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Joe Sawyer is a Actor Canadien born on 29 august 1906 at Guelph (Canada)

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer
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Birth name Joseph Sauers
Nationality Canada
Birth 29 august 1906 at Guelph (Canada)
Death 21 april 1982 (at 75 years) at Ashland (USA)

Joe Sawyer (August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor born Joseph Sauers. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1930 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, and died in Ashland, Oregon from liver cancer.

Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in several Rin Tin Tin television programs, 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.

His interment was in Oregon.

Best films

Eskimo (1933)
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Filmography of Joe Sawyer (150 films)

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Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about technology, Musical films
Actors Brian Wilson, Todd Rundgren, Ingrid Bergman, Jerry Lewis, Ray Milland, Patricia Neal
Roles Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.63843.63843.63843.63843.6384
Ce film est un condensé du livre d’Albert Glinski, où l’on découvre la vie de Léon Theremin et ses retrouvailles touchantes avec Clara Rockmore. Ce film a permis à un large public de découvrir le thérémine et a incité bon nombre de théréministes actuels (comme Pamelia Kurstin, Jon Bernhardt) à jouer de cet instrument.
How the West Was Won, 2h35
Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors James Stewart, Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Carolyn Jones
Roles Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4999253.4999253.4999253.4999253.499925
Zebulon Prescott (Karl Malden) and his family set out west for the frontier via the Erie Canal, the “west” at this time being the Illinois country. On the journey, they meet mountain man Linus Rawlings (James Stewart), who is traveling east to Pittsburgh to trade his furs. He and Zebulon's daughter Eve (Carroll Baker) are attracted to each other, but Linus is not ready to settle down.
North to Alaska, 1h57
Directed by John Wayne, Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Stewart Granger, John Wayne, Capucine, Fabian Forte, Ernie Kovacs, Mickey Shaughnessy
Roles Land Commissioner
Rating68% 3.447473.447473.447473.447473.44747
After finding gold in Nome, Alaska, George Pratt (Stewart Granger) sends partner Sam McCord (John Wayne) to Seattle, Washington to bring back his fiancée, a French girl whom Sam has never met.
The Killing, 1h20
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook, Jr., Marie Windsor
Roles Mike O'Reilly
Rating78% 3.948143.948143.948143.948143.94814
Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) is a veteran criminal planning one last heist before settling down and marrying Fay (Coleen Gray). He plans to steal $2 million from the money-counting room of a racetrack during a featured race. He assembles a team consisting of a corrupt cop (Ted de Corsia), a betting window teller (Elisha Cook Jr.) to gain access to the backroom, a sharpshooter (Timothy Carey) to shoot the favorite horse during the race to distract the crowd, a wrestler (Kola Kwariani) to provide another distraction by provoking a fight at the track bar, and a track bartender (Joe Sawyer).
The Kettles in the Ozarks, 1h21
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Marjorie Main, Arthur Hunnicutt, Una Merkel, Ted de Corsia, Richard Deacon, Dave O'Brien
Roles Bancroft Baines
Rating63% 3.194123.194123.194123.194123.19412
With Pa out of the way, Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of bootleggers rent Sedge's barn to manufacture moonshine. With Ma and the kids, the bootleggers get their pay.
Taza, Son of Cochise, 1h19
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Gregg Palmer, Jeff Chandler, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller
Roles Sgt. Hamma
Rating56% 2.803712.803712.803712.803712.80371
Taza succède a son père Cochise, ardent défenseur de la paix avec les "visages pales". Mais son frère, Naiche, qui convoite la belle Oona promise à Taza, pactise avec Geronimo contre les hommes blancs.
Johnny Dark, 1h30
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Paul Kelly, Ilka Chase, Sidney Blackmer
Roles Carl Svenson
Rating60% 3.000033.000033.000033.000033.00003
Johnny Dark and his pal Duke Benson work for Fielding Motors, where owner James Fielding manufactures family-friendly automobiles. Chief engineer Scotty overhears the guys complaining about the company and spots a sports-car design Johnny and Duke have done.
Riding Shotgun, 1h13
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris, Wayne Morris (acteur britannique), Joan Weldon, Charles Bronson, Joe Sawyer
Roles Tom Biggert
Rating63% 3.196143.196143.196143.196143.19614
Stagecoach guard Larry Delong is ambushed by a gang of outlaws associated with a man he's searching for, Dan Marady, who murdered Delong's sister and nephew. But when he returns to the town of Deep Water, nearly everyone there believes that Delong was involved in the holdup, in which the stage driver was killed.
