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

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.

Known for his roles in films like "The Outsiders," "Fried Green Tomatoes" and three "Ernest" movies, the Tulsan died Thursday ...

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

When Jana Jae thinks back to her years on the popular television show "Hee Haw, " the famed Oklahoma fiddler recalls the one cast member the whole production could count on to make everyone smile ...

Sartain joined the "Hee Haw" cast in 1972. He appeared on the show for 20 years as a variety of different characters, including Orville the cook and clerk Maynard.

On “Hee Haw,” Sartain most frequently appeared as Sheriff Orville P. Bullmoose. That wouldn’t be the last time he’d be cast as a lawman.

Gailard Sartain, the actor best known for "The Buddy Holly Story" and "Hee Haw," died Tuesday, June 17, at the age of 78.

Victoria Hallman, who starred as Miss Honeydew on Hee Haw, remembered Gailard Sartain as a beloved presence on set. She told TMZ he felt like a big brother to her and was so funny, the cast often ...

Born in Tulsa on September 18, 1946, Sartain began his show business career there, working as a cameraman at a local TV station before creating a late-night movie host in 1970 he called Dr ...

Sartain's stint on the show led to his casting on Hee Haw in 1972, three years after the show launched on CBS. Hosted by Roy Clark and Buck Owens, the show featured a colorful cast of down-home ...