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' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 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 Kettles in the Ozarks | Bancroft Baines | 1956-04-01 |
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The Killing | Mike O'Reilly | 1956-06-06 |
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Riding Shotgun | Tom Biggert | 1954-04-01 |
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Johnny Dark | Carl Svenson | 1954-06-25 |
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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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Indian Uprising | Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh | 1952-01-02 |
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Deadline - U.S.A. | Whitey Franks (uncredited) | 1952-05-23 |
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Red Skies of Montana | R. A. 'Pop' Miller | 1952-01-23 |
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Mr. Walkie Talkie | Sgt. Ames | 1952-11-28 |
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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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Operation Haylift | George Swallow | 1950-05-05 |
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The Traveling Saleswoman | Cactus Jack | 1950-02-15 |
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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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Blondie's Hero | Sergeant Gateson | 1950-03-09 |
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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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The Gay Amigo | Sergeant McNulty | 1949-05-13 |
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Stagecoach Kid | Thatcher | 1949-06-02 |
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Kazan | Sandz Jepson | 1949-07-13 |
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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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Fighting Back | Police Sergeant Scudder | 1948-07-30 |
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Half Past Midnight | Det. Lt. Joe Nash | 1948-03-01 |
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The Untamed Breed | Hoy Keegan | 1948-10-20 |
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If You Knew Susie | Zero Zantini | 1948-02-07 |
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Fighting Father Dunne | Steve Davis | 1948-05-12 |
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Here Comes Trouble | Officer Ames | 1948-03-15 |
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Coroner Creek | Frank Yordy | 1948-07-01 |
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Christmas Eve | Private Detective | 1947-10-31 |
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Big Town After Dark | Monk | 1947-12-12 |
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Roses Are Red | Police Lt. Rocky Wall | 1947-11-10 |
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A Double Life | Pete Bonner | 1947-12-25 |
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Inside Job | Police Capt. Thomas | 1946-06-14 |
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Gilda | Casey | 1946-04-25 |
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G.I. War Brides | Sgt. Frank Moraski | 1946-08-12 |
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The Runaround | Hutchins | 1946-06-04 |
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Deadline at Dawn | Babe Dooley | 1946-03-18 |
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Joe Palooka, Champ | Lefty | 1946-05-26 |
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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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Brewster's Millions | Hacky Smith | 1945-04-07 |
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Moon Over Las Vegas | Joe | 1944-04-01 |
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The Singing Sheriff | Squint | 1944-09-01 |
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South of Dixie | Ernest Hatcher | 1944-06-23 |
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Raiders of Ghost City | Idaho Jones | 1944-07-25 |
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Hey, Rookie | Sergeant | 1944-04-06 |
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Let's Face It | Sgt. Wiggins | 1943-08-04 |
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Yanks Ahoy | Sgt. Ames | 1943-06-29 |
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Tornado | Charlie Muscles | 1943-08-09 |
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Buckskin Frontier | Brannigan | 1943-05-14 |
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Alaska Highway | Roughhouse | 1943-06-24 |
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Karl Straeder | 1943-12-26 |
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Prairie Chickens | Albertson | 1943-05-21 |
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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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Cowboy in Manhattan | Louie | 1943-05-21 |
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Sleepy Lagoon | Lumpy | 1943-09-05 |
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Taxi, Mister | Eddie Corbett | 1943-04-16 |
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A Letter From Bataan | Roy - John's Brother-in-Law | 1942-09-15 |
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Sundown Jim | Ben Moffitt | 1942-03-27 |
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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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Brooklyn Orchid | Eddie Corbett | 1942-01-31 |
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Fall In | Sgt. Ames | 1942-11-20 |
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About Face | Sgt. William Ames | 1942-04-16 |
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Hay Foot | Sergeant Ames | 1942-01-02 |
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You're in the Army Now | Sergeant Madden | 1941-12-25 |
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Down Mexico Way | Allen | 1941-10-15 |
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The Lady from Cheyenne | Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman | 1941-04-11 |
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Tanks a Million | Sgt. William Ames | 1941-09-12 |
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Sergeant York | Sergeant Early | 1941-09-27 |
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Belle Starr | John Cole | 1941-09-12 |
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Swamp Water | Hardy Ragan | 1941-11-16 |
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They Died with Their Boots On | Sgt. Doolittle | 1941-11-20 |
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Last of the Duanes | Bull Lossomer | 1941-09-26 |
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Down in San Diego | Dutch | 1941-08-01 |
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The Long Voyage Home | Davis | 1940-11-16 |
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Dark Command | Bushropp | 1940-04-15 |
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King of the Lumberjacks | Jigger | 1940-04-13 |
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Women Without Names | Principal Keeper Grimley | 1940-03-14 |
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Lucky Cisco Kid | Bill Stevens | 1940-06-28 |
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Melody Ranch | Jasper Wildhack | 1940-09-15 |
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The House Across the Bay | Charlie | 1940-03-01 |
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Santa Fe Trail | Kitzmiller | 1940-12-20 |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Bookkeeper | 1940-03-15 |
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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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Union Pacific | Shamus (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Werner Renz | 1939-05-06 |
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The Man from Montreal | Biff Anders (as Joseph Sawyer) | 1939-12-09 |
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Sabotage | Gardner | 1939-10-13 |
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The Roaring Twenties | The Sergeant | 1939-10-28 |
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The Lady and the Mob | Blinky Mack | 1939-04-03 |
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Frontier Marshal | Curley Bill | 1939-07-28 |
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Inside Information | Detective Grazzi | 1939-06-02 |
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You Can't Get Away with Murder | Red | 1939-03-23 |
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I Stole a Million | Billings | 1939-08-01 |
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Heart of the North | Red Crocker | 1938-12-10 |
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The Storm | Kelly | 1938-10-28 |
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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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Passport Husband | Duke Selton | 1938-07-15 |
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Always in Trouble | Buster Mussendorfer | 1938-10-28 |
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Gambling Ship | Tony Garzoni | 1938-12-16 |
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Motor Madness | Steve Dolan | 1937-04-05 |
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Slim | Windy Wilcox | 1937-06-24 |
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A Dangerous Adventure | Dutch | 1937-07-21 |
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San Quentin | 'Sailor Boy' Hansen | 1937-05-24 |
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Midnight Madonna | Wolfe | 1937-07-01 |
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Reported Missing | 'Brad' Martin | 1937-08-15 |
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Navy Blues | Chips | 1937-03-29 |
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The Lady Fights Back | Swede Jannsen | 1937-10-01 |
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Behind the Criminal | Red Manders | 1937-10-30 |
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Black Legion | Cliff Summers | 1937-01-30 |
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They Gave Him a Gun | Doyle - Gangster (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
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Big Brown Eyes | Jack Sully | 1936-04-03 |
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The Walking Dead | 'Trigger' Smith | 1936-02-29 |
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Two in a Crowd | Bonelli's Henchman | 1936-10-03 |
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A Son Comes Home | First Truck Driver | 1936-07-31 |
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And Sudden Death | Police Sgt. Sanborn | 1936-06-16 |
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The Accusing Finger | Father Regan, chaplain | 1936-11-17 |
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Great Guy | Joe Burton | 1936-12-01 |
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Murder with Pictures | Inspector Tom Bacon | 1936-09-24 |
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High Tension | Terry Madden | 1936-07-10 |
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Rose Bowl | Announcer | 1936-11-30 |
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The Leathernecks Have Landed | Sgt. Regan | 1936-02-17 |
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Crash Donovan | Henchman (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
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Special Investigator | Jim Plummer | 1936-05-08 |
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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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Pride of the Marines | Tennessee | 1936-04-02 |
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The Country Doctor | Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) | 1936-03-12 |
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The Informer | Bartly Mulholland | 1935-05-09 |
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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 Whole Town's Talking | Mannion's Thug (uncredited) | 1935-02-22 |
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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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Moonlight on the Prairie | Luke Thomas | 1935-11-02 |
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Broadway Gondolier | 'Red' | 1935-07-27 |
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Car 99 | Whitey, burly henchman | 1935-03-02 |
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Man of Iron | Crawford | 1935-12-21 |
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The Arizonian | Henchman Keeler | 1935-06-27 |
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Sequoia | Forest Ranger (uncredited) | 1935-01-16 |
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The Band Plays On | Mr. Thomas | 1934-12-21 |
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The Westerner | Bob Lockhart | 1934-12-10 |
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The Prescott Kid | Marshal Willoughby | 1934-11-08 |
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The Notorious Sophie Lang | Building Guard (uncredited) | 1934-07-20 |
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Looking for Trouble | Max Stanley | 1934-03-28 |
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College Rhythm | Spud Miller | 1934-11-23 |
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Death on the Diamond | "Dunc" Spencer | 1934-09-14 |
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Gridiron Flash | Coach Eversmith | 1934-10-06 |
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The Case of the Howling Dog | Carl Trask (uncredited) | 1934-09-22 |
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Jimmy the Gent | Mike (uncredited) | 1934-03-09 |
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Sing and Like It | Gunner - Hood | 1934-04-20 |
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Ace of Aces | Captain Daly | 1933-10-20 |
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Hold Your Man | Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited) | 1933-06-30 |
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Olsen’s Big Moment | Dapper' Danny Reynolds | 1933-01-09 |
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Son of a Sailor | Slug | 1933-11-29 |
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Golden Harvest | Farmhand (uncredited) | 1933-09-21 |
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Saturday's Millions | Coach | 1933-09-30 |
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The Stranger's Return | Thresher | 1933-07-28 |
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Eskimo | Sergeant Hunt (uncredited) | 1933-11-14 |
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Three Cornered Moon | Head Lifeguard (uncredited) | 1933-08-04 |
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College Coach | Holcomb | 1933-11-04 |
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College Humor | Tex Roust (as Joseph Sauers) | 1933-07-05 |
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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 |