It Came from Outer Space, 1h21
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson, Dave Willock
Roles Frank Daylon
Rating64% 3.2480453.2480453.2480453.2480453.248045
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam (Richard Carlson) and schoolteacher Ellen Fields (Barbara Rush) watch a large meteorite crash near the small town of Sand Rock, Arizona. At the crash site, Putnam notices a strange, partially buried object lodged in the large crater; he comes to the realization that it wasn't a meteorite that crashed but a large alien spaceship. After a landslide completely covers the mysterious spacecraft, his story is later scoffed at by the townspeople of Sand Rock, including its sheriff (Charles Drake), and the local media.
Deadline - U.S.A., 1h27
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Children's films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Ed Begley, Warren Stevens, Paul Stewart
Roles Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5948153.5948153.5948153.5948153.594815
Ed Hutcheson is the crusading managing editor of a large metropolitan newspaper called The Day. He is steadfastly loyal to publisher Margaret Garrison, the widow of the paper's founder, but Mrs. Garrison is on the verge of selling the newspaper to interests who plan to permanently cease its operation.
Indian Uprising, 1h15
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors George Montgomery, Audrey Long, Carl Benton Reid, Joe Sawyer, Douglas Kennedy, Eddy Waller
Roles Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
Rating58% 2.908352.908352.908352.908352.90835
Le Capitaine Mac Cloud ayant signé un traité avec le chef apache, Géronimo, entreprend de défendre les Indiens contre les entreprises des chercheurs d'or. Ceci l'amène à faire tirer sur les Blancs.
Red Skies of Montana, 1h39
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Disaster films
Actors Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter, Richard Boone, Warren Stevens, Charles Bronson
Roles R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Rating63% 3.1951053.1951053.1951053.1951053.195105
Cliff Mason, a veteran foreman of the Forest Service's smokejumper unit, is called out with a crew on a fire, despite the fact that they have not rested in three days. Accompanied by R. A. "Pop" Miller and four other men, Cliff leaves the smokejumper base at Missoula, Montana to parachute into a nearly inaccessible area of Bugle Peak. Hours later, at base, superintendent Richard "Dick" Dryer becomes worried because Cliff is not answering radio calls. The next day, after the fire crowns, Dick flies by helicopter into the area and is stunned to find only Cliff, in shock and wandering through the devastated region. Cliff is rushed to the hospital, where he gradually recovers, although he cannot remember how he got separated from his men, or why he was the only one to survive.
Comin' Round the Mountain, 1h17
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay, Kirby Grant, Glenn Strange, Joe Sawyer
Roles Kalem McCoy
Rating62% 3.1484353.1484353.1484353.1484353.148435
Theatrical agent Al Stewart (Bud Abbott) has successfully booked his client, Dorothy McCoy (Dorothy Shay), "The Manhattan Hillbilly", at a New York nightclub. Unfortunately, he has also booked an inept escape artist, The Great Wilbert (Lou Costello), at the same location. During his performance, Wilbert cannot escape from his shackles and screams for help. Dorothy recognizes Wilbert's shrill scream as the "McCoy clan yell". More evidence of Wilbert's heritage, namely a photograph and concertina, are found in his dressing room, and prove that he is the long-lost grandson of "Squeeze Box" McCoy, leader of the McCoy clan. Granny McCoy (Ida Moore) has been looking for Wilbert, as she will reveal where Squeeze Box hid his gold to "kinfolk" only. Al, Dorothy and Wilbert head to Kentucky, and Granny recounts the story of the McCoy-Winfield feud that began over 60 years ago. The McCoys choose Wilbert to represent them against Devil Dan Winfield (Glenn Strange) in a turkey shoot. Wilbert has never even seen a gun before, and his carelessness leads to a revival of the feud.
As You Were, 57minutes
Directed by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Russell Hicks, John Ridgely, Sondra Rodgers, Joan Vohs
Roles Sgt. Ames
Rating51% 2.595232.595232.595232.595232.59523
The Flying Missile, 1h31
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films
Actors Glenn Ford, Viveca Lindfors, Henry O'Neill, Kenneth Tobey, John Qualen, Carl Benton Reid
Roles Fuss Payne
Rating58% 2.906532.906532.906532.906532.90653
Decorated submarine commander Commander William Talbot's (Glenn Ford) boat the USS Bluefin (actually the USS Cusk) is on manoeuvers with the goal of simulating sinking the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41). The Midway is carrying some politicians to view the test firing of a JB-2 missile from its flight deck. Sighting the carrier, the Bluefin attempts a simulated torpedo attack but is detected and "sunk" by a depth charge attack from a destroyer.