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 BirthAugust 29, 1906
Died1982-01-01
Place Of BirthGuelph, Ontario, Canada
ProfessionActor, Soundtrack, Writer
SpouseJune Sawyer
Star SignVirgo
#Fact
1Joe'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".
2When 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.
3A 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.
4ABC 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.
5The 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.
6Joseph'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.
7On 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.
8Joe 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.
9Joe 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.
10Joe 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.
11In 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.
12Joe 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.
13Joe 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.
14Following 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.
15Joe 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.
16In 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.
17During 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.
18Joseph 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.
19In 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.
20After 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.
21Although he looked Irish, often played Irish characters and had an "Irish" stage name, his real name was Joseph Sauers and his ancestry was German.
22Former son-in-law of director Sam Wood.
23Former brother-in-law of actress K.T. Stevens and Hugh Marlowe.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Botsford's Beanery1955TV MovieGambler
It's a Great Life1954TV SeriesMotorcycle Cop
Adventures of the Falcon1954TV SeriesHarry Gault
The Halls of Ivy1954TV Series
Johnny Dark1954Carl Svenson (as Joseph Sawyer)
Stories of the Century1954TV SeriesButch Cassidy
Riding Shotgun1954Tom Biggert
Taza, Son of Cochise1954Sgt. Hamma
The Ford Television Theatre1954TV SeriesJoey Uptown
Racket Squad1952-1953TV SeriesSgt. Gunner McGurn
It Came from Outer Space1953Frank Daylon
The Abbott and Costello Show1953TV SeriesChopper
Mr. Walkie Talkie1952Sgt. Ames
Deadline - U.S.A.1952Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Red Skies of Montana1952R.A. (Pop) Miller
Indian Uprising1952Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
As You Were1951Sgt. Ames
Comin' Round the Mountain1951Kalem McCoy
The Pride of Maryland1951Knuckles
The Flying Missile1950Quartermaster 'Fuss' Payne
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek1950Jake
Operation Haylift1950George Swallow
Blondie's Hero1950Sgt. Gateson
The Traveling Saleswoman1950Cactus Jack
And Baby Makes Three1949Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Deputy Marshal1949Eli Cressett / Colt Redwood
Kazan1949Sandz Jepson
Stagecoach Kid1949Thatcher
The Gay Amigo1949Sergeant McNulty
Tucson1949Tod Bryant
The Lucky Stiff1949Tony
The Untamed Breed1948Hoy Keegan
Fighting Back1948Police Sergeant Scudder
Coroner Creek1948Frank Yordy
Fighting Father Dunne1948Steve Davis
Here Comes Trouble1948Officer Ames
Half Past Midnight1948Det. Lt. Joe Nash
If You Knew Susie1948Zero Zantini
A Double Life1947Ray Bonner
Big Town After Dark1947Monk
Roses Are Red1947Police Lt. Rocky Wall
Christmas Eve1947Private Detective Gimlet
G.I. War Brides1946Sgt. Frank Moraski (as Joseph Sawyer)
Inside Job1946Police Capt. Thomas
The Runaround1946Hutchins
Joe Palooka, Champ1946Lefty
Deadline at Dawn1946Babe Dooley
Gilda1946Casey
The Naughty Nineties1945Bailey
Brewster's Millions1945Hacky Smith
High Powered1945Spike Kenny (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Singing Sheriff1944Squint
Raiders of Ghost City1944Idaho Jones
Tornado1944Charlie Boswell
South of Dixie1944Ernest Hatcher
Hey, Rookie1944Sergeant
Moon Over Las Vegas1944Joe
Tarzan's Desert Mystery1943Karl Straeder
Sleepy Lagoon1943Lumpy
Let's Face It1943Sergeant Wiggins
Yanks Ahoy1943Sgt. Ames
Alaska Highway1943Roughhouse
Hit the Ice1943Buster (as Joseph Sawyer)
Cowboy in Manhattan1943Louie
Buckskin Frontier1943Brannigan
Taxi, Mister1943Eddie Corbett
Prairie Chickens1943Albertson
The Outlaw1943Charley Woodruff
Two Mugs from Brooklyn1942Eddie Corbett (as Joseph Sawyer)
Fall In1942Sgt. William Ames
Wrecking Crew1942Fred Bunce
A Letter from Bataan1942ShortRoy, John's Brother in Law
About Face1942ShortSgt. William Ames
Sundown Jim1942Ben Moffitt (as Joseph Sawyer)
Brooklyn Orchid1942Eddie Corbett
Hay Foot1942Sergeant Ames
You're in the Army Now1941Sergeant Madden (as Joseph Sawyer)
They Died with Their Boots On1941Sergeant Doolittle (as Joseph Sawyer)
Swamp Water1941Hardy Ragan (as Joseph Sawyer)
Down Mexico Way1941Allen
Last of the Duanes1941Bull Lossomer (as Joseph Sawyer)
Tanks a Million1941Sgt. William Ames
Belle Starr1941John Cole (as Joseph Sawyer)
Down in San Diego1941Dutch
Sergeant York1941Sergeant Early (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Lady from Cheyenne1941Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail1940Kitzmiller
The Border Legion1940Jim Gulden (as Joseph Sawyer)
Melody Ranch1940Jasper Wildhack (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Long Voyage Home1940Davis (as Joseph Sawyer)
Wildcat Bus1940Burke (as Joseph Sawyer)
Lucky Cisco Kid1940Bill Stevens
King of the Lumberjacks1940Jigger, a Lumberjack
Dark Command1940Bushropp (as Joseph Sawyer)
Women Without Names1940Principal Keeper Grimley (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay1940Charley (as Joseph Sawyer)
Honeymoon Deferred1940Detective James
The Grapes of Wrath1940Bookkeeper (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Man from Montreal1939Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Roaring Twenties1939The Sergeant - Pete Jones
Sabotage1939Gardner
Rio1939Prison Guard (uncredited)
I Stole a Million1939Plainclothes cop seeking 'Harris' (as Joseph Sawyer)
Frontier Marshal1939Curley Bill
Inside Information1939Detective Grazzi (as Joseph Sawyer)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy1939Werner Renz
Union Pacific1939Shamus (uncredited)
The Lady and the Mob1939Blinky Mack (as Joseph Sawyer)
You Can't Get Away with Murder1939Red
My Son Is a Criminal1939Policeman (uncredited)
Gambling Ship1938Tony Garzoni (as Joseph Sawyer)
Heart of the North1938Red Crocker
Always in Trouble1938Buster Mussendorfer
The Storm1938Kelly - Wireless Operator (as Joseph Sawyer)
Passport Husband1938Duke Selton (as Joseph Sawyer)
Stolen Heaven1938Bako
Tarzan's Revenge1938Olaf Punch (as Joseph Sawyer)
Behind the Criminal1937ShortRed Manders
The Lady Fights Back1937Swede Jannsen
Reported Missing1937'Brad' Martin (as Joseph Sawyer)
A Dangerous Adventure1937Dutch
Midnight Madonna1937Wolfe
Slim1937Wilcox (as Joseph Sawyer)
San Quentin1937'Sailor Boy' Hansen (as Joseph Sawyer)
They Gave Him a Gun1937Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
Motor Madness1937Steve Dolan (as Joseph Sawyer)
Navy Blues1937Chips (as Joseph Sawyer)
Black Legion1937Cliff Moore (as Joseph Sawyer)
Great Guy1936Burton
The Accusing Finger1936Father Reed - the priest (as Joseph Sawyer)
Rose Bowl1936Announcer (uncredited)
Two in a Crowd1936Bonelli's Henchman
Murder with Pictures1936Inspector Bacon (as Joseph Sawyer)
Crash Donovan1936Henchman (uncredited)
A Son Comes Home1936First Truck Driver (uncredited)
High Tension1936Terry Madden
And Sudden Death1936Police Sgt. Sanborn (as Joseph Sawyer)
Special Investigator1936Jim 'Jimmy' Plummer (as Joseph Sawyer)
Big Brown Eyes1936Jack Sully
Pride of the Marines1936Tennessee
The Country Doctor1936Joe - Logger Lifting Log (uncredited)
The Walking Dead1936Trigger (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Leathernecks Have Landed1936Sgt. Regan (as Joseph Sawyer)
The Petrified Forest1936Jackie (as Joseph Sawyer)
Freshman Love1936Coach Kendall (as Joseph Sawyer)
Man of Iron1935Crawford (as Joseph Sawyer)
Frisco Kid1935Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
I Found Stella Parish1935Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer)
Moonlight on the Prairie1935Luke Thomas
Special Agent1935Ned Rich (as Joseph Sauers)
Little Big Shot1935Doré's Henchman (as Joseph Sauers)
Man on the Flying Trapeze1935Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier1935'Red' (as Joseph Sauers)
The Arizonian1935Henchman Keeler (as Joseph Sauers)
The Informer1935Barty Mulholland (as Joseph Sauers)
Air Hawks1935Bit Role (uncredited)
Eight Bells1935Gates (uncredited)
Car 991935Whitey (as Joe Sauers)
The Whole Town's Talking1935Nick - Mannion's Henchman (uncredited)
Sequoia1934Forest Ranger (uncredited)
The Band Plays On1934Mr. Thomas (as Joseph Sauers)
The Westerner1934Bob Lockhart (as Joseph Sauers)
Behold My Wife!1934Morton (uncredited)
College Rhythm1934Spud Miller (uncredited)
Prescott Kid1934Marshal Willoughby (as Joseph Sauers)
Gridiron Flash1934Coach Eversmith (as Joseph Sauers)
Against the Law1934McManus (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog1934Carl Trask (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond1934Spencer (as Joe Sauers)
The Notorious Sophie Lang1934Building Guard (uncredited)
Stamboul Quest1934Soldier Escorting Doktor (uncredited)
Sing and Like It1934Gunner - Hood (as Joseph Sauers)
Looking for Trouble1934Henchman Max Stanley (as Joseph Sauers)
Wharf Angel1934Sailor on 'The Coyote' (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent1934Mike (uncredited)
Son of a Sailor1933Slug (uncredited)
Jimmy and Sally1933Slug Morgan (uncredited)
Blood Money1933Red (uncredited)
Eskimo1933Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
College Coach1933Holcomb (as Joe Sauers)
Ace of Aces1933Capt. Daly (as Joe Sauers)
Saturday's Millions1933Coach (as Joe Sauers)
Golden Harvest1933Farmhand (uncredited)
Three Cornered Moon1933Swimming pool Instructor (uncredited)
The Stranger's Return1933Farmhand (uncredited)
College Humor1933Tex Roust (as Joseph Sawyer)
Hold Your Man1933Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
Olsen's Big Moment1933'Dapper' Danny Reynolds (as Joe Sauer)
Forgotten Commandments1932Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff (uncredited)
Huddle1932Slater (as Joe Sauers)
Young Bride1932Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite (uncredited)
Shopworn1932Construction Camp Doctor (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin1932Leroux (uncredited)
Maker of Men1931Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
Surrender1931Sergeant Muller (as Joseph Sauers)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford1931Willis the Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
The Public Enemy1931Pool player (uncredited)
Campus Sweethearts1930Short
How the West Was Won1962Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
Everglades1961TV SeriesMarco Collins
Surfside 61961TV SeriesLeon Huff
Bat Masterson1961TV Series
Lock Up1961TV SeriesSgt. McEvoy
Harrigan and Son1960TV SeriesMatt Collins
North to Alaska1960Land Commissioner
Maisie1960TV MovieMaster Sergeant Blackenhorn
Peter Gunn1959TV SeriesSam Granger
Sugarfoot1959TV SeriesFighting Sam Brown
Maverick1959TV SeriesSgt. Schumacher
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1954-1959TV SeriesSgt. Biff O'Hara
Frontier Doctor1958TV SeriesButch Cassidy
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin1958Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
The Killing1956Mike O'Reilly
The Kettles in the Ozarks1956Bancroft Baines

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Brewster's Millions1945performer: "The Gold Diggers' Song We're in the Money" - uncredited
Melody Ranch1940performer: "Back to the City Again" 1940, "What Are Cowboys Made Of" 1940 - uncredited
Huddle1932"Boola Boola" 1900, uncredited

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Operation Haylift1950

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Operation Haylift1950producer

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Universe According to Universal2002Video documentary shortFrank Daylon (uncredited)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey1993DocumentaryActor in 'It Came From Outer Space' Clip (uncredited)
Legends of the West1992DocumentaryActor in 'Frontier Marshal' (uncredited)
The Great Indian Wars 1840-18901991DocumentarySgt. Major (uncredited)
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West1991Video
Jack Arnold erzählt1983TV Series documentaryFrank Daylon
Two Knights from Brooklyn1949Eddie Corbett (as Joseph Sawyer)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.