Gailard Sartain, the character actor and comedian whose breakthrough role on Hee Haw launched a career of playing Southern good-ol’-boy that included his memorable performance as The Big Bopper in ...

In the summer of 1969, HEE HAW moseyed into the CBS time slot occupied by The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Conceived as a rural alternative to Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the show ranked in the top ...

Lulu Roman, an actress-turned-gospel singer who appeared in the popular television series “Hee Haw,” died on April 23. She was 78. Roman died in Bellingham, Washington, her son, Damon Roman, told The ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A comedian and gospel singer who performed at President Ronald Reagan’s inauguration has died. Lulu Roman, best known for her different roles on “Hee Haw,” died Wednesday, April ...

Gailard Sartain, the character actor known for films such as Mississippi Burning and Elizabethtown, has died. He was 78. The Oklahoma-born actor got his start playing a wizard named Dr. Mazeppa ...

Gailard Sartain, the character actor best known for his role in “The Buddy Holly Story” and his work on variety shows like “Hee Haw,” died Tuesday, June 17, at the age of 78. Sartain’s death was ...