Gailard Sartain
Birthplace: Tulsa
Born: 1943-09-18
Died: 2025-06-19
Occupations recorded in source
actor; comedian; illustrator; singer; voice actor; writer
Biography from Wikipedia
Gailard Lee Sartain Jr. (September 18, 1943 – June 19, 2025) was an American actor who frequently played characters with roots in the South. He was a regular on the country music variety series Hee Haw and was also known for his roles in three of the Ernest movies and the TV series Hey Vern, It's Ernest!, which ran for one season on CBS in 1988. He was also a successful painter and illustrator.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- The Replacements (2000) — Pilachowski
- Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) — Ed Roberts
- That Championship Season (1999) — Direktor
- The Patriot (1998) — Floyd Chisolm
- The Spitfire Grill (1996) — Sheriff Joe Sutter
- Open Season (1995)
- The Real McCoy (1993) — Gary Buckner
- Equinox (1992)
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) — Munroe
- Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) — Ed Couch
- Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) — Chuck
- The Grifters (1990) — Joe
- Blaze (1989) — LaGrange
- Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) — Chuck
- Mississippi Burning (1988) — Sheriff Ray Stuckey
- The Outsiders (1983) — Jerry Wood
- Endangered Species (1982) — Mayor
- Hard Country (1981) — Johnny Bob
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Alan Rudolph · 2 films
- Bill Byrge · 2 films
- Gene Hackman · 2 films
- Jim Varney · 2 films
- JoBeth Williams · 2 films
- John R. Cherry III · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.