Joe Sawyer Net Worth
Joe Sawyer Net Worth is
$850,000
Joe Sawyer Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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. Date Of Birth | August 29, 1906 |
Died | 1982-01-01 |
Place Of Birth | Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Writer |
Spouse | June Sawyer |
Star Sign | Virgo |
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1 | Joe's son, Riley said that later in life, his father was able to indulge in his love of travel, saying he was equally at home on an ocean freighter or a passenger liner. His son was quoted as saying "if he was going on a cruise ship, he would diet for three to four weeks before a trip, because he loved the food". |
2 | When Joe died, the family reported receiving sympathy notes from Pickwick Books (in New York) and other book sellers because he was such an avid reader. |
3 | A bit character with Joe in two films (The Coach and Maker of Men) was a then unknown, John Wayne, who became a poker and fishing buddy. Joe Sawyer, 29, had a minor role, Barby Mulholland, in a John Ford directed film. His role brought him critical attention and many subsequent John Ford directed films. Still playing small parts, Joe appeared in 16 films released in 1934, 14 released in 1935 and 17 released in 1936. A 1936 releases was The Petrified Forest. Joe played henchman to the star, Humphrey Bogart. Sawyer appeared in five other Bogart films. |
4 | ABC first aired Rin Tin Tin in 1954. It immediately became its second most watched program with a 30 per cent market share, second only to the Walt Disney Show. Nine million of the thirty million television sets at the time viewed Rin Tin Tin. CBS had begin Lassie a month earlier, but its viewership always lagged millions behind Rin Tin Tin after ABC began that series. |
5 | The only series in which Joe Sawyer appeared was Rin Tin Tin from 1954 to 1959. The 96 episodes in which he appeared as Sgt. Biff O'Hara were filmed at the Corriganville Movie Ranch forty miles northeast of Hollywood. A decade later he described the work schedule as shooting four episodes in a two week period, then having two or three weeks off. During those five years he supervised the construction of thirty-five homes in a Los Angeles sub-division. |
6 | Joseph's parents, Joseph (October 3, 1984 - 1908) and Lavina Mary Bolton (August 17, 1885 - August 15, 1966) spelled their last name Sauer on their Guelph, Ontario, Canada marriage certificate on November 23, 1904. Their son Joseph was known as Joseph Sauers. He chose to change his surname to Sawyer when he signed a Warner Brothers contract in 1935. |
7 | On Broadway in the early 1930's Joe Sauers played many comic roles. He expressed surprise after signing his Warner Brothers contract that Hollywood assigned him gangster roles. In late 1936 he was given the role of Father Reed, a priest, in The Accusing Finger. He saw that as a ray of hope that other types of acting roles could be forthcoming. He felt his best work was as a comedian. It wasn't until he created the television role of Sgt. Biff O'Hara on the 1950's Rin Tin Tin series that he had a recurring comic role. |
8 | Joe was a workaholic. Family members said that he couldn't count on having movie work five days a week, and he liked to have work five days a week. So, early on in his career, Joe took advantage of the booming housing market in California and did home construction on the side. He drove to the studio with a pickup truck loaded with lumber and then went straight to the construction site after work. |
9 | Joe was talked into one final film appearance in 1962, a John Ford movie starring John Wayne. He played a riverboat officer in How the West Was Won. He then turned full time to property development, and was a key player in the construction of various projects in Southern California, including housing developments, shopping centers and a hospital. |
10 | Joe had a passion for cigars, sailing, cars and shooting, and a nice home in Glendale, where he could host gatherings with such friends as John Wayne and Bela Lugosi. He loved his Corvette and had a penchant for using his basement shooting range at any hour. |
11 | In 1949 Joe Sawyer received U. S. Air Force assurances of co-operation to produce Operation Haylift. The film was about the 1948 feeding of blizzard-bound cattle. The movie was shot in Nevada. |
12 | Joe met and married on June 20 1937 the love of his life - June Golden, 10 years his junior. She was one of the young women hired every year by the MGM Studios, some of whom became starlets After June died of leukemia at the age of 44 in 1960, Joe had difficulty coping. He left their Glendale home and moved to a smaller home in Beverly Hills. He turned his back on the film business. Joe's long-term friend, Duke Wayne, invited him to "come on up to Alaska and make another picture, look around and forget some things." That led to a role as a road commissioner in North to Alaska in the John Wayne film. |
13 | Joe Sauer's father, Joseph, was a butcher in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He died at the age of 24 in Saskatchewan, Canada. Joe went to school in Guelph, but every summer joined the family to work on his uncle's farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. |
14 | Following the advice of the Pasadena Playhouse's director, Gilmore Brown, Joe saved his money and moved to New York to see if he could make it in theater. He appeared in many Broadway plays at very low pay, but did meet and marry famous Hollywood director Sam Wood's daughter, Jeane Wood, in Manhattan on December 22, 1930. The marriage was short-lived and by 1932 he was back in Hollywood under contract to Metro Golden Mayer. |
15 | Joe Sauers was a graduate of Hollywood High School where he became interested in drama. While a student at the University of Southern California in the 1920's he continued acting in plays and was seen by Gilmore Brown of the Pasadena Playhouse. He had Joe read for the part of a cockney in George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara. That began an association that led to writing, directing, and appearing in over 100 Pasadena Playhouse productions. During those years Joe also worked in the building and loan business. |
16 | In a film fight for Universal Pictures, Owen Merrill, played by leading man Kent Taylor, broke two ribs on Saturday, July 17, 1937, during the filming of The Lady Fights Back. It wasn't a lady, but Swede Janssen, played by Joe Sawyer, the 200 pounder who inflicted the injury. |
17 | During his retirement years Joe lived during summers in a mobile home in Ashland, Oregon, USA on a hill overlooking the city. He always displayed the Stars and Stripes and the state flag of Oregon. Winters were spent in Palm Springs, California, USA. |
18 | Joseph Sawyer, screenland "bad man," wasn't afraid of starving if fans tired of him. Among other things he acquired in 1935-1936 were: Village Radio and Electric Shop in Westwood; Sawyer Acceptance Corp.; Jerry's Auto Shop and Garage in Los Angeles; a fishing trawler; half-interest in a cat and dog hospital; toy balloon factory; tortilla manufacturing plant; and a salted peanut shop. |
19 | In 1936 Joe Sawyer in the national press was referred to as the toughest looking heavy in films. That was contrasted with his hobbies of being a painter and a musician. |
20 | After an excellent showing in The Informer in 1935 and a term contract offer by Warner Brothers, he decided to sign it as Joseph Sawyer, a name he suggested for himself. He said he didn't mind when people called him Sowers, or even Sours, but when he was introduced as Joe Sewers he knew it was time to change his name. |
21 | Although he looked Irish, often played Irish characters and had an "Irish" stage name, his real name was Joseph Sauers and his ancestry was German. |
22 | Former son-in-law of director Sam Wood. |
23 | Former brother-in-law of actress K.T. Stevens and Hugh Marlowe. |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Botsford's Beanery | 1955 | TV Movie | Gambler |
It's a Great Life | 1954 | TV Series | Motorcycle Cop |
Adventures of the Falcon | 1954 | TV Series | Harry Gault |
The Halls of Ivy | 1954 | TV Series | |
Johnny Dark | 1954 | Carl Svenson (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Stories of the Century | 1954 | TV Series | Butch Cassidy |
Riding Shotgun | 1954 | Tom Biggert | |
Taza, Son of Cochise | 1954 | Sgt. Hamma | |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | Joey Uptown |
Racket Squad | 1952-1953 | TV Series | Sgt. Gunner McGurn |
It Came from Outer Space | 1953 | Frank Daylon | |
The Abbott and Costello Show | 1953 | TV Series | Chopper |
Mr. Walkie Talkie | 1952 | Sgt. Ames | |
Deadline - U.S.A. | 1952 | Whitey Franks (uncredited) | |
Red Skies of Montana | 1952 | R.A. (Pop) Miller | |
