About
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.
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Known for
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2000 | Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1976 | It's Showtime | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1953 | Saginaw Trail | Actor | Smiley | 59 Average |
1953 | Pack Train | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1953 | Goldtown Ghost Riders | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1953 | On Top of Old Smoky | Actor | Smiley | 59 Average |
1953 | Winning of the West | Actor | Smiley | 59 Average |
1952 | The Kid from Broken Gun | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1952 | Junction City | Actor | Smiley | 59 Average |
1952 | The Rough, Tough West | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1952 | Laramie Mountains | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1952 | The Hawk of Wild River | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1952 | Smoky Canyon | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1951 | Pecos River | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1951 | The Kid from Amarillo | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1951 | Cyclone Fury | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 58 Average |
1951 | Bonanza Town | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 58 Average |
1951 | Snake River Desperadoes | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 58 Average |
1951 | Whirlwind | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1951 | Fort Savage Raiders | Actor | Smiley | N/A N/A |
1951 | Ridin' the Outlaw Trail | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1951 | Prairie Roundup | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1950 | Frontier Outpost | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1950 | Lightning Guns | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1950 | Raiders of Tomahawk Creek | Actor | Smiley | N/A N/A |
1950 | Across the Badlands | Actor | Smiley | N/A N/A |
1950 | Streets of Ghost Town | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1950 | Texas Dynamo | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1950 | Outcasts of Black Mesa | Actor | Smiley | N/A N/A |
1950 | Trail of the Rustlers | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1949 | Renegades of the Sage | Actor | Smiley | N/A N/A |
1949 | Horsemen of the Sierras | Actor | Sheriff Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1949 | Bandits of El Dorado | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1949 | South of Death Valley | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1949 | The Blazing Trail | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1949 | Laramie | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 58 Average |
1949 | Desert Vigilante | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1949 | Challenge of the Range | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1948 | Quick on the Trigger | Actor | Smiley | 59 Average |
1948 | El Dorado Pass | Actor | Smiley | N/A N/A |
1948 | Trail to Laredo | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1948 | Blazing Across the Pecos | Actor | Marshal Smiley Burnette | 58 Average |
1948 | Whirlwind Raiders | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1948 | West of Sonora | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1948 | Phantom Valley | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1948 | Six-Gun Law | Actor | Smiley | 58 Average |
1947 | Last Days of Boot Hill | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1947 | Buckaroo from Powder River | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1947 | Riders of the Lone Star | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1947 | The Stranger From Ponca City | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1947 | Prairie Raiders | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 58 Average |
1947 | Law of the Canyon | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1947 | West of Dodge City | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1947 | The Lone Hand Texan | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 58 Average |
1947 | South of the Chisholm Trail | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1946 | The Fighting Frontiersman | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1946 | Terror Trail | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1946 | Landrush | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1946 | Heading West | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1946 | The Desert Horseman | Actor | Smiley Burnette | N/A N/A |
1946 | Two-Fisted Stranger | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 58 Average |
1946 | Galloping Thunder | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1946 | Gunning for Vengeance | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1946 | Roaring Rangers | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 58 Average |
1944 | Firebrands of Arizona | Actor | Frog / Beefsteak Discoe | 59 Average |
1944 | Code of the Prairie | Actor | Frog | N/A N/A |
1944 | Bordertown Trail | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1944 | Call of the Rockies | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1944 | The Laramie Trail | Actor | Frog | N/A N/A |
1944 | Beneath Western Skies | Actor | Sheriff Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1944 | Pride of the Plains | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1943 | Raiders of Sunset Pass | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1943 | Beyond the Last Frontier | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1943 | Silver Spurs | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 58 Average |
