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 ...

"Hee Haw" star Gailard Sartain has died. He was 81. The actor, who also appeared in "Mississippi Burning" and "The Buddy Holly Story," passed away from natural causes at his home on Thursday, his ...

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

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 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 ...

Gailard Sartain, who was beloved to country music fans as a longtime star of Hee Haw, has died. Tulsa World reports that the actor, comedian and illustrator died on July 17, 2025.

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 ...

Tulsa native Gailard Sartain, an actor, comedian, and artist known for his roles on Hee Haw and in more than 60 TV and films, has died at age 81.

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 ...

Gailard Sartain, a longtime star of stage and screen, died of natural causes in Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday, June 19. He was 81. “Actually, he died of silliness,” his wife told the outlet. Born ...

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.