Gailard Sartain, the character actor and comedian whose breakthrough role on Hee Haw launched a career of playing Southern good-ol’-boy that included his memorable performance as The Big Bopper 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 visitor and his wife ...

June 20 (UPI) --Gailard Sartain, an actor who starred in Hee Haw and Fried Green Tomatoes, died Tuesday. He was 78. The Church Studio, an Oklahoma recording studio where Sartain's wife, Mary Jo, ...

Gailard Sartain, known for his roles in “Hee Haw” and “Fried Green Tomatoes,” died at the age of 78. The Tulsa World first reported the news. Teresa Knox, CEO of The Church Studio in Tulsa, told TMZ ...

Tulsa actor and artist Gailard Sartain, a longtime “Hee Haw” cast member whose entertainment career was sparked by a late-night show on local television, died Thursday in Tulsa. He was 81.

Gailard Sartain on the set of "Roadie" in 1980. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Gailard Sartain, the character actor best known for his role in “The Buddy Holly Story” and his work on variety ...

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 visitor and his wife ...

Gailard Sartain, the character actor best known for his role in "The Buddy Holly Story" and his work on variety shows like "Hee Haw," died Tuesday, June 17, at the age of 78. Sartain's death was ...

Gailard Sartain, the character actor best known for his role in “The Buddy Holly Story” and his work on variety shows like “Hee Haw,” died Tuesday, June 17, at the age of 78. Sartain’s death was ...