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Gailard Sartain

Highest Rated: 94% Choose Me (1984)

Lowest Rated: 3% Getting Even With Dad (1994)

Birthday: Sep 18, 1946

Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

A hefty, beaming character player and comedian of TV and films with tousled hair and an often hearty manner, Gailard Sartain has played a wide range of roles but has been most typically cast as small-town country bumpkins. He began in entertainment operating a camera for a small Oklahoma TV station while pursuing graduate studies in fine arts at the University of Tulsa. Encouraged by friends, he auditioned to replace a fired radio interview host, successfully held the job for a time, and was noticed by a talent scout. The hit CBS comedy-variety series "Hee Haw" had recently been let go by the network in a corporate decision to eliminate lowbrow entertainment in favor of more prestigious fare. But syndication had the last laugh and Sartain chuckled along, joining the series in 1972 and staying for nearly 20 seasons of country music, neo-vaudeville shtick and wooden plank slaps in the rear amid the goings-on in Kornfield Kounty.

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Highest rated movies

94% 72% Choose Me
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89% 85% Pirates of Silicon Valley
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88% 45% Songwriter
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79% 90% Mississippi Burning
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76% 87% Fried Green Tomatoes
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75% 49% Blaze
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70% 82% The Outsiders
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68% 55% Guilty by Suspicion
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62% 51% Ernest Goes to Camp
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56% 82% Made in Heaven
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Filmography

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27% 66% Elizabethtown Charles Dean (Character) $26.8M 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Round and Round Gailard Sartain (Character) - 2002
41% 66% The Replacements Pilachowski (Character) $44.7M 2000
No Score Yet 50% For Love or Mummy Oliver Fattius Hardy (Character) - 1999
89% 85% Pirates of Silicon Valley Ed Roberts (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 90% Existo Colette Watchuwill (Character) $12.2K 1999
20% 31% The Patriot Floyd Chisolm (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way Don Zimmer (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 23% Murder in Mind Charlie (Character) - 1997
38% 76% The Spitfire Grill Sheriff Gary Walsh (Character) $12.6M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Open Season George Plunkett (Character) $5.2K 1995
10% 34% Speechless Kratz (Character) $19.6M 1994
3% 25% Getting Even With Dad Carl (Character) $18.1M 1994
33% 42% Equinox Dandridge (Character) - 1993
24% 43% The Real McCoy Gary Buckner (Character) $6.3M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cooperstown Georgia State Trooper (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wishman Dr. Abe Rogers (Character) - 1993
14% 21% Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Munroe (Character) $26.6M 1992
68% 55% Guilty by Suspicion Chairman Wood (Character) $8.4M 1991
76% 87% Fried Green Tomatoes Ed Couch (Character) $81.2M 1991
11% 49% Ernest Goes to Jail Chuck (Character) $25.0M 1990
75% 49% Blaze LaGrange (Character) $19.0M 1989
79% 90% Mississippi Burning Sheriff Ray Stuckey (Character) $33.7M 1988
36% 43% Ernest Saves Christmas Chuck (Storage Agent) (Character) $28.1M 1988
56% 82% Made in Heaven Sam Morrell (Character) $4.6M 1987
62% 51% Ernest Goes to Camp Jake (Character) $23.4M 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Leader of the Band Elmo De Lavallard (Character) - 1987
94% 72% Choose Me Mueller (Character) - 1984
88% 45% Songwriter Mulreaux (Character) - 1984
70% 82% The Outsiders Jerry (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 27% Hard Country Johnny Bob (Character) - 1981
14% 57% Roadie B.B. Muldoon (Character) - 1980
14% 71% The Hollywood Knights Bimbeau (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws Arthur Leddy (Character) - 1978

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No Score Yet 76% King of the Hill Case Manager (Guest Voice) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chicago Hope Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Character) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hey Vern, It's Ernest! Chuck (Character) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dukes of Hazzard A.C. Tate Jr. (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hee Haw Honeys Willie Billie Honey (Character) 1978-1979