Gailard Sartain: long-time US actor died

Gailard Sartain is dead. The American actor died of natural death this week in his home in the city of Tulsa in the state of Oklahoma. His wife Mary Jo Sartain has the death of her husband. According to the report, the actor turned 81.

“Actually, he died of silly,” tells Mary Jo Sartain to the industry magazine. The two were therefore married for 36 years. The actor performed in numerous productions over the decades and, particularly in the USA in the 1970s, gained broader awareness through the program “HEE HAW”. The entertainment show relied on a mixture of country music and sketches.

Numerous smaller and larger roles followed such as in “Chaos in the camp” and in two more “Ernest” films. Later he was, among other things, in “The Big Easy – The Big Rotain”, “Mississippi Burning – the root of hate”, “Grifters”, “Green Tomato” and “Stop! Or my mommy shoots!” to see. He was also heard in the English -language original in a episode of the Simpsons. Sartain had his last appearance in the 2000s, including in “Ali” with Will Smith (56) and in “Elizabethtown” with Orlando Bloom (48) and Kirsten Dunst (43).

Sartain was known for his comedic talent, but also happy to be able to play roles later. In 2017, he explained to the daily newspaper “Tulsa World” that nobody likes to be cast only “as a barefoot hind forester”. “So when I had the opportunity to play other roles, I was happy to accept them.” The film “Mississippi Burning” brought a turn and it was no longer “only” as a funny type “.

In addition to his wife, Sartain leaves his three children Sarah, Esther and Ben, his granddaughter Chloe and his great -grandson Teddy.