Joe Sawyer: movies and TV shows
Joe Sawyer has 194 credits in the archive: 184 films and 10 TV series, from 1930 to 1995. Highest rated: Everglades (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1930 – 1995 · busiest year: 1936 (17 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 88 |
| 1992 | Legends of the West | Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | — | 85 |
| 1991 | Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West | Sgt. Biff O'Hara | Film | 7.3 | 84 |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Riverboat Officer (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1961 | Everglades | TV | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Leon Huff | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1960 | North to Alaska | Land Commissioner | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1960 | Harrigan and Son | TV | 10.0 | 53 | |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | Sgt. McEvoy | TV | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | TV | 6.6 | 51 | |
| 1958 | The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara | Film | 9.5 | 51 |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Fighting Sam Brown | TV | 5.2 | 50 |
| 1956 | The Killing | Mike O'Reilly | Film | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1956 | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Bancroft Baines | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | TV | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1954 | Riding Shotgun | Tom Biggert | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1954 | Taza, Son of Cochise | Sgt. Hamma | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1954 | Johnny Dark | Carl Svenson | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1953 | It Came from Outer Space | Frank Daylon | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Chopper | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1952 | Deadline - U.S.A. | Whitey Franks (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1952 | Mr. Walkie Talkie | Sgt. Ames | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1952 | Red Skies of Montana | R. A. 'Pop' Miller | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1952 | Indian Uprising | Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | TV | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Kalem McCoy | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1951 | Pride of Maryland | Knuckles | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1951 | As You Were | Sgt. Ames | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1950 | Blondie's Hero | Sergeant Gateson | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile | Fuss Payne | Film | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1950 | The Traveling Saleswoman | Cactus Jack | Film | 5.2 | 43 |
| 1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Jake | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1950 | Operation Haylift | George Swallow | Film | 5.0 | 43 |
| 1950 | Operation Haylift | Film | 5.0 | 43 | |
| 1950 | Operation Haylift | Film | 5.0 | 43 | |
| 1949 | Tucson | Tod Bryant | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1949 | Kazan | Sandz Jepson | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1949 | The Gay Amigo | Sergeant McNulty | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1949 | And Baby Makes Three | Police officer | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1949 | Deputy Marshal | Eli Cressett | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1949 | Stagecoach Kid | Thatcher | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1949 | The Lucky Stiff | Tony | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre | TV | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1948 | Fighting Back | Police Sergeant Scudder | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1948 | Here Comes Trouble | Officer Ames | Film | 5.2 | 41 |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek | Frank Yordy | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne | Steve Davis | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed | Hoy Keegan | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie | Zero Zantini | Film | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1948 | Half Past Midnight | Det. Lt. Joe Nash | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1947 | A Double Life | Pete Bonner | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Private Detective | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1947 | Big Town After Dark | Monk | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1947 | Roses Are Red | Police Lt. Rocky Wall | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1946 | Gilda | Casey | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1946 | Inside Job | Police Capt. Thomas | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Babe Dooley | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1946 | G.I. War Brides | Sgt. Frank Moraski | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1946 | The Runaround | Hutchins | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1946 | Joe Palooka, Champ | Lefty | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Bailey | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1945 | Brewster's Millions | Hacky Smith | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1945 | High Powered | Spike Kenny | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1944 | Raiders of Ghost City | Idaho Jones | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1944 | The Singing Sheriff | Squint | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1944 | Moon Over Las Vegas | Joe | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1944 | Hey, Rookie | Sergeant | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1944 | South of Dixie | Ernest Hatcher | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1943 | The Outlaw | Charley Woodruff | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1943 | Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Karl Straeder | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1943 | Hit the Ice | Buster | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1943 | Let's Face It | Sgt. Wiggins | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1943 | Taxi, Mister | Eddie Corbett | Film | 4.2 | 36 |
| 1943 | Buckskin Frontier | Brannigan | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1943 | Cowboy in Manhattan | Louie | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1943 | Prairie Chickens | Albertson | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1943 | Tornado | Charlie Muscles | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1943 | Yanks Ahoy | Sgt. Ames | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1943 | Sleepy Lagoon | Lumpy | Film | 5.0 | 36 |
| 1943 | Alaska Highway | Roughhouse | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1942 | Hay Foot | Sergeant Ames | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1942 | About Face | Sgt. William Ames | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1942 | Sundown Jim | Ben Moffitt | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1942 | The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Eddie Corbett | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1942 | A Letter From Bataan | Roy - John's Brother-in-Law | Film | 5.2 | 35 |
| 1942 | Wrecking Crew | Fred Bunce | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Orchid | Eddie Corbett | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1942 | Fall In | Sgt. Ames | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Sergeant Early | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Sgt. Doolittle | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | John Cole | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1941 | Down Mexico Way | Allen | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman | Film | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1941 | You're in the Army Now | Sergeant Madden | Film | 4.4 | 34 |
