Joe Sawyer
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| Joe Sawyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 29, 1906 Guelph, Canada |
| Died | April 21, 1982 (aged 75) Ashland, Oregon |
| Years active | 1930-1962 |
Joe Sawyer (29 August 1906 – 21 April 1982), was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1962.
He was born in Guelph, Canada, and died in Ashland, Oregon from liver cancer.
Popular roles he portrayed as Sgt. Biff O'Hara in several Rin Tin Tin TV-shows and a cinema-movie and also in the radio shows. On TV's Stories of the Century 1954 he was Butch Cassidy, a role which he repeated in Frontier Doctor 1959 , and he also added his talents to series' like Maverick, Sugarfoot, Peter Gunn, Bat Masterson or Surfside 6.
[edit] Sweeney
Roy Crane's comic strip Buz Sawyer featured a character named Rosco/Roscoe Sweeney who strongly resembled Joe Sawyer.
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin (1957)
- Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
- It Came from Outer Space (1953)
- Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
- The Long Voyage Home (1940)
- Dark Command (1940)
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
- Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
- The Walking Dead (1936)
- The Petrified Forest (1936)
- The Informer (1935)
- College Coach (1933)
- Maker of Men (1931)
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Sawyer, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1906-08-29 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guelph, Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1982-04-21 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Ashland, Oregon |
