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

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.

Tulsans became familiar with Gailard Sartain before the rest of the world because of his comedic work on a local late-night ...

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, volunteers, announced ...

Everett Kenneth "Kenny" Law was a popular figure on Moonshiners since Season 8 and cousin to Henry Law. The Discovery show announced his death with a post to social media on Jan. 16. He was 68 years ...

TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa native and iconic artist Gailard Sartain passed away at the age of 78. Born in 1946, Sartain went Will Rogers High School and the University of Tulsa, he graduated from TU with a ...

Tributes flooded in for the popular star as the news broke with friends and fans taking to social media to share their sorrows. "Rest in Peace, Gailard Sartain," one person wrote on Facebook.

Many people younger than I am know who Gailard Sartain is. He’s been in plenty of movies, including “The Buddy Holly Story” ...

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.

Iconic Hollywood actor Gailard Sartain has passed away at the age of 78. His death was confirmed by his family and the Tulsa World, although no cause of death has been revealed ...

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 ...