1943 | King of the Cowboys | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1943 | Idaho | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1942 | Heart of the Golden West | Actor | Frog | N/A N/A |
1942 | Bells of Capistrano | Actor | Frog | 59 Average |
1942 | Call of the Canyon | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1942 | Stardust on the Sage | Actor | Frog | 58 Average |
1942 | Home in Wyomin' | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1942 | Heart of the Rio Grande | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1942 | Cowboy Serenade | Actor | Frog | 59 Average |
1941 | Sierra Sue | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1941 | Down Mexico Way | Actor | Frog | N/A N/A |
1941 | Under Fiesta Stars | Actor | Frog | N/A N/A |
1941 | Sunset in Wyoming | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1941 | The Singing Hill | Actor | Frog | N/A N/A |
1941 | Back in the Saddle | Actor | Frog Milhouse | 59 Average |
1941 | Ridin' on a Rainbow | Actor | Frog | 58 Average |
1940 | Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1940 | Carolina Moon | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1940 | Gaucho Serenade | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 58 Average |
1940 | Men with Steel Faces | Actor | Oscar (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1940 | Rancho Grande | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1939 | South of the Border | Actor | Frog | 59 Average |
1939 | Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1939 | In Old Monterey | Actor | Frog | 59 Average |
1939 | Colorado Sunset | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1939 | Mountain Rhythm | Actor | Frog Milhouse | 58 Average |
1939 | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Actor | Voice of Felix the Dummy | 59 Average |
1939 | Blue Montana Skies | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 58 Average |
1939 | Mexicali Rose | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1939 | Home on the Prairie | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1938 | Western Jamboree | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1938 | Rhythm of the Saddle | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1938 | Prairie Moon | Actor | Frog Millhouse | N/A N/A |
1938 | Billy The Kid Returns | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 58 Average |
1938 | Man from Music Mountain | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1938 | Gold Mine in the Sky | Actor | Frog | N/A N/A |
1938 | Under Western Stars | Actor | Frog | 58 Average |
1938 | Hollywood Stadium Mystery | Actor | Smiley Burnette | 59 Average |
1938 | The Old Barn Dance | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 58 Average |
1937 | Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Actor | Frog - Accordian Player | 59 Average |
1937 | Springtime in the Rockies | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1937 | Boots and Saddles | Actor | Frog | 59 Average |
1937 | Meet the Boy Friend | Actor | Band Leader | 59 Average |
1937 | Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge | Actor | Colonel Millhouse | 59 Average |
1937 | Public Cowboy No. 1 | Actor | Helen Morgan | 59 Average |
1937 | Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm | Actor | Frog Milhouse | 58 Average |
1937 | Git Along Little Dogies | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1937 | Round-Up Time in Texas | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1937 | Dick Tracy | Actor | Mike McGurk | 58 Average |
1937 | Larceny on the Air | Actor | Jimmy | N/A N/A |
1936 | A Man Betrayed | Actor | Hillbilly | 59 Average |
1936 | The Old Corral | Actor | Deputy Frog | 59 Average |
1936 | Ride, Ranger, Ride | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 58 Average |
1936 | The Big Show | Actor | Frog | 58 Average |
1936 | Oh, Susanna | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1936 | Guns and Guitars | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 58 Average |
1936 | The Border Patrolman | Actor | Chuck Owens | 59 Average |
1936 | Sharad of Atlantis | Actor | Briny Deep | 58 Average |
1936 | Hearts in Bondage | Actor | Rammer | 58 Average |
1936 | The Singing Cowboy | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 58 Average |
1936 | Comin' 'Round the Mountain | Actor | Frog | N/A N/A |
1936 | Doughnuts and Society | Actor | Mover #2 | N/A N/A |
1936 | Red River Valley | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1935 | The Singing Vagabond | Actor | Frog | 59 Average |
1935 | The Sagebrush Troubadour | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 59 Average |
1935 | Harmony Lane | Actor | Singer (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1935 | Melody Trail | Actor | Frog Millhouse | 58 Average |
1935 | Waterfront Lady | Actor | Musician | 59 Average |
1935 | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Actor | Smiley | 59 Average |
1935 | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Actor | Jensen | 59 Average |
1935 | The Kids in the Shoe | Actor | Singing little boy | 59 Average |
1935 | The Phantom Empire | Actor | Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett) | 58 Average |
1935 | Arizona Bad Man | Actor | Credits Singer | 58 Average |
1934 | Mystery Mountain | Actor | Lake Teamster (ch's 6-7) (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
1934 | In Old Santa Fe | Actor | Accordionist-Singer (uncredited) | 58 Average |
Sound |
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1937 | Meet the Boy Friend | Sound | Songs | 59 Average |