Gailard Sartain

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-09-18 (79 years old)

Deathday

2025-06-17

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". 

Acting

1983

1993

The Real McCoy

as Gary Buckner

1988

Mississippi Burning

as Sheriff Stuckey

1999

1986

The Big Easy

as Chef Paul

1998

The Patriot

as Floyd Chisolm

1978

The Buddy Holly Story

as The Big Bopper

1989

Blaze

as LaGrange

1987

Made in Heaven

as Sam Morrell

1988

The Moderns

as New York Critic

1984

Choose Me

as Mueller

1982

1996

The Spitfire Grill

as Sheriff Gary Walsh

1990

1994

Clean Slate

as Judge Block

1981

Hard Country

as Johnny Bob

1991

2000

The Replacements

as Pilachowski

2001

Ali

as Gordon Davidson

1997

RocketMan

as Mr. Randall (uncredited)

1994

Wagons East!

as J.P. Moreland (uncredited)

1999

1991

Death Falls

as Hearse Driver

1993

Sandman

as Dave

1987

Leader of the Band

as Elmo De Lavallard

1986

1980

Roadie

as B.B. Muldoon

1991

Guilty by Suspicion

as Chairman Wood

1984

All of Me

as Fulton Norris

1992

Wishman

as Dr. Abe Rogers

2005

Elizabethtown

as Charles Dean

1984

Songwriter

as Mulreaux

2002

The Round and Round

as Jim Stoops

1997

Murder in Mind

as Charlie

1992

Equinox

as Dandridge

1990

Love at Large

as Taxi Driver

1975

Nashville

as Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

1979

The Jerk

as Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)

1980

1985

Trouble in Mind

as Fat Adolph

1991

The Chase

as Hammer

1993

Cooperstown

as Georgia State Trooper

1994

Speechless

as Lee Cutler

1995

Open Season

as George Plunkett

1999

That Championship Season

as High School Principal (uncredited)

1993

Cooperstown

as George State Trooper

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