This is a quote-driven tribute to Gailard Sartain, who accumulated acting credits from 1970 through 2005 and whose work as an ...

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 ...

Gailard Sartain, the beloved character actor known for his comedic flair on Hee Haw and memorable performances in films like Fried Green Tomatoes and Mississippi Burning, has passed away . He was 78.

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

Gailard Sartain, beloved for his two-decade run on the country-themed variety show Hee Haw, has passed away at the age of 81. The actor breathed his last on Thursday, June 19, at his home in his ...

Gailard Sartain died of natural causes in his Tulsa, Oklahoma, hometown at age 81. The TV and film actor broke out in shows like 'Hee Haw' and 'The Sonny & Cher Show' before starring in ...

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 ...

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.

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.