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Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

Actor · Died June 17, 2025, aged 78 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Gailard Sartain (September 18, 1946 — June 17, 2025) was an American comedian and character actor. Graduated from the University of Tulsa with a BFA. A successful illustrator, Sartain's artistic credits range from record cover designs such as Leon Russell's "Will O' the Wisp" to illustrations for nationally published magazines. Sartain created and hosted Tulsa's first late night off-the-wall comedy program, "Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi's Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting". 

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 18, 1946
Died
June 17, 2025 (aged 78)
From
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
51 on MovieCove · 63 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 34% in 30 days

What are Gailard Sartain's films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Self
22%
Morality
20%
Power
9%
Survival
8%
Society
7%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 7 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 18 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 11 · Charged 15 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 15 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 10

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 18 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 22 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 8 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 8
Threshold guardian
2 of 8
Mentor
1 of 8
Shadow
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Warm
9
Hopeful
10
Absurd
7
Joyful
7
Other
30

How their films linger

Hopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet11
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gailard Sartain's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 51 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gailard Sartain's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

63 credits, 51 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Elizabethtown(2005)

    as Charles Dean

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Round and Round(2002)

    as Jim Stoops

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Ali(2001)

    as Gordon Davidson

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Replacements(2000)

    as Pilachowski

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Pirates of Silicon Valley(1999)

    as Ed Roberts

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Existo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Colette Watchuwill

  • That Championship Season(1999)

    as High School Principal (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Oliver Hardy

  • The Patriot(1998)

    as Floyd Chisolm

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way(1997)

    as Don Zimmer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • RocketMan(1997)

    as Mr. Randall (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Murder in Mind(1997)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Angry Beavers(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • King of the Hill(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Case Manager (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • The Pretender(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Tug Beaulieu

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Spitfire Grill(1996)

    as Sheriff Gary Walsh

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Arli$$(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Hubert Lynch

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Open Season(1995)

    as George Plunkett

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Speechless(1994)

    as Lee Cutler

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Senator Thomason

  • Wagons East(1994)

    as J.P. Moreland (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Getting Even with Dad(1994)

    as Carl

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Clean Slate(1994)

    as Judge Block

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Real McCoy(1993)

    as Gary Buckner

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Walker, Texas Ranger(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as C.D. Parker

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Cooperstown(1993)

    as Georgia State Trooper · as George State Trooper

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Sandman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Dave

  • Equinox(1992)

    as Dandridge

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Wishman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Dr. Abe Rogers

  • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot(1992)

    as Munroe

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Fried Green Tomatoes(1991)

    as Ed Couch

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Guilty by Suspicion(1991)

    as Chairman Wood

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Chase(1991)

    as Hammer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Death Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Hearse Driver

  • The Grifters(1990)

    as Joe

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Ernest Goes to Jail(1990)

    as Chuck

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Love at Large(1990)

    as Taxi Driver

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Big Daddy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Blaze(1989)

    as LaGrange

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Mississippi Burning(1988)

    as Sheriff Stuckey

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Ernest Saves Christmas(1988)

    as Chuck

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 13 episodes · as Chuck

  • The Moderns(1988)

    as New York Critic

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Made in Heaven(1987)

    as Sam Morrell

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Leader of the Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Elmo De Lavallard

  • Ernest Goes to Camp(1987)

    as Jake

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Big Easy(1986)

    as Chef Paul

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Uphill All the Way(1986)

    as Private

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Trouble in Mind(1985)

    as Fat Adolph

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Songwriter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Mulreaux

  • All of Me(1984)

    as Fulton Norris

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Choose Me(1984)

    as Mueller

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Outsiders(1983)

    as Jerry

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Endangered Species(1982)

    as Mayor

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Hard Country(1981)

    as Johnny Bob

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Roadie(1980)

    as B.B. Muldoon

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Hollywood Knights(1980)

    as Bimbeau

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Jerk(1979)

    as Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Arthur Leddy

  • Hee Haw Honeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 24 episodes · Actor

  • The Buddy Holly Story(1978)

    as The Big Bopper

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Nashville(1975)

    as Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Hee Haw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 29 episodes · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 63 titles from 1969 to 2005; peak year 1989.

Biggest box office

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

$119M worldwide

Highest rated

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19692005

Peak 1989 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting62 of 63: 62 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score42ndWriting1 of 63: 1 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s5 · acting1980s20 · acting1990s33 · 32 acting · 1 crew2000s4 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 32 roles
78838893

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Gailard Sartain's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 45; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 51 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 51 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed23

Most divisive · actor

Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997)

81st percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Midcredits 97th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Gailard Sartain's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles11–67 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles16–52 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles28–69 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 34 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles11–73 · median 28 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Gailard Sartain work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gailard Sartain's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alan Rudolph shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles