Gailard Sartain

Personal Info

Birthday

September 18, 1946

Day of Death

2025-06-17

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Gailard Sartain

Biography

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

The Simpsons

King of the Hill

Walker, Texas Ranger

The Pretender

The Outsiders

Mississippi Burning

Fried Green Tomatoes

The Replacements

Filmography

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