
The Killing Mike O'Reilly (1956)
The Kettles in the Ozarks Bancroft Baines (1956)
Botsford's Beanery Gambler (1955)
Adventures of the Falcon Harry Gault (1954)
It's a Great Life Motorcycle Cop (1954)
The Halls of Ivy (1954)
Johnny Dark Carl Svenson (1954)
Stories of the Century Butch Cassidy (1954)
Riding Shotgun Tom Biggert (1954)
The Abbott and Costello Show Chopper (1954)
Taza, Son of Cochise Sgt. Hamma (1954)
The Ford Television Theatre Joey Uptown (1954)
Racket Squad Sgt. Gunner McGurn (1952-1953)
It Came from Outer Space Frank Daylon (1953)
Mr. Walkie Talkie Sgt. William Ames (1952)
Deadline - U.S.A. Whitey Franks (1952)
Red Skies of Montana R.A. (Pop) Miller (1952)
Indian Uprising Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh (1952)
As You Were Sgt. Ames (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain Kalem McCoy (1951)
Pride of Maryland Knuckles (1951)
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 (1950)
And Baby Makes Three Motorcycle Cop (1949)
Deputy Marshal Eli Cressett (1949)
Kazan Sandz Jepson (1949)
Stagecoach Kid Thatcher (1949)
The Gay Amigo Sergeant McNulty (1949)
Tucson Tod Bryant (1949)
The Lucky Stiff Tony (1949)
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 (1948)
A Double Life Pete Bonner (1947)
Big Town After Dark Monk (1947)
Roses Are Red Police Lt. Rocky Wall (1947)
Christmas Eve Private Detective Gimlet (1947)
G.I. War Brides Sgt. Frank Moraski (1946)
Inside Job Police Capt. Thomas (1946)
The Runaround Hutchins (1946)
Joe Palooka, Champ Lefty (1946)
Gilda Casey (1946)
Deadline at Dawn Babe Dooley (1946)
The Naughty Nineties Bailey (1945)
Brewster's Millions Hacky Smith (1945)
High Powered Spike Kenny (1945)
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 (1944)
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 (1943)
Cowboy in Manhattan Louie (1943)
Buckskin Frontier Brannigan (1943)
Taxi, Mister Eddie Corbett (1943)
Prairie Chickens Albertson (1943)
The Outlaw Charley Woodruff (1943)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn Eddie Corbett (1942)
Fall In Sgt. William Ames (1942)
Wrecking Crew Fred Bunce (1942)
A Letter from Bataan Roy - John's Brother-in-Law (1942)
About Face Sgt. Ames (1942)
Sundown Jim Ben Moffitt (1942)
Brooklyn Orchid Eddie Corbett (1942)
Hay Foot Sergeant Ames (1942)
You're in the Army Now Sergeant Madden (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On Sgt. Doolittle (1941)
Swamp Water Hardy Ragan (1941)
Down Mexico Way Allen (1941)
Last of the Duanes Bull Lossomer (1941)
Tanks a Million Sgt. William Ames (1941)
Belle Starr John Cole (1941)
Down in San Diego Dutch (1941)
Sergeant York Sgt. Early (1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman (1941)
Santa Fe Trail Kitzmiller (1940)
The Border Legion Jim Gulden (1940)
Melody Ranch Jasper Wildhack (1940)
The Long Voyage Home Davis (1940)
Wildcat Bus Burke (1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid Bill Stevens (1940)
King of the Lumberjacks Jigger, a Lumberjack (1940)
Dark Command Bushropp (1940)
Women Without Names Principal Keeper Grimley (1940)
The House Across the Bay Charley (1940)
Honeymoon Deferred Detective James (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath Keene Ranch Foreman (1940)
Man from Montreal Biff Anders (1939)
The Roaring Twenties The Sergeant - Pete Jones (1939)
Sabotage Gardner (1939)
Rio Prison Guard (1939)
I Stole a Million Billings (1939)
Frontier Marshal Curley Bill (1939)
Inside Information Detective Grazzi (1939)
Union Pacific Shamus (1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy Werner Renz (1939)
The Lady and the Mob Blinky Mack (1939)
You Can't Get Away with Murder Red (1939)
My Son Is a Criminal Policeman (1939)
Gambling Ship Tony Garzoni (1938)
Heart of the North Red Crocker (1938)
The Storm Bill Kelly (1938)
Always in Trouble Buster Mussendorfer (1938)
Passport Husband Duke Selton (1938)
Stolen Heaven Bako (1938)
Tarzan's Revenge Olaf Punch (1938)
Behind the Criminal Red Manders (1937)
The Lady Fights Back Swede Jannsen (1937)
Reported Missing! 'Brad' Martin (1937)
A Dangerous Adventure Dutch (1937)
Midnight Madonna Wolfe (1937)
Slim Wilcox (1937)
San Quentin 'Sailor Boy' Hansen (1937)
They Gave Him a Gun Doyle - Gangster (1937)
Motor Madness Steve Dolan (1937)
Navy Blues Chips (1937)
Black Legion Cliff Moore (1937)
Great Guy Burton (1936)
The Accusing Finger Father Reed - the Priest (1936)
Rose Bowl Announcer (1936)
Two in a Crowd Bonelli's Henchman (1936)
Murder with Pictures Inspector Bacon (1936)
Crash Donovan Henchman (1936)
A Son Comes Home First Truck Driver (1936)
High Tension Terry Madden (1936)
And Sudden Death Police Sgt. Sanborn (1936)
Special Investigator Jim 'Jimmy' Plummer (1936)
Big Brown Eyes Jack Sully (1936)
Pride of the Marines Tennessee (1936)
The Country Doctor Joe - Logger Lifting Log (1936)
The Walking Dead Trigger Smith (1936)
The Leathernecks Have Landed Sgt. Regan (1936)
The Petrified Forest Jackie (1936)
Freshman Love Coach Kendall (1935)
Man of Iron Crawford (1935)
Frisco Kid Slugs Crippen (1935)
I Found Stella Parish Chuck (1935)
Moonlight on the Prairie Luke Thomas (1935)
Special Agent Ned Rich (1935)
Little Big Shot Doré's Henchman (1935)
Man on the Flying Trapeze Ambulance Driver (1935)
Broadway Gondolier 'Red' (1935)
The Arizonian Henchman Keeler (1935)
The Informer Barty Mulholland (1935)
Air Hawks Henchman (1935)
Eight Bells Gates (1935)
Car 99 Whitey (1935)
The Whole Town's Talking Nick - Mannion's Henchman (1935)
Sequoia Forest Ranger (1934)
The Band Plays On Mr. Thomas (1934)
The Westerner Bob Lockhart (1934)
Behold My Wife! Morton (1934)
College Rhythm Spud Miller (1934)
The Prescott Kid Marshal Willoughby (1934)
Gridiron Flash Coach Eversmith (1934)
Against the Law McManus (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog Carl Trask (1934)
Death on the Diamond Spencer (1934)
The Notorious Sophie Lang Building Guard (1934)
Stamboul Quest Soldier Escorting Doktor (1934)
Sing and Like It Gunner - Hood (1934)
Looking for Trouble Henchman Max Stanley (1934)
Wharf Angel Sailor on 'The Coyote' (1934)
Jimmy the Gent Mike (1934)
Son of a Sailor Slug (1933)
Jimmy and Sally Slug Morgan (1933)
Blood Money Red (1933)
Eskimo Sergeant Hunt (1933)
College Coach Holcomb (1933)
Ace of Aces Capt. Daly (1933)
Saturday's Millions Coach (1933)
Golden Harvest Farmhand (1933)
Three Cornered Moon Swimming Pool Instructor (1933)
The Stranger's Return Farmhand (1933)
College Humor Tex Roust (1933)
Hold Your Man Policeman at Reformatory (1933)
Olsen's Big Moment 'Dapper' Danny Reynolds (1933)
Forgotten Commandments Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff (1932)
Huddle Slater (1932)
Young Bride Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite (1932)
Shopworn Construction Camp Worker (1932)
Arsène Lupin Leroux (1932)
Maker of Men Bennett the Monroe Coach (1931)
Surrender Sergeant Muller (1931)
New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford Willis the Newspaper Reporter (1931)
The Public Enemy Pool player (1931)
Actor

Campus Sweethearts (1930)
Soundtrack

Brewster's Millions (1945)
Melody Ranch (1940)
Soundtrack

Huddle (1932)
Producer

Operation Haylift (1950)
Writer

Operation Haylift (1950)
Archive footage

The Universe According to Universal (2002)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993)
Legends of the West (1992)
The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (1991)
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West (1991)
Jack Arnold erzählt (1983)
Archive footage

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin (1958)
Two Knights from Brooklyn (1949)

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Did You Know

In a film fight for Universal Pictures, Owen Merrill, played by leading man Kent Taylor, broke two ribs on Saturday, July 17, 1937, during the filming of The Lady Fights Back. It wasn't a lady but rather Swede Janssen, played by 200-pound Joe Sawyer...