| 1941 | Down in San Diego | Dutch | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1941 | Swamp Water | Hardy Ragan | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1941 | Last of the Duanes | Bull Lossomer | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1941 | Tanks a Million | Sgt. William Ames | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Bookkeeper | Film | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Kitzmiller | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Davis | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Bushropp | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1940 | King of the Lumberjacks | Jigger | Film | 3.7 | 33 |
| 1940 | Women Without Names | Principal Keeper Grimley | Film | 4.7 | 33 |
| 1940 | Melody Ranch | Jasper Wildhack | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Charlie | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus | Burke | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid | Bill Stevens | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | The Border Legion | Jim Gulden | Film | 5.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | Honeymoon Deferred | Detective James | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | The Sergeant | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Shamus (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Werner Renz | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Red | Film | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1939 | Frontier Marshal | Curley Bill | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1939 | Sabotage | Gardner | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Billings | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | The Lady and the Mob | Blinky Mack | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1939 | The Man from Montreal | Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) | Film | 4.9 | 32 |
| 1939 | Inside Information | Detective Grazzi | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1938 | Passport Husband | Duke Selton | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1938 | Stolen Heaven | Bako | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1938 | Tarzan's Revenge | Olaf Punch | Film | 4.8 | 31 |
| 1938 | Gambling Ship | Tony Garzoni | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1938 | Heart of the North | Red Crocker | Film | 5.2 | 31 |
| 1938 | Always in Trouble | Buster Mussendorfer | Film | 7.3 | 31 |
| 1938 | The Storm | Kelly | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | Slim | Windy Wilcox | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1937 | Motor Madness | Steve Dolan | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Black Legion | Cliff Summers | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1937 | San Quentin | 'Sailor Boy' Hansen | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1937 | Navy Blues | Chips | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Midnight Madonna | Wolfe | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Reported Missing | 'Brad' Martin | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | A Dangerous Adventure | Dutch | Film | 5.5 | 30 |
| 1937 | The Lady Fights Back | Swede Jannsen | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Behind the Criminal | Red Manders | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1936 | The Petrified Forest | Jackie | Film | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead | 'Trigger' Smith | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowd | Bonelli's Henchman | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Great Guy | Joe Burton | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1936 | The Country Doctor | Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Jack Sully | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger | Father Regan, chaplain | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1936 | High Tension | Terry Madden | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1936 | Crash Donovan | Henchman (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Special Investigator | Jim Plummer | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1936 | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Sgt. Regan | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Pride of the Marines | Tennessee | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Murder with Pictures | Inspector Tom Bacon | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1936 | A Son Comes Home | First Truck Driver | Film | 4.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Rose Bowl | Announcer | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death | Police Sgt. Sanborn | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Freshman Love | Coach Kendall | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Rich - Chief Henchman | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1935 | The Informer | Bartly Mulholland | Film | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Mannion's Thug (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1935 | I Found Stella Parish | Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1935 | Moonlight on the Prairie | Luke Thomas | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid | Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Car 99 | Whitey, burly henchman | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot | Doré's Henchman | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | 'Red' | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Man of Iron | Crawford | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | The Arizonian | Henchman Keeler | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Sequoia | Forest Ranger (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1934 | Jimmy the Gent | Mike (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog | Carl Trask (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1934 | The Prescott Kid | Marshal Willoughby | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond | "Dunc" Spencer | Film | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1934 | The Band Plays On | Mr. Thomas | Film | 8.3 | 27 |
| 1934 | College Rhythm | Spud Miller | Film | 5.6 | 27 |
| 1934 | The Notorious Sophie Lang | Building Guard (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1934 | Sing and Like It | Gunner - Hood | Film | 5.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | Looking for Trouble | Max Stanley | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1934 | The Westerner | Bob Lockhart | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | Gridiron Flash | Coach Eversmith | Film | 4.8 | 27 |
| 1933 | College Humor | Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers) | Film | 5.6 | 26 |
| 1933 | Ace of Aces | Captain Daly | Film | 5.9 | 26 |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest | Farmhand (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1933 | Son of a Sailor | Slug | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | College Coach | Holcomb | Film | 4.6 | 26 |
| 1933 | Eskimo | Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1933 | Three Cornered Moon | Head Lifeguard (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | Hold Your Man | Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1933 | The Stranger's Return | Thresher | Film | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1933 | Saturday's Millions | Coach | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | Olsen’s Big Moment | Dapper' Danny Reynolds | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1932 | Arsène Lupin | Leroux (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1932 | Huddle | Slater | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1931 | The Public Enemy | Pool Player (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1931 | Maker of Men | Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1930 | Campus Sweethearts | Film | 10.0 | 23 |