Gailard Sartain, the very funny character actor who spent some 20 years on Hee Haw, appeared in three Ernest films with Jim Varney and displayed a flair for the dramatic in The Buddy Holly Story and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Gailard Sartain, the Southern character actor and comedian who appeared ...

View post: Amazon Glitch Swaps 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' for Very R-Rated Jake Gyllenhaal Movie Known for her brash and irreverent comedy, Roman was also an accomplished gospel singer who performed with ...

Gailard Sartain on the set of "Roadie" in 1980. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Gailard Sartain, the character actor best known for his role in “The Buddy Holly Story” and his work on variety ...

Beloved character actor Gailard Sartain, known for “Hee Haw,” “Mississippi Burning” and “Fried Green Tomatoes,” has died at age 78. The Church Studio in Oklahoma, where he was a visitor and his wife ...

“Hee Haw” cast member Lulu Roman is dead at 78. Her son Damon Roman told the Hollywood Reporter his mom died Wednesday in Washington State, where she’d been living for the past seven months. Roman was ...

Lulu Roman, beloved comedian and gospel singer best known for her longtime role on the television show Hee Haw has died at the age of 78. Her son, Damon Roman, confirmed the news of her death. She ...

Gailard Sartain, the Tulsa, Oklahoma-born character actor with nearly 75 TV and movie roles to his credit, died on Thursday, June 19. Sartain was 81 years old. TMZ confirmed Sartain’s passing with ...

LOS ANGELES -- Lulu Roman, the "Hee Haw" comedian turned gospel singer, has died at 78 in Bellingham, Washington, her son Damon Roman confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter. The "On the Battlefield" ...

Gailard Sartain, a longtime star of stage and screen, died of natural causes in Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday, June 19. He was 81. “Actually, he died of silliness,” his wife told the outlet. Born in Tulsa ...