While he'll always be remembered for his roles in classic movies like Lethal Weapon, Point Break and The Buddy Holly Story, Gary Busey has kept a low profile in recent years — so fans were ...

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 ...

Another Tulsa native who appeared on the late-night movie show was Gary Busey. Sartain and Busey would reunite near the end of the decade when Busey played the title role in The Buddy Holly Story ...

William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944), best known as Gary Busey, is an American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in over 120 films, as well as making regular appearances on ...

He reunited with Busey in the 1978 biopic "The Buddy Holly Story," with Busey earning an Oscar nomination for his turn in the title role, while Sartain made a big impression playing The Big Bopper.

He reunited with Busey in the 1978 biopic "The Buddy Holly Story," with Busey earning an Oscar nomination for his turn in the title role, while Sartain made a big impression playing The Big Bopper.

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 ...

Sartain’s first significant film role came in 1978, when he was cast as DJ Jerry “The Big Bopper” Richardson in Steven Rash’s The Buddy Holly Story, which starred Gary Busey as the rock n ...

A fellow cast member on The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting was another Tulsa local, Gary Busey, and the pair reunited in 1978 when Busey played the lead in music biopic The Buddy Holly ...

Gailard Sartain died of natural causes in his Tulsa, Oklahoma, hometown at age 81. The TV and film actor broke out in shows like 'Hee Haw' and 'The Sonny & Cher Show' before starring in ...

Gailard Sartain has died aged 78. The actor, comedian and artist, best known for his roles in The Outsiders, The Buddy Holly Story and Fried Green Tomatoes, has been remembered as a “beloved ...