Joe Sawyer

born: 29 August 1906
Guelph, Ontario,
Canada		 died: 21 April 1982
Ashland, Oregon,
United States of America
(liver cancer, age 75)

Versatile and easily recognisable Canadian actor.
Real name: Joseph Frederick Sauers
Height: 5'11"		 Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1941		 Tanks A Million
Sergeant William Ames

1941		 Hay Foot
Sergeant Ames

1942		 Brooklyn Orchid
Eddie Corbett

1942		 About Face
Sgt. William Ames

1942		 The McGuerins From Brooklyn
Eddie Corbett

1943		 Fall In
Sgt. William Ames

1943		 Taxi, Mister?
Eddie Corbett

1943		 Prairie Chickens
Albertson

1943		 Yanks Ahoy
Sgt. William Ames

1948		 Here Comes Trouble
Officer Ames

Acknowledgements:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGF9-X91M (WWII draft reg. card)
Jesse Brisson (information)

This page was last updated on: 29 August 2025