Smiley Burnette
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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- Born:
- Mar 18, 1911 In Summum, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 148
- First Appeared:
- In the movie In Old Santa Fe 1934-11-15
- Latest Project:
- Movie Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch 1976-05-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
| Movie | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
| Series | Petticoat Junction | 1963-09-24 | |
| Movie | Winning of the West | Smiley | 1953-01-01 |
| Movie | On Top of Old Smoky | Smiley | 1953-03-25 |
| Movie | Goldtown Ghost Riders | Smiley Burnette | 1953-05-20 |
| Movie | Pack Train | Smiley Burnette | 1953-07-04 |
| Movie | Saginaw Trail | Smiley | 1953-09-20 |
| Movie | The Hawk of Wild River | Smiley Burnette | 1952-02-28 |
| Movie | Smoky Canyon | Smiley Burnette | 1952-01-31 |
| Movie | Laramie Mountains | Smiley Burnette | 1952-04-19 |
| Movie | The Kid from Broken Gun | Smiley Burnette | 1952-08-19 |
| Movie | The Rough, Tough West | Smiley Burnette | 1952-06-14 |
| Movie | Junction City | Smiley | 1952-07-12 |
| Movie | Fort Savage Raiders | Smiley | 1951-03-14 |
| Movie | Ridin' the Outlaw Trail | Smiley Burnette | 1951-02-23 |
| Movie | Whirlwind | Smiley Burnette | 1951-04-16 |
| Movie | Prairie Roundup | Smiley Burnette | 1951-01-15 |
| Movie | Cyclone Fury | Smiley Burnette | 1951-08-14 |
| Movie | Snake River Desperadoes | Smiley Burnette | 1951-05-30 |
| Movie | Pecos River | Smiley Burnette | 1951-12-15 |
| Movie | The Kid from Amarillo | Smiley Burnette | 1951-10-29 |
| Movie | Bonanza Town | Smiley Burnette | 1951-07-26 |
| Movie | Texas Dynamo | Smiley Burnette | 1950-06-01 |
| Movie | Outcasts of Black Mesa | Smiley | 1950-04-13 |
| Movie | Trail of the Rustlers | Smiley Burnette | 1950-02-02 |
| Movie | Streets of Ghost Town | Smiley Burnette | 1950-08-03 |
| Movie | Across the Badlands | Smiley | 1950-09-14 |
| Movie | Raiders of Tomahawk Creek | Smiley | 1950-09-30 |
| Movie | Frontier Outpost | Smiley Burnette | 1950-12-29 |
| Movie | Lightning Guns | Smiley Burnette | 1950-12-01 |
| Movie | Desert Vigilante | Smiley Burnette | 1949-04-08 |
| Movie | The Blazing Trail | Smiley Burnette | 1949-06-05 |
| Movie | Challenge of the Range | Smiley Burnette | 1949-04-02 |
| Movie | Laramie | Smiley Burnette | 1949-05-19 |
| Movie | South of Death Valley | Self | 1949-08-08 |
| Movie | Bandits of El Dorado | Smiley Burnette | 1949-10-19 |
| Movie | Horsemen of the Sierras | Sheriff Smiley Burnette | 1949-11-22 |
| Movie | Renegades of the Sage | Smiley | 1949-11-24 |
| Movie | West of Sonora | Smiley Burnette | 1948-03-25 |
| Movie | Phantom Valley | Smiley Burnette | 1948-02-19 |
| Movie | Six-Gun Law | Smiley | 1948-01-09 |
| Movie | Whirlwind Raiders | Smiley Burnette | 1948-05-12 |
| Movie | Blazing Across the Pecos | Marshal Smiley Burnette | 1948-07-01 |
| Movie | Quick on the Trigger | Smiley | 1948-12-02 |
| Movie | El Dorado Pass | Smiley | 1948-10-13 |
| Movie | Trail to Laredo | Smiley Burnette | 1948-08-11 |
| Movie | Law of the Canyon | Smiley Burnette | 1947-04-23 |
| Movie | West of Dodge City | Smiley Burnette | 1947-03-26 |
| Movie | South of the Chisholm Trail | Smiley Burnette | 1947-01-30 |
| Movie | Prairie Raiders | Smiley Burnette | 1947-05-29 |
| Movie | The Lone Hand Texan | Smiley Burnette | 1947-03-06 |
| Movie | The Stranger From Ponca City | Smiley Burnette | 1947-07-03 |
| Movie | Buckaroo from Powder River | Smiley Burnette | 1947-10-13 |
| Movie | Last Days of Boot Hill | Smiley Burnette | 1947-11-20 |
| Movie | Riders of the Lone Star | Smiley Burnette | 1947-08-14 |
| Movie | Two-Fisted Stranger | