Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauer; 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.
Early life
Sawyer was born August 29, 1906, as
Joseph Sauer[family member] in
Guelph,
Ontario, Canada. His parents were German. In his 20s he went to Los Angeles to pursue a career in films.
Career
Sawyer gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse.
[ Productions in which he performed there included Quinneys, The Wolves, and White Wings.]
Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in the The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin,[ 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. Sawyer also appeared on ABC's, Maverick, Sugarfoot, Peter Gunn, and Surfside 6 as well as NBC's Bat Masterson.
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Death
Sawyer died April 21, 1982, in Ashland, Oregon, from liver cancer. He was 75. His interment was in Oregon.
Selected filmography
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The Public Enemy (1931) as Pool player (uncredited)
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New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931) as Willis the Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
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Surrender (1931) as Sergeant Muller
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Maker of Men (1931) as Bennett the Monroe Coach (uncredited)
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Arsene Lupin (1932) as Leroux (uncredited)
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Shopworn (1932) as Construction Camp Worker (uncredited)
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Young Bride (1932) as Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite (uncredited)
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Huddle (1932) as Slater
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Forgotten Commandments (1932) as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff (uncredited)
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Olsen's Big Moment (1933) as 'Dapper' Danny Reynolds
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Hold Your Man (1933) as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
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College Humor (1933) as Tex Roust
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The Stranger's Return (1933) as Farmhand (uncredited)
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Three Cornered Moon (1933) as Swimming Pool Instructor (uncredited)
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Golden Harvest (1933) as Farmhand (uncredited)
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Saturday's Millions (1933) as Coach
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Ace of Aces (1933) as Capt. Daly
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College Coach (1933) as Holcomb
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Eskimo (1933) as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)
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Blood Money (1933) as Red (uncredited)
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Jimmy and Sally (1933) as Slug Morgan (uncredited)
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Son of a Sailor (1933) as Slug (uncredited)
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Jimmy the Gent (1934) as Mike (uncredited)
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Wharf Angel (1934) as Sailor on 'The Coyote' (uncredited)
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Looking for Trouble (1934) as Henchman Max Stanley
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Sing and Like It (1934) as Gunner – Hood
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Stamboul Quest (1934) as Soldier Escorting Doktor (uncredited)
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The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934) as Building Guard (uncredited)
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Death on the Diamond (1934) as Spencer
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The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) as Carl Trask (uncredited)
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Against the Law (1934) as McManus (uncredited)
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Gridiron Flash (1934) as Coach Eversmith
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The Prescott Kid (1934) as Marshal Willoughby
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College Rhythm (1934) as Spud Miller (uncredited)
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Behold My Wife! (1934) as Morton (uncredited)
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The Westerner (1934) as Bob Lockhart
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The Band Plays On (1934) as Mr. Thomas
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Sequoia (1934) as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
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The Whole Town's Talking (1935) as Nick, Mannion's Henchman (uncredited)
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Car 99 (1935) as Whitey
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Eight Bells (1935) as Gates (uncredited)
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Air Hawks (1935) as Henchman (uncredited)
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The Informer (1935) as Barty Mulholland
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The Arizonian (1935) as Henchman Keeler
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Broadway Gondolier (1935) as 'Red'
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Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
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Little Big Shot (1935) as Doré's Henchman #1
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Special Agent (1935) as Ned Rich
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Moonlight on the Prairie (1935) as Luke Thomas
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I Found Stella Parish (1935) as Chuck
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Frisco Kid (1935) as Slugs Crippen
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Man of Iron (1935) as Crawford
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Freshman Love (1936) as Coach Kendall
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The Petrified Forest (1936) as Jackie
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The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936) as Sgt. Regan
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The Walking Dead (1936) as Trigger Smith
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The Country Doctor (1936) as Joe, Logger lifting log (uncredited)
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Pride of the Marines (1936) as Tennessee
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Big Brown Eyes (1936) as Jack Sully
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Special Investigator (1936) as Jim 'Jimmy' Plummer
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And Sudden Death (1936) as Police Sgt. Sanborn
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High Tension (1936) as Terry Madden
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A Son Comes Home (1936) as First Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Crash Donovan (1936) as Henchman (uncredited)
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Murder with Pictures (1936) as Inspector Bacon
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Two in a Crowd (1936) as Bonelli's Henchman
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Rose Bowl (1936) as Announcer (uncredited)
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The Accusing Finger (1936) as Father Reed – the Priest
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Great Guy (1936) as Burton
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Black Legion (1937) as Cliff Moore
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Navy Blues (1937) as Chips
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Motor Madness (1937) as Steve Dolan
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They Gave Him a Gun (1937) as Doyle – Gangster (uncredited)
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San Quentin (1937) as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
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Slim (1937) as Wilcox
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Midnight Madonna (1937) as Wolfe
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A Dangerous Adventure (1937) as Dutch
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Reported Missing (1937) as 'Brad' Martin
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The Lady Fights Back (1937) as Swede Jannsen
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Tarzan's Revenge (1938) as Olaf Punch
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Stolen Heaven (1938) as Bako
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Passport Husband (1938) as Duke Selton
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Always in Trouble (1938) as Buster Mussendorfer
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The Storm (1938) as Kelly – Wireless Operator
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Heart of the North (1938) as Red Crocker
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Gambling Ship (1938) as Tony Garzoni
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My Son Is a Criminal (1939) as Policeman (uncredited)
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You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) as Red
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The Lady and the Mob (1939) as Blinky Mack
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) as Werner Renz
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Union Pacific (1939) as Shamus (uncredited)