Indian Uprising | 1952 | Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh | |
As You Were | 1951 | Sgt. Ames | |
Comin' Round the Mountain | 1951 | Kalem McCoy | |
The Pride of Maryland | 1951 | Knuckles | |
The Flying Missile | 1950 | Quartermaster 'Fuss' Payne | |
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | 1950 | Jake | |
Operation Haylift | 1950 | George Swallow | |
Blondie's Hero | 1950 | Sgt. Gateson | |
The Traveling Saleswoman | 1950 | Cactus Jack | |
And Baby Makes Three | 1949 | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | |
Deputy Marshal | 1949 | Eli Cressett / Colt Redwood | |
Kazan | 1949 | Sandz Jepson | |
Stagecoach Kid | 1949 | Thatcher | |
The Gay Amigo | 1949 | Sergeant McNulty | |
Tucson | 1949 | Tod Bryant | |
The Lucky Stiff | 1949 | Tony | |
The Untamed Breed | 1948 | Hoy Keegan | |
Fighting Back | 1948 | Police Sergeant Scudder | |
Coroner Creek | 1948 | Frank Yordy | |
Fighting Father Dunne | 1948 | Steve Davis | |
Here Comes Trouble | 1948 | Officer Ames | |
Half Past Midnight | 1948 | Det. Lt. Joe Nash | |
If You Knew Susie | 1948 | Zero Zantini | |
A Double Life | 1947 | Ray Bonner | |
Big Town After Dark | 1947 | Monk | |
Roses Are Red | 1947 | Police Lt. Rocky Wall | |
Christmas Eve | 1947 | Private Detective Gimlet | |
G.I. War Brides | 1946 | Sgt. Frank Moraski (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Inside Job | 1946 | Police Capt. Thomas | |
The Runaround | 1946 | Hutchins | |
Joe Palooka, Champ | 1946 | Lefty | |
Deadline at Dawn | 1946 | Babe Dooley | |
Gilda | 1946 | Casey | |
The Naughty Nineties | 1945 | Bailey | |
Brewster's Millions | 1945 | Hacky Smith | |
High Powered | 1945 | Spike Kenny (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
The Singing Sheriff | 1944 | Squint | |
Raiders of Ghost City | 1944 | Idaho Jones | |
Tornado | 1944 | Charlie Boswell | |
South of Dixie | 1944 | Ernest Hatcher | |
Hey, Rookie | 1944 | Sergeant | |
Moon Over Las Vegas | 1944 | Joe | |
Tarzan's Desert Mystery | 1943 | Karl Straeder | |
Sleepy Lagoon | 1943 | Lumpy | |
Let's Face It | 1943 | Sergeant Wiggins | |
Yanks Ahoy | 1943 | Sgt. Ames | |
Alaska Highway | 1943 | Roughhouse | |
Hit the Ice | 1943 | Buster (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Cowboy in Manhattan | 1943 | Louie | |
Buckskin Frontier | 1943 | Brannigan | |
Taxi, Mister | 1943 | Eddie Corbett | |
Prairie Chickens | 1943 | Albertson | |
The Outlaw | 1943 | Charley Woodruff | |
Two Mugs from Brooklyn | 1942 | Eddie Corbett (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Fall In | 1942 | Sgt. William Ames | |
Wrecking Crew | 1942 | Fred Bunce | |
A Letter from Bataan | 1942 | Short | Roy, John's Brother in Law |
About Face | 1942 | Short | Sgt. William Ames |
Sundown Jim | 1942 | Ben Moffitt (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Brooklyn Orchid | 1942 | Eddie Corbett | |
Hay Foot | 1942 | Sergeant Ames | |
You're in the Army Now | 1941 | Sergeant Madden (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
They Died with Their Boots On | 1941 | Sergeant Doolittle (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Swamp Water | 1941 | Hardy Ragan (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Down Mexico Way | 1941 | Allen | |
Last of the Duanes | 1941 | Bull Lossomer (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Tanks a Million | 1941 | Sgt. William Ames | |
Belle Starr | 1941 | John Cole (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Down in San Diego | 1941 | Dutch | |
Sergeant York | 1941 | Sergeant Early (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
The Lady from Cheyenne | 1941 | Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman (uncredited) | |
Santa Fe Trail | 1940 | Kitzmiller | |
The Border Legion | 1940 | Jim Gulden (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Melody Ranch | 1940 | Jasper Wildhack (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
The Long Voyage Home | 1940 | Davis (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Wildcat Bus | 1940 | Burke (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Lucky Cisco Kid | 1940 | Bill Stevens | |
King of the Lumberjacks | 1940 | Jigger, a Lumberjack | |
Dark Command | 1940 | Bushropp (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Women Without Names | 1940 | Principal Keeper Grimley (uncredited) | |
The House Across the Bay | 1940 | Charley (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Honeymoon Deferred | 1940 | Detective James | |
The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | Bookkeeper (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
The Man from Montreal | 1939 | Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
The Roaring Twenties | 1939 | The Sergeant - Pete Jones | |
Sabotage | 1939 | Gardner | |
Rio | 1939 | Prison Guard (uncredited) | |
I Stole a Million | 1939 | Plainclothes cop seeking 'Harris' (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Frontier Marshal | 1939 | Curley Bill | |
Inside Information | 1939 | Detective Grazzi (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Confessions of a Nazi Spy | 1939 | Werner Renz | |
Union Pacific | 1939 | Shamus (uncredited) | |
The Lady and the Mob | 1939 | Blinky Mack (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
You Can't Get Away with Murder | 1939 | Red | |
My Son Is a Criminal | 1939 | Policeman (uncredited) | |
Gambling Ship | 1938 | Tony Garzoni (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Heart of the North | 1938 | Red Crocker | |
Always in Trouble | 1938 | Buster Mussendorfer | |
The Storm | 1938 | Kelly - Wireless Operator (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Passport Husband | 1938 | Duke Selton (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Stolen Heaven | 1938 | Bako | |
Tarzan's Revenge | 1938 | Olaf Punch (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Behind the Criminal | 1937 | Short | Red Manders |
The Lady Fights Back | 1937 | Swede Jannsen | |
Reported Missing | 1937 | 'Brad' Martin (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
A Dangerous Adventure | 1937 | Dutch | |
Midnight Madonna | 1937 | Wolfe | |
Slim | 1937 | Wilcox (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
San Quentin | 1937 | 'Sailor Boy' Hansen (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
They Gave Him a Gun | 1937 | Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) | |
Motor Madness | 1937 | Steve Dolan (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Navy Blues | 1937 | Chips (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Black Legion | 1937 | Cliff Moore (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Great Guy | 1936 | Burton | |
The Accusing Finger | 1936 | Father Reed - the priest (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Rose Bowl | 1936 | Announcer (uncredited) | |
Two in a Crowd | 1936 | Bonelli's Henchman | |
Murder with Pictures | 1936 | Inspector Bacon (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Crash Donovan | 1936 | Henchman (uncredited) | |
A Son Comes Home | 1936 | First Truck Driver (uncredited) | |
High Tension | 1936 | Terry Madden | |
And Sudden Death | 1936 | Police Sgt. Sanborn (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Special Investigator | 1936 | Jim 'Jimmy' Plummer (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Big Brown Eyes | 1936 | Jack Sully | |
Pride of the Marines | 1936 | Tennessee | |
The Country Doctor | 1936 | Joe - Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) | |
The Walking Dead | 1936 | Trigger (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
The Leathernecks Have Landed | 1936 | Sgt. Regan (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
The Petrified Forest | 1936 | Jackie (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Freshman Love | 1936 | Coach Kendall (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Man of Iron | 1935 | Crawford (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Frisco Kid | 1935 | Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
I Found Stella Parish | 1935 | Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Moonlight on the Prairie | 1935 | Luke Thomas | |
Special Agent | 1935 | Ned Rich (as Joseph Sauers) | |
Little Big Shot | 1935 | Doré's Henchman (as Joseph Sauers) | |
Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1935 | Ambulance Driver (uncredited) | |
Broadway Gondolier | 1935 | 'Red' (as Joseph Sauers) | |
The Arizonian | 1935 | Henchman Keeler (as Joseph Sauers) | |
The Informer | 1935 | Barty Mulholland (as Joseph Sauers) | |
Air Hawks | 1935 | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
Eight Bells | 1935 | Gates (uncredited) | |
Car 99 | 1935 | Whitey (as Joe Sauers) | |
The Whole Town's Talking | 1935 | Nick - Mannion's Henchman (uncredited) | |
Sequoia | 1934 | Forest Ranger (uncredited) | |
The Band Plays On | 1934 | Mr. Thomas (as Joseph Sauers) | |
The Westerner | 1934 | Bob Lockhart (as Joseph Sauers) | |
Behold My Wife! | 1934 | Morton (uncredited) | |
College Rhythm | 1934 | Spud Miller (uncredited) | |
Prescott Kid | 1934 | Marshal Willoughby (as Joseph Sauers) | |
Gridiron Flash | 1934 | Coach Eversmith (as Joseph Sauers) | |
Against the Law | 1934 | McManus (uncredited) | |
The Case of the Howling Dog | 1934 | Carl Trask (uncredited) | |
Death on the Diamond | 1934 | Spencer (as Joe Sauers) | |
The Notorious Sophie Lang | 1934 | Building Guard (uncredited) | |
Stamboul Quest | 1934 | Soldier Escorting Doktor (uncredited) | |
Sing and Like It | 1934 | Gunner - Hood (as Joseph Sauers) | |
Looking for Trouble | 1934 | Henchman Max Stanley (as Joseph Sauers) | |
Wharf Angel | 1934 | Sailor on 'The Coyote' (uncredited) | |
Jimmy the Gent | 1934 | Mike (uncredited) | |
Son of a Sailor | 1933 | Slug (uncredited) | |
Jimmy and Sally | 1933 | Slug Morgan (uncredited) | |
Blood Money | 1933 | Red (uncredited) | |
Eskimo | 1933 | Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) | |
College Coach | 1933 | Holcomb (as Joe Sauers) | |
Ace of Aces | 1933 | Capt. Daly (as Joe Sauers) | |
Saturday's Millions | 1933 | Coach (as Joe Sauers) | |
Golden Harvest | 1933 | Farmhand (uncredited) | |
Three Cornered Moon | 1933 | Swimming pool Instructor (uncredited) | |
The Stranger's Return | 1933 | Farmhand (uncredited) | |
College Humor | 1933 | Tex Roust (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
Hold Your Man | 1933 | Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited) | |
Olsen's Big Moment | 1933 | 'Dapper' Danny Reynolds (as Joe Sauer) | |
Forgotten Commandments | 1932 | Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff (uncredited) | |
Huddle | 1932 | Slater (as Joe Sauers) | |
Young Bride | 1932 | Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite (uncredited) | |
Shopworn | 1932 | Construction Camp Doctor (uncredited) | |
Arsène Lupin | 1932 | Leroux (uncredited) | |
Maker of Men | 1931 | Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) | |
Surrender | 1931 | Sergeant Muller (as Joseph Sauers) | |
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford | 1931 | Willis the Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) | |
The Public Enemy | 1931 | Pool player (uncredited) | |
Campus Sweethearts | 1930 | Short | |
How the West Was Won | 1962 | Riverboat Officer (uncredited) | |
Everglades | 1961 | TV Series | Marco Collins |
Surfside 6 | 1961 | TV Series | Leon Huff |
Bat Masterson | 1961 | TV Series | |
Lock Up | 1961 | TV Series | Sgt. McEvoy |
Harrigan and Son | 1960 | TV Series | Matt Collins |
North to Alaska | 1960 | Land Commissioner | |
Maisie | 1960 | TV Movie | Master Sergeant Blackenhorn |
Peter Gunn | 1959 | TV Series | Sam Granger |
Sugarfoot | 1959 | TV Series | Fighting Sam Brown |
Maverick | 1959 | TV Series | Sgt. Schumacher |
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | 1954-1959 | TV Series | Sgt. Biff O'Hara |
Frontier Doctor | 1958 | TV Series | Butch Cassidy |
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | 1958 | Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara | |
The Killing | 1956 | Mike O'Reilly | |
The Kettles in the Ozarks | 1956 | Bancroft Baines |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Brewster's Millions | 1945 | performer: "The Gold Diggers' Song We're in the Money" - uncredited | |
Melody Ranch | 1940 | performer: "Back to the City Again" 1940, "What Are Cowboys Made Of" 1940 - uncredited | |
Huddle | 1932 | "Boola Boola" 1900, uncredited |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Operation Haylift | 1950 |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Operation Haylift | 1950 | producer |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Universe According to Universal | 2002 | Video documentary short | Frank Daylon (uncredited) |
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | 1993 | Documentary | Actor in 'It Came From Outer Space' Clip (uncredited) |
Legends of the West | 1992 | Documentary | Actor in 'Frontier Marshal' (uncredited) |
The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 | 1991 | Documentary | Sgt. Major (uncredited) |
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West | 1991 | Video | |
Jack Arnold erzählt | 1983 | TV Series documentary | Frank Daylon |
Two Knights from Brooklyn | 1949 | Eddie Corbett (as Joseph Sawyer) |