Acting

Gailard Sartain

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

Died 2025-06-17

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".

Credits

Newest first

Elizabethtown
as Charles Dean
2005
The Round and Round
as Jim Stoops
2002
Ali
as Gordon Davidson
2001
The Replacements
as Pilachowski
2000
Pirates of Silicon Valley
as Ed Roberts
1999
Existo
as Colette Watchuwill
1999
That Championship Season
as High School Principal (uncredited)
1999
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
as Oliver Hardy
1999
The Patriot
as Floyd Chisolm
1998
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
as Don Zimmer
1997
RocketMan
as Mr. Randall (uncredited)
1997
Murder in Mind
as Charlie
1997
The Angry Beavers
Writer
1997
King of the Hill
as Case Manager (voice)
1997
The Pretender
as Tug Beaulieu
1996
The Spitfire Grill
as Sheriff Gary Walsh
1996
Arli$$
as Hubert Lynch
1996
Open Season
as George Plunkett
1995
Speechless
as Lee Cutler
1994
Chicago Hope
as Senator Thomason
1994
Wagons East!
as J.P. Moreland (uncredited)
1994
Getting Even with Dad
as Carl
1994
Clean Slate
as Judge Block
1994
The Real McCoy
as Gary Buckner
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
as C.D. Parker
1993
Cooperstown
as Georgia State Trooper
1993
Cooperstown
as George State Trooper
1993
Sandman
as Dave
1993
Wishman
as Dr. Abe Rogers
1992
Equinox
as Dandridge
1992
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
as Munroe
1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Ed Couch
1991
Guilty by Suspicion
as Chairman Wood
1991
The Chase
as Hammer
1991
Death Falls
as Hearse Driver
1991
The Grifters
as Joe
1990
Ernest Goes to Jail
as Chuck
1990
Love at Large
as Taxi Driver
1990
The Simpsons
as Big Daddy (voice)
1989
Blaze
as LaGrange
1989
Mississippi Burning
as Sheriff Stuckey
1988
Ernest Saves Christmas
as Chuck
1988
Hey Vern, It's Ernest!
as Chuck
1988
The Moderns
as New York Critic
1988
Made in Heaven
as Sam Morrell
1987
Leader of the Band
as Elmo De Lavallard
1987
Ernest Goes to Camp
as Jake
1987
The Big Easy
as Chef Paul
1986
Uphill All the Way
as Private
1986
Trouble in Mind
as Fat Adolph
1985
Songwriter
as Mulreaux
1984
All of Me
as Fulton Norris
1984
Choose Me
as Mueller
1984
The Outsiders
as Jerry
1983
Endangered Species
as Mayor
1982
Hard Country
as Johnny Bob
1981
Roadie
as B.B. Muldoon
1980
The Hollywood Knights
as Bimbeau
1980
The Jerk
as Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)
1979
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
as Arthur Leddy
1978
Hee Haw Honeys
1978
The Buddy Holly Story
as The Big Bopper
1978
Nashville
as Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
1975
Cher
as Self
1975
Hee Haw
1969