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Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain (September 18, 1946 — June 17, 2025) was an American comedian and character actor. Graduated from the University of Tulsa with a BFA. A successful illustrator, Sartain's artistic credits range from record cover designs such as Leon Russell's "Will O' the Wisp" to illustrations for nationally published magazines. Sartain created and hosted Tulsa's first late night off-the-wall comedy program, "Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi's Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting".

Known For: Acting

Born: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 1946-09-18

Died: 2025-06-17

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Nashville	Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)	72
2	1978	The Buddy Holly Story	The Big Bopper	72
3	1978	Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws	Arthur Leddy	0
4	1979	The Jerk	Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)	69
5	1980	The Hollywood Knights	Bimbeau	58
6	1980	Roadie	B.B. Muldoon	59
7	1981	Hard Country	Johnny Bob	50
8	1982	Endangered Species	Mayor	49
9	1983	The Outsiders	Jerry	72
10	1984	Choose Me	Mueller	60
11	1984	All of Me	Fulton Norris	65
12	1984	Songwriter	Mulreaux	53
13	1985	Trouble in Mind	Fat Adolph	58
14	1986	Uphill All the Way	Private	43
15	1986	The Big Easy	Chef Paul	62
16	1987	Ernest Goes to Camp	Jake	53
17	1987	Leader of the Band	Elmo De Lavallard	30
18	1987	Made in Heaven	Sam Morrell	66
19	1988	The Moderns	New York Critic	59
20	1988	Ernest Saves Christmas	Chuck	53
21	1988	Mississippi Burning	Sheriff Stuckey	77
22	1989	Blaze	LaGrange	62
23	1990	Love at Large	Taxi Driver	49
24	1990	Ernest Goes to Jail	Chuck	50
25	1990	The Grifters	Joe	65
26	1991	Death Falls	Hearse Driver	30
27	1991	The Chase	Hammer	30
28	1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Chairman Wood	65
29	1991	Fried Green Tomatoes	Ed Couch	77
30	1992	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot	Munroe	53
31	1992	Wishman	Dr. Abe Rogers	43
32	1992	Equinox	Dandridge	56
33	1993	Sandman	Dave	50
34	1993	Cooperstown	Georgia State Trooper	27
35	1993	The Real McCoy	Gary Buckner	57
36	1994	Clean Slate	Judge Block	58
37	1994	Getting Even with Dad	Carl	53
38	1994	Wagons East!	J.P. Moreland (uncredited)	49
39	1994	Speechless	Lee Cutler	59
40	1995	Open Season	George Plunkett	48
41	1996	The Spitfire Grill	Sheriff Gary Walsh	65
42	1997	Murder in Mind	Charlie	53
43	1997	RocketMan	Mr. Randall (uncredited)	52
44	1997	Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way	Don Zimmer	50
45	1998	The Patriot	Floyd Chisolm	56
46	1999	The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy	Oliver Hardy	42
47	1999	Pirates of Silicon Valley	Ed Roberts	71
48	1999	That Championship Season	High School Principal (uncredited)	58
49	1999	Existo		30
50	2000	The Replacements	Pilachowski	67
51	2001	Ali	Gordon Davidson	68
52	2002	The Round and Round	Jim Stoops	20
53	2005	Elizabethtown	Charles Dean	62

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	Hee Haw		76
2	1975	Cher	Self	62
3	1978	Hee Haw Honeys		0
4	1988	Hey Vern, It's Ernest!	Chuck	51
5	1989	The Simpsons	Big Daddy (voice)	80
6	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	C.D. Parker	70
7	1994	Chicago Hope		72
8	1996	The Pretender	Tug Beaulieu	74
9	1997	King of the Hill	Case Manager (voice)	74