Hee Haw first made its debut in 1969, blending country music, comedy sketches and a whole lot of charm and humor into a show that captured hearts across America. For more than two decades, its cast of ...

From left, Dave Rexroad, Charlie Matthews, Bobby Holland and special guest Kiki Angelos in a skit from “Hee Haw” in 2024. Tickets for the show, a fundraiser for the Actors Guild of Parkersburg, are ...

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 ...

“Hee Haw,” which premiered on CBS in 1969, was conceived as a kind of vaudeville revue for rural America: a parade of corny comedy sketches; buxom girls in pigtails, denim and gingham; and guest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...