Joe Sawyer

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character actor film actor human television actor

Joe Sawyer was a Canadian-born character actor known for his tough-guy roles in numerous American films and television shows from the 1930s through the 1960s.

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Joe Sawyer canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1960s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930 ⓘ
appearedIn Angels with Dirty Faces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Each Dawn I Die NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gunga Din NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sergeant York NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Big Shot NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Fighting 69th NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Grapes of Wrath NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Petrified Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Roaring Twenties NERFINISHED ⓘ
They Drive by Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yankee Doodle Dandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Joseph Sauers NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Ashland, Oregon, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-08-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-04-21 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Canadian ⓘ
genre film ⓘ
television ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Joe Sawyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacteristic frequent portrayal of policemen and soldiers ⓘ
frequent portrayal of tough and rugged characters ⓘ
notableFor tough-guy roles ⓘ
notableWork The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Guelph, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ashland, Oregon, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedCharacter Sergeant Biff O’Hara NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Betty May NERFINISHED ⓘ
June Almy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viola M. Saunders NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedIn American film industry NERFINISHED ⓘ
American television industry ⓘ

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The Killing → castMember → Joe Sawyer ⓘ
The Killing (role as Johnny Clay) → castMember → Joe Sawyer ⓘ
subject surface form: The Killing (1956 film)
Gilda → starring → Joe Sawyer ⓘ
The Informer → castMember → Joe Sawyer ⓘ
subject surface form: The Informer (1935 film)