Smiley Burnette

Smiley Burnette

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Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical instruments, some simultaneously. His career, beginning in 1934, spanned four decades, including a regular role on CBS-TV's Petticoat Junction in the 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Smiley Burnette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1963

1953

Pack Train
Movie

Smiley Burnette

1952

1952

1951

Bonanza Town
Movie

Smiley Burnette

1951

Prairie Roundup
Movie

Smiley Burnette

1950

Texas Dynamo
Movie

Smiley Burnette

1949

Horsemen of the Sierras
Movie

Sheriff Smiley Burnette

1949

1946

Heading West
Movie

Smiley Burnette

1943

Silver Spurs
Movie

Frog Millhouse

1943

1942

1941

1941

1940

1940

Carolina Moon
Movie

Frog Millhouse

1940

Gaucho Serenade
Movie

Frog Millhouse

1940

Radio Ranch
Movie

Oscar (archive footage)

1940

Rancho Grande
Movie

Frog Millhouse

1939

1939

Colorado Sunset
Movie

Frog Millhouse

1939

1939

Mexicali Rose
Movie

Frog Millhouse

1939

1938

Western Jamboree
Movie

Frog Millhouse

1938

1938

1938

1938

Prairie Moon
Movie

Frog Millhouse

1937

1937

1937

Dick Tracy
Movie

Mike McGurk

1936

1936

1936

Guns and Guitars
Movie

Frog Millhouse

1936

1934

In Old Santa Fe
Movie

Accordionist-Singer (uncredited)

Infos

Full Name
Smiley Burnette
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
3/18/1911
Date of Death
2/16/1967
Also Known As

Lester 'Smiley' Burnett

'Smiley' Burnette

George 'Smiley' Burnette

Lester 'Smiley' Burnette

Lester Alvin Burnette

Ole Frog

Lester Alvin Burnett