Gailard Sartain was born on September 18,1946 and is a retired American actor who frequently played characters with roots in the South.
13 Facts About Gailard Sartain
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Gailard Sartain was a regular on the country music variety series Hee Haw.
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Gailard Sartain is an accomplished and successful painter and illustrator.
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Gailard Sartain attended Cascia Hall Preparatory School, is a 1963 graduate of Will Rogers High School in Tulsa and was a member of the Epsilon Mu chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Tulsa, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
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In 1968, Gailard Sartain moved to New York City, where he worked as an assistant to illustrator Paul Davis.
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Gailard Sartain remained as a regular cast member of the popular show for nearly 20 seasons.
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Gailard Sartain served as a regular on other series including Cher and Shields and Yarnell.
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Gailard Sartain supplied the voice of a social worker in the pilot episode of the animated series King of the Hill.
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Gailard Sartain portrayed an advisor to Louisiana Governor Earl Long in the movie Blaze.
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Gailard Sartain has appeared in more than forty motion pictures, most notably as The Big Bopper in The Buddy Holly Story, Sheriff Ray Stuckey in Mississippi Burning, The Outsiders, The Hollywood Knights, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Replacements as Offensive Assistant Coach Leo Pilachowski, The Big Easy, The Grifters, Getting Even with Dad, The Patriot, and an uncredited role in the 1994 comedy Wagons East starring John Candy and Richard Lewis.
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Gailard Sartain appeared in Mel McDaniel's music video for "Stand Up" in 1985.
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Gailard Sartain is known for his roles in three of the Ernest P Worrell films starring Jim Varney.
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Gailard Sartain was replaced by a younger brother named Tom Tulip in Ernest Scared Stupid.