Veteran actor Gailard Sartain, best known for his role on `Hee Haw`, has passed away. He was 78.

Sartain`s demise was announced on Facebook by The Church Studio, a recording studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma where Sartain`s wife Mary Jo, as per Deadline.

Born in Tulsa on September 18, 1946, Sartain began his show business career there, working as a cameraman at a local TV station before creating a late-night movie host in 1970, he called Dr Mazeppa Pompazoidi.