Acting
Gailard Sartain
EN cinema · 53 credits
Born
18 September 1946
Died
17 June 2025 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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
Filmography
Elizabethtown
as Charles Dean
The Round and Round
as Jim Stoops
Ali
as Gordon Davidson
The Replacements
as Pilachowski
Pirates of Silicon Valley
as Ed Roberts
Existo
as Colette Watchuwill
That Championship Season
as High School Principal (uncredited)
The Patriot
as Floyd Chisolm
RocketMan
as Mr. Randall (uncredited)
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
as Don Zimmer
Murder in Mind
as Charlie
The Spitfire Grill
as Sheriff Gary Walsh
Open Season
as George Plunkett
Clean Slate
as Judge Block
Wagons East!
as J.P. Moreland (uncredited)
Speechless
as Lee Cutler
The Real McCoy
as Gary Buckner
Sandman
as Dave
Cooperstown
as Georgia State Trooper, as George State Trooper
Wishman
as Dr. Abe Rogers
Equinox
as Dandridge
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Ed Couch
Death Falls
as Hearse Driver
Guilty by Suspicion
as Chairman Wood
The Chase
as Hammer
The Grifters
as Joe
Ernest Goes to Jail
as Chuck
Love at Large
as Taxi Driver
Blaze
as LaGrange
Mississippi Burning
as Sheriff Stuckey
The Moderns
as New York Critic
Made in Heaven
as Sam Morrell
Leader of the Band
as Elmo De Lavallard
The Big Easy
as Chef Paul
Uphill All the Way
as Private
Trouble in Mind
as Fat Adolph
Choose Me
as Mueller
All of Me
as Fulton Norris
Songwriter
as Mulreaux
The Outsiders
as Jerry
Endangered Species
as Mayor
Hard Country
as Johnny Bob
Roadie
as B.B. Muldoon
The Hollywood Knights
as Bimbeau
The Jerk
as Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)
The Buddy Holly Story
as The Big Bopper
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
as Arthur Leddy
Nashville
as Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)