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Joe Sawyer

Biography

Joe Sawyer was a Canadian actor whose more than 200 screen credits spanned 1927 to 1962, and he was sometimes billed under his birth name, Joseph Sauer. Born in Guelph, Ontario, he went to Los Angeles in his twenties to pursue a career in films and picked up early acting experience at the Pasadena Playhouse, where his stage work included Quinneys, The Wolves and White Wings. Popular among his screen roles was Sergeant Biff O'Hara, whom he played in The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin on film and on radio, and he took the part of Butch Cassidy on Stories of the Century in 1954, repeating it in The Outlaw Legion, a 1958 episode of Frontier Doctor. He also appeared on Maverick, Sugarfoot, Peter Gunn, Surfside 6 and Bat Masterson. Sawyer died in 1982.

75years old at death

  • Born Guelph
  • Died Ashland
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Also credited as Joseph Sauers and Joseph Sawyer

Movie Career

Films
35
Career span
27 years1933 to 1960

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  1. Early training

    Joe Sawyer gained his acting experience at the Pasadena Playhouse, where his productions included Quinneys, The Wolves and White Wings.

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Killing1956 Crime, Drama, Film-Noiras Mike O'Reilly

    IMDb rating 7.9107K votes

  2. Gilda1946 Drama, Film-Noir, Romanceas Casey

    IMDb rating 7.638K votes

  3. It Came from Outer Space1953as Frank Daylon

    IMDb rating 6.513K votes

  4. The Petrified Forest1936as Jackie

    IMDb rating 7.516K votes

  5. The Roaring Twenties1939as The Sergeant - Pete Jones

    IMDb rating 7.918K votes

  6. The Outlaw1943as Charley Woodruff

    IMDb rating 5.45.4K votes

  7. The Informer1935as Bartly Mulholland

    IMDb rating 7.37.9K votes

  8. Black Legion1937as Cliff Summers

    IMDb rating 7.04.3K votes

Most often with

Raoul Walsh directed four of these films, John Ford three and Howard Hawks two. Four actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Joe Sawyer's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$32.4 million

8 of the 35 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 35 films: 8 worldwide figure; 27 figure not found.

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  • 27Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Sergeant York1941as Sergeant Early
    $16M50.5% of the total
  2. 2
    Gilda1946as Casey
    $6.0M18.5% of the total
  3. 3
    The Outlaw1943as Charley Woodruff
    $5.1M15.7% of the total
  4. 4
    It Came from Outer Space1953as Frank Daylon
    $1.6M4.9% of the total
  5. 5
    Riding Shotgun1954as Tom Biggert
    $1.4M4.3% of the total
  6. 6
    The Informer1935as Bartly Mulholland
    $950K2.9% of the total
  7. 7
    The Stranger's Return1933as Thresher
    $630K1.9% of the total
  8. 8
    Big Brown Eyes1936as Jack Sully
    $359K1.1% of the total