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Portrait of Joe Sawyer

Acting

Joe Sawyer

Titles
181movies10TV shows
Career

Active from 1933 to 1991, with a break from 1959 to 1990, busiest in 1943 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gilda
Gilda
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

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Joe Sawyer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.9, average 5.6
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 8
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Lighthearted 5
  • Fast-Paced 4
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Family-Friendly 4
  • American West 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

191

1990s

3 titles Β· average score 83

as Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Curley Bill in 'Frontier Marshall' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

5 titles Β· average score 67

as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

TV show Β· as Leon Huff

as Land Commissioner

1950s

25 titles Β· average score 60
All 25 titles from the 1950s

1940s

75 titles Β· average score 63

as Det. Lt. Joe Nash

as Charley Woodruff

as Sgt. Ames

as Sergeant Ames

as Sgt. William Ames

as Eddie Corbett

All 75 titles from the 1940s

1930s

83 titles Β· average score 64

as Cliff Summers

as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen

as Marshal Willoughby

as Bob Lockhart

as Coach Eversmith

as Sergeant Hunt (uncredited)

All 83 titles from the 1930s