Gailard Sartain
Biography: Good-ole-boy character actor Gailard Sartain first came to the attention of TV fans as a member of the comedy ensemble of The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976-77 season). Sairtain enjoyed more TV-screen time as dufus short order cook Willie Billie Honey in the 1978 syndicated comedy-variety weekly Hee Haw Honeys; cast as Willie Billie's younger sister, by the way, was one Kathie Lee Johnson, who went on to chatshow fame as Kathie Lee Gifford. In films, Sairtain was prominently featured as the Big Bopper in The Buddy Holly Story (1981) and as bucolic bumpkin Chuck in Jim Varney's Ernest flicks. Active into the 1990s, Gailard Sairtain usually shows up these days in featured roles as redneck Southern sheriffs and state troopers.
Gailard Sartain's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average career score: | 57 | |
|---|---|---|
| Highest Metascore: | The Grifters | |
| Lowest Metascore: | Ernest Goes to Camp | |
- By date
- By user score
| Title: | Year: | Credit: | User score: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown | Oct 14, 2005 | Charles Dean | 6.1 |
| The Replacements | Aug 11, 2000 | Pilachowski | 8.2 |
| Getting Even with Dad | Jun 17, 1994 | Carl | 7.3 |
| Fried Green Tomatoes | Jan 24, 1992 | Ed Couch / Ed Couch | tbd |
| Guilty by Suspicion | Mar 15, 1991 | Chairman Wood | 8.3 |
| The Grifters | Dec 5, 1990 | Joe | 8.0 |
| Ernest Goes to Jail | Apr 6, 1990 | Chuck / Chuck | tbd |
| Blaze | Dec 13, 1989 | LaGrange | tbd |
| Mississippi Burning | Jan 27, 1989 | Sheriff Ray Stuckey | 8.5 |
| Ernest Saves Christmas | Nov 11, 1988 | Chuck / Chuck | 2.2 |
| The Big Easy | Aug 21, 1987 | Chef Paul | 7.3 |
| Ernest Goes to Camp | May 22, 1987 | Jake (Chef #1) / Jake (Chef #1) | tbd |
| Trouble in Mind | Mar 1, 1986 | Fat Adolph | 7.5 |
| Songwriter | Oct 14, 1984 | Mulreaux | tbd |
| All of Me | Sep 21, 1984 | Fulton Norris | 5.8 |
| The Outsiders | Mar 25, 1983 | Jerry / Jerry | 7.4 |
| The Patriot | TBA | Floyd Chisolm | tbd |
