1906-08-29 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers, August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Sawyer gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse. Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in the Rin Tin Tin television program, 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. Sawyer died April 21, 1982, in Ashland, Oregon from liver cancer. He was 75. His interment was in Oregon.
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Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1995-08-24 |
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Legends of the West | Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' | 1992-09-08 |
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Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West | Sgt. Biff O'Hara | 1991-04-11 |
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How the West Was Won | Riverboat Officer (uncredited) | 1962-11-02 |
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North to Alaska | Land Commissioner | 1960-11-07 |
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The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara | 1958-08-01 |
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The Killing | Mike O'Reilly | 1956-06-06 |
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The Kettles in the Ozarks | Bancroft Baines | 1956-04-01 |
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Johnny Dark | Carl Svenson | 1954-06-25 |
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Riding Shotgun | Tom Biggert | 1954-04-01 |
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Taza, Son of Cochise | Sgt. Hamma | 1954-02-18 |
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It Came from Outer Space | Frank Daylon | 1953-06-05 |
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Mr. Walkie Talkie | Sgt. Ames | 1952-11-28 |
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Deadline - U.S.A. | Whitey Franks (uncredited) | 1952-03-14 |
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Red Skies of Montana | R. A. 'Pop' Miller | 1952-01-23 |
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Indian Uprising | Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh | 1952-01-02 |
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As You Were | Sgt. Ames | 1951-10-05 |
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Pride of Maryland | Knuckles | 1951-01-20 |
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Comin' Round the Mountain | Kalem McCoy | 1951-07-26 |
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Blondie's Hero | Sergeant Gateson | 1950-03-09 |
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Operation Haylift | George Swallow | 1950-05-05 |
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Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Jake | 1950-05-25 |
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The Flying Missile | Fuss Payne | 1950-12-24 |
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The Traveling Saleswoman | Cactus Jack | 1950-02-15 |
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The Gay Amigo | Sergeant McNulty | 1949-05-13 |
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And Baby Makes Three | Police officer | 1949-12-02 |
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The Lucky Stiff | Tony | 1949-05-26 |
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Deputy Marshal | Eli Cressett | 1949-10-28 |
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Tucson | Tod Bryant | 1949-04-27 |
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Kazan | Sandz Jepson | 1949-07-13 |
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Stagecoach Kid | Thatcher | 1949-06-02 |
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If You Knew Susie | Zero Zantini | 1948-02-07 |
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Coroner Creek | Frank Yordy | 1948-07-01 |
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Fighting Father Dunne | Steve Davis | 1948-05-12 |
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Half Past Midnight | Det. Lt. Joe Nash | 1948-03-01 |
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Here Comes Trouble | Officer Ames | 1948-03-15 |
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The Untamed Breed | Hoy Keegan | 1948-10-20 |
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Fighting Back | Police Sergeant Scudder | 1948-07-30 |
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Roses Are Red | Police Lt. Rocky Wall | 1947-11-10 |
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Big Town After Dark | Monk | 1947-12-12 |
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A Double Life | Pete Bonner | 1947-12-25 |
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Christmas Eve | Private Detective | 1947-10-31 |
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Joe Palooka, Champ | Lefty | 1946-05-26 |
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G.I. War Brides | Sgt. Frank Moraski | 1946-08-12 |
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Deadline at Dawn | Babe Dooley | 1946-03-18 |
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Inside Job | Police Capt. Thomas | 1946-06-14 |
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The Runaround | Hutchins | 1946-06-04 |
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Gilda | Casey | 1946-04-25 |
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Brewster's Millions | Hacky Smith | 1945-04-07 |
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The Naughty Nineties | Bailey | 1945-06-20 |
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High Powered | Spike Kenny | 1945-02-27 |
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South of Dixie | Ernest Hatcher | 1944-06-23 |
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The Singing Sheriff | Squint | 1944-09-01 |
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Hey, Rookie | Sergeant | 1944-04-06 |
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Raiders of Ghost City | Idaho Jones | 1944-07-25 |
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Moon Over Las Vegas | Joe | 1944-04-01 |
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Tornado | Charlie Muscles | 1943-08-09 |
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Sleepy Lagoon | Lumpy | 1943-09-05 |
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Let's Face It | Sgt. Wiggins | 1943-08-04 |
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Cowboy in Manhattan | Louie | 1943-05-21 |
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Prairie Chickens | Albertson | 1943-05-21 |
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Alaska Highway | Roughhouse | 1943-06-24 |
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Yanks Ahoy | Sgt. Ames | 1943-06-29 |
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Buckskin Frontier | Brannigan | 1943-05-14 |
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Hit the Ice | Buster | 1943-06-02 |
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The Outlaw | Charley Woodruff | 1943-02-05 |
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Taxi, Mister | Eddie Corbett | 1943-04-16 |
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Karl Straeder | 1943-12-26 |
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Sundown Jim | Ben Moffitt | 1942-03-27 |
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Hay Foot | Sergeant Ames | 1942-01-02 |
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Brooklyn Orchid | Eddie Corbett | 1942-01-31 |
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A Letter From Bataan | Roy - John's Brother-in-Law | 1942-09-15 |
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About Face | Sgt. William Ames | 1942-04-16 |
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Fall In | Sgt. Ames | 1942-11-20 |
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Wrecking Crew | Fred Bunce | 1942-11-07 |
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The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Eddie Corbett | 1942-12-31 |
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Tanks a Million | Sgt. William Ames | 1941-09-12 |
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The Lady from Cheyenne | Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman | 1941-04-11 |
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They Died with Their Boots On | Sgt. Doolittle | 1941-11-20 |
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Sergeant York | Sergeant Early | 1941-09-27 |
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Down in San Diego | Dutch | 1941-08-01 |
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Last of the Duanes | Bull Lossomer | 1941-09-26 |
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You're in the Army Now | Sergeant Madden | 1941-12-25 |
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Swamp Water | Hardy Ragan | 1941-11-16 |
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Belle Starr | John Cole | 1941-09-12 |
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Down Mexico Way | Allen | 1941-10-15 |
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Santa Fe Trail | Kitzmiller | 1940-12-20 |
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Lucky Cisco Kid | Bill Stevens | 1940-06-28 |
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The Long Voyage Home | Davis | 1940-11-16 |
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Women Without Names | Principal Keeper Grimley | 1940-03-14 |
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The House Across the Bay | Charlie | 1940-03-01 |
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King of the Lumberjacks | Jigger | 1940-04-13 |
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Melody Ranch | Jasper Wildhack | 1940-09-15 |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Bookkeeper | 1940-03-15 |
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Dark Command | Bushropp | 1940-04-15 |
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The Border Legion | Jim Gulden | 1940-12-05 |
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Wildcat Bus | Burke | 1940-08-23 |
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Honeymoon Deferred | Detective James | 1940-02-16 |
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The Roaring Twenties | The Sergeant | 1939-10-28 |
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I Stole a Million | Billings | 1939-08-01 |
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Werner Renz | 1939-05-06 |
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Inside Information | Detective Grazzi | 1939-06-02 |
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Union Pacific | Shamus (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
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Sabotage | Gardner | 1939-10-13 |
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You Can't Get Away with Murder | Red | 1939-03-23 |
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The Lady and the Mob | Blinky Mack | 1939-04-03 |
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The Man from Montreal | Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1939-12-09 |
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Frontier Marshal | Curley Bill | 1939-07-28 |
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The Storm | Kelly | 1938-10-28 |
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Gambling Ship | Tony Garzoni | 1938-12-16 |
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Tarzan's Revenge | Olaf Punch | 1938-01-07 |
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Stolen Heaven | Bako | 1938-05-11 |
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Heart of the North | Red Crocker | 1938-12-10 |
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Passport Husband | Duke Selton | 1938-07-15 |
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Always in Trouble | Buster Mussendorfer | 1938-10-28 |
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A Dangerous Adventure | Dutch | 1937-07-21 |
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Black Legion | Cliff Summers | 1937-01-30 |
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Slim | Windy Wilcox | 1937-06-24 |
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Reported Missing | 'Brad' Martin | 1937-08-15 |
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They Gave Him a Gun | Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
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Behind the Criminal | Red Manders | 1937-10-30 |
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Navy Blues | Chips | 1937-03-29 |
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Midnight Madonna | Wolfe | 1937-07-01 |
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San Quentin | 'Sailor Boy' Hansen | 1937-05-24 |
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The Lady Fights Back | Swede Jannsen | 1937-10-01 |
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The Petrified Forest | Jackie | 1936-02-08 |
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Freshman Love | Coach Kendall | 1936-01-18 |
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And Sudden Death | Police Sgt. Sanborn | 1936-06-16 |
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A Son Comes Home | First Truck Driver | 1936-07-31 |
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Pride of the Marines | Tennessee | 1936-04-02 |
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Big Brown Eyes | Jack Sully | 1936-04-03 |
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The Accusing Finger | Father Regan, chaplain | 1936-11-17 |
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Rose Bowl | Announcer | 1936-11-30 |
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Two in a Crowd | Bonelli's Henchman | 1936-10-03 |
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Crash Donovan | Henchman (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
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The Leathernecks Have Landed | Sgt. Regan | 1936-02-17 |
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High Tension | Terry Madden | 1936-07-10 |
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Great Guy | Joe Burton | 1936-12-01 |
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The Country Doctor | Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) | 1936-03-12 |
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The Walking Dead | 'Trigger' Smith | 1936-02-29 |
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Special Investigator | Jim Plummer | 1936-05-08 |
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Murder with Pictures | Inspector Tom Bacon | 1936-09-24 |
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The Whole Town's Talking | Mannion's Thug (uncredited) | 1935-02-22 |
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I Found Stella Parish | Chuck (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1935-11-16 |
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Frisco Kid | Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1935-11-30 |
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The Informer | Bartly Mulholland | 1935-05-09 |
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The Arizonian | Henchman Keeler | 1935-06-27 |
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Moonlight on the Prairie | Luke Thomas | 1935-11-02 |
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Man of Iron | Crawford | 1935-12-21 |
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Car 99 | Whitey, burly henchman | 1935-03-02 |
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Broadway Gondolier | 'Red' | 1935-07-27 |
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Sequoia | Forest Ranger (uncredited) | 1935-01-16 |
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Special Agent | Rich - Chief Henchman | 1935-09-14 |
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Little Big Shot | Doré's Henchman | 1935-09-07 |
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Prescott Kid | Marshal Willoughby | 1934-11-08 |
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Jimmy the Gent | Mike (uncredited) | 1934-03-09 |
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The Case of the Howling Dog | Carl Trask (uncredited) | 1934-09-22 |
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Looking for Trouble | Max Stanley | 1934-03-28 |
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The Band Plays On | Mr. Thomas | 1934-12-21 |
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Gridiron Flash | Coach Eversmith | 1934-10-06 |
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The Notorious Sophie Lang | Building Guard (uncredited) | 1934-07-20 |
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Death on the Diamond | "Dunc" Spencer | 1934-09-14 |
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The Westerner | Bob Lockhart | 1934-12-10 |
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College Rhythm | Spud Miller | 1934-11-23 |
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Sing and Like It | Gunner - Hood | 1934-04-20 |
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The Stranger's Return | Thresher | 1933-07-28 |
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Hold Your Man | Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited) | 1933-06-30 |
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Eskimo | Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) | 1933-11-14 |
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Son of a Sailor | Slug | 1933-11-29 |
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College Coach | Holcomb | 1933-11-04 |
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Golden Harvest | Farmhand (uncredited) | 1933-09-21 |
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Three Cornered Moon | Head Lifeguard (uncredited) | 1933-08-04 |
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Saturday's Millions | Coach | 1933-09-30 |
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College Humor | Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers) | 1933-07-05 |
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Ace of Aces | Captain Daly | 1933-10-20 |
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Arsène Lupin | Leroux (uncredited) | 1932-02-26 |
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Huddle | Slater | 1932-05-14 |
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The Public Enemy | Pool Player (uncredited) | 1931-04-23 |
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Maker of Men | Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited) | 1931-08-03 |
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Campus Sweethearts | 1930-03-09 |