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Inside Information (1939) as Detective Grazzi
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Frontier Marshal (1939) as Curley Bill
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I Stole a Million (1939) as Billings
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Rio (1939) as Prison Guard (uncredited)
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Sabotage (1939) as Gardner
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The Roaring Twenties (1939) as Sergeant Pete Jones
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Man from Montreal (1939) as Biff Anders
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The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Keene Ranch foreman
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Honeymoon Deferred (1940) as Detective James
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The House Across the Bay (1940) as Charley
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Women Without Names (1940) as Principal Keeper Grimley (uncredited)
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Dark Command (1940) as Bushropp
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King of the Lumberjacks (1940) as Jigger, a Lumberjack
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Lucky Cisco Kid (1940) as Bill Stevens
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Wildcat Bus (1940) as Burke
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The Long Voyage Home (1940) as Davis
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Melody Ranch (1940) as Jasper Wildhack
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The Border Legion (1940) as Jim Gulden
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Santa Fe Trail (1940) as Kitzmiller
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The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) as Sheriff 'Noisy' Burkett, Henchman (uncredited)
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Sergeant York (1941) as Sergeant Early
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Down in San Diego (1941) as Dutch
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Belle Starr (1941) as John Cole
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Tanks a Million (1941) as Sgt. William Ames
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Last of the Duanes (1941) as Bull Lossomer
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Down Mexico Way (1941) as Allen
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Swamp Water (1941) as Hardy Ragan
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They Died with Their Boots On (1941) as Sergeant Doolittle
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You're in the Army Now (1941) as Sergeant Madden
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Hay Foot (1942) as Sergeant Ames
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Brooklyn Orchid (1942) as Eddie Corbett
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Sundown Jim (1942) as Ben Moffitt
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Wrecking Crew (1942) as Fred Bunce
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Fall In (1942) as Sgt. William Ames
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The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942) as Eddie Corbett
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The Outlaw (1943) as Charley Woodruff
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Prairie Chickens (1943) as Albertson
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Taxi, Mister (1943) as Eddie Corbett
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Buckskin Frontier (1943) as Brannigan
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Cowboy in Manhattan (1943) as Louie
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Hit the Ice (1943) as Buster
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Alaska Highway (1943) as Roughhouse
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Yanks Ahoy (1943) as Sgt. Ames
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Let's Face It (1943) as Sergeant Wiggins
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Sleepy Lagoon (1943) as Lumpy
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) as Karl Straeder
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Tornado (1943) as Charlie Boswell
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Moon Over Las Vegas (1944) as Joe
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Hey, Rookie (1944) as Sergeant
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South of Dixie (1944) as Ernest Hatcher
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Raiders of Ghost City (1944) as Idaho Jones
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The Singing Sheriff (1944) as Squint
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High Powered (1945) as Spike Kenny
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Brewster's Millions (1945) as Hacky Smith
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The Naughty Nineties (1945) as Bailey
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Deadline at Dawn (1946) as Babe Dooley
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Gilda (1946) as Casey
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Joe Palooka, Champ (1946) as Lefty
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The Runaround (1946) as Hutchins
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Inside Job (1946) as Police Capt. Thomas
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G.I. War Brides (1946) as Sgt. Frank Moraski
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Christmas Eve (1947) as Private Detective Gimlet
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Roses Are Red (1947) as Police Lt. Rocky Wall
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Big Town After Dark (1947) as Monk
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A Double Life (1947) as Det. Pete Bonner
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If You Knew Susie (1948) as Zero Zantini
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Here Comes Trouble (1948) as Officer Ames
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Half Past Midnight (1948) as Det. Lt. Joe Nash
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Fighting Father Dunne (1948) as Steve Davis
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Coroner Creek (1948) as Frank Yordy
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Fighting Back (1948) as Police Sgt. Scudder
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The Untamed Breed (1948) as Hoy Keegan
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Two Knights from Brooklyn (1949) as Eddie Corbett (archive footage)
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The Lucky Stiff (1949) as Tony
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Kazan (1949)
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Tucson (1949) as Tod Bryant
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The Gay Amigo (1949) as Sergeant McNulty
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Stagecoach Kid (1949) as Thatcher
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Pinky (1949) as Sandz Jepson
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Deputy Marshall (1949) as Eli Cressett / Colt Redwood
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And Baby Makes Three (1949) as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
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The Traveling Saleswoman (1950) as Cactus Jack
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Blondie's Hero (1950) as Sgt. Gateson
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Operation Haylift (1950) as George Swallow
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Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) as Jake
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The Flying Missile (1950) as Quartermaster 'Fuss' Payne
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Pride of Maryland (1951) as Knuckles
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Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) as Kalem McCoy
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As You Were (1952) as Sgt. Ames
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Indian Uprising (1952) as Sgt. Maj. Phineas T. Keogh
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Red Skies of Montana (1952) as R.A. (Pop) Miller
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Deadline – U.S.A. (1952) as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
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Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952) as Sgt. Ames
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It Came from Outer Space (1953) as Frank Daylon
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Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) as Sgt. Hamma
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Riding Shotgun (1954) as Tom Biggert
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Johnny Dark (1954) as Carl Svenson
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The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956) as Bancroft Baines
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The Killing (1956) as Mike O'Reilly
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The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin (1958) as Sgt. 'Biff' O'Hara
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New Comedy Showcase (TV series, 1960, Season 1 Episode 7 "Maisie") as Master Sergeant Blackenhorn
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North to Alaska (1960) as Land Commissioner
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How the West Was Won (1962) as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
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