Though best known for comedy, he also played serious roles, including a sinister sheriff in “Mississippi Burning.” The director Alan Rudolph cast him in nine films.

Gailard Sartain, the beloved actor and artist known for his roles in 'The Outsiders' and 'Fried Green Tomatoes,' passed away ...

Known for his roles in films like "The Outsiders," "Fried Green Tomatoes" and three "Ernest" movies, the Tulsan died Thursday ...

Misty Rowe, 75, who appeared alongside Gailard on Hee Haw Honeys, said: “God bless you, Gailard Sartain. You were my brother on Hee Haw Honeys and my friend on Hee Haw for 19 years!

The pride of Tulsa also showed up in three Ernest movies, played The Big Bopper in ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ and did nine films ...

A Tulsa native, Sartain turned his national breakout on the long-running "Hee Haw" into a three-decade acting career with more than 70 credits, including roles in wide-ranging films like "The ...

Oklahoma actor and comedian Gailard Sartain, known for his role on "Hee Haw," died at age 78. Sartain's career spanned three decades and included roles in "The Outsiders," "Mississippi Burning ...

Sartain joined the “Hee Haw” cast in 1972 and played characters like Orville the cook at Lulu’s Truck Stop and the inept clerk Maynard at Gordie’s General Store.

He also portrayed Willie Billy Honey on the spin-off, "Hee Haw Honeys," from 1978-1979. Lulu Roman, Kathie Lee Gifford and Misty Rowe also starred in the spin-off.

Beloved character actor Gailard Sartain, known for “Hee Haw,” “Mississippi Burning” and “Fried Green Tomatoes,” has died at age 78. The Church Studio in Oklahoma, where he was a ...