Smiley Burnette
Known for ActingBorn 1911-03-18 — died 1967-02-16Summum, Illinois, USA
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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.
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Known for
Dick Tracy
1937 · as Mike McGurk
It's Showtime
1976 · as Self (archive footage)
Sharad of Atlantis
1936 · as Briny Deep
Radio Ranch
1940 · as Oscar (archive footage)
Bonanza Town
1951 · as Smiley Burnette
Silver Spurs
1943 · as Frog Millhouse
Saginaw Trail
1953 · as Smiley
Whirlwind
1951 · as Smiley Burnette
Oh, Susanna
1936 · as Frog Millhouse
The Phantom Empire
1935 · as Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett)
Down Mexico Way
1941 · as Frog
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
1938 · as Smiley Burnette
Waterfront Lady
1935 · as Musician
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935 · as Jensen
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000 · as (archive footage)
Call of the Canyon
1942 · as Frog Millhouse
The Old Corral
1936 · as Deputy Frog
Git Along Little Dogies
1937 · as Frog Millhouse