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 ...

“We are saddened by the loss of Gailard Sartain, an extraordinary actor, artist, and comedian,” The Church Studio wrote on Facebook. “His late-night visits in the 1970s to the studio after filming ...

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 ...

Hee Haw actor Gailard Sartain, best known for roles in classic Hollywood films including The Outsiders and Fried Green Tomatoes, has died at the age of 78. Oklahoma native Sartain is also known for ...

From left, Dave Rexroad, Charlie Matthews, Bobby Holland and special guest Kiki Angelos in a skit from “Hee Haw” in 2024. Tickets for the show, a fundraiser for the Actors Guild of Parkersburg, are ...

“Hee Haw,” which premiered on CBS in 1969, was conceived as a kind of vaudeville revue for rural America: a parade of corny comedy sketches; buxom girls in pigtails, denim and gingham; and guest ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Reruns of the old cornpone comedy-variety show “Hee Haw” are coming back. The one-hour programs will air at 7 p.m. each Sunday beginning Sept. 7 on RFD-TV, which bills itself ...

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 ...