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Gailard Sartain
American actor (1943-2025) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 81
Gailard Lee Sartain Jr. 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.
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2025Died19 June 20252005
ElizabethtownFilm, Charles Dean2000
The ReplacementsFilm, Pilachowski1998
The PatriotFilm, Floyd Chisolm1997
King of the HillSeries, Case Manager (voice)1996
Arli$$Series, Hubert Lynch
The PretenderSeries, 1996Tug Beaulieu
The Spitfire GrillFilm, 1996Sheriff Gary Walsh1994
Chicago HopeSeries, Senator Thomason
Clean SlateFilm, 1994Judge Block1993
Walker, Texas RangerSeries, C.D. Parker1992
EquinoxFilm, Dandridge1990
Ernest Goes to JailFilm, Chuck1989
The SimpsonsSeries, Big Daddy (voice)1988
Hey Vern, It's Ernest!Series, Chuck
Ernest Saves ChristmasFilm, 1988Chuck1986
The Big EasyFilm, Chef Paul1984
All of MeFilm, Fulton Norris1983
The OutsidersFilm, Jerry1981
Hard CountryFilm, Johnny Bob1979
The JerkFilm, Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)1978Hee Haw HoneysSeries1975
CherSeries
NashvilleFilm, 1975Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)1969
Hee HawSeries1943Born18 September 1943
ElizabethtownFilm, Charles Dean2000The ReplacementsFilm, Pilachowski1998The PatriotFilm, Floyd Chisolm1997King of the HillSeries, Case Manager (voice)1996Arli$$Series, Hubert LynchThe PretenderSeries, 1996Tug BeaulieuThe Spitfire GrillFilm, 1996Sheriff Gary Walsh1994Chicago HopeSeries, Senator ThomasonClean SlateFilm, 1994Judge Block1993Walker, Texas RangerSeries, C.D. Parker1992EquinoxFilm, Dandridge1990Ernest Goes to JailFilm, Chuck1989The SimpsonsSeries, Big Daddy (voice)1988Hey Vern, It's Ernest!Series, ChuckErnest Saves ChristmasFilm, 1988Chuck1986The Big EasyFilm, Chef Paul1984All of MeFilm, Fulton Norris1983The OutsidersFilm, Jerry1981Hard CountryFilm, Johnny Bob1979The JerkFilm, Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)1978Hee Haw HoneysSeries1975CherSeriesNashvilleFilm, 1975Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)1969Hee HawSeries1943Born18 September 1943People around Gailard
Close ties
Alan Rudolph Directed Made in Heaven and Choose Me
John R. Cherry III Directed Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)- Jim Varney Also in Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
Robert Wuhl Directed Open Season (1995)
Howard Deutch Directed The Replacements (2001)
Dirk Blocker Also in Equinox and Trouble in Mind
John Considine Also in Made in Heaven and Endangered Species
Keith Carradine Also in Choose Me and Trouble in Mind
Martin Scorsese Produced The Grifters (1991)
Geneviève Bujold Also in Choose Me and Trouble in Mind
Mark Isham Wrote Made in Heaven and Trouble in Mind
Kevin J. O'Connor Also in Equinox, The Moderns and Love at Large
Zalman King Produced Roadie (1980)
Bill Byrge Also in Hey Vern, It's Ernest!
Henry G. Sanders Also in Endangered Species and Choose Me
Carl Reiner Directed All of Me (1985)
Steven Seagal Produced The Patriot (1998)
Francis Ford Coppola Directed The Outsiders (1983)
Kim Basinger Also in The Real McCoy and Hard Country
Gene Hackman Also in Mississippi Burning and The Replacements
Sydney Pollack Produced Songwriter (1984)
Alan Parker Directed Mississippi Burning (1989)
Michael Mann Directed Ali (2002)
Stephen Tobolowsky Also in The Grifters and Mississippi Burning
Known for
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Fried Green Tomatoes 1991
Mississippi Burning 1988
Nashville 1975
The Outsiders 1983
The Buddy Holly Story 1978
Filmography 40
65 credits on file
Television 11
About this person
He was also a successful painter and illustrator.
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1943 to 2025 · aged 81
