Though best known for comedy, he also played serious roles, including a sinister sheriff in “Mississippi Burning.” The director Alan Rudolph cast him in nine films. By Richard Sandomir Gailard Sartain ...

Tulsa actor and artist Gailard Sartain, a longtime “Hee Haw” cast member whose entertainment career was sparked by a late-night show on local television, died Thursday in Tulsa. He was 81.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Reruns of the old cornpone comedy-variety show “Hee Haw” are coming back. The one-hour programs will air at 7 p.m. each Sunday beginning Sept. 7 on RFD-TV, which bills itself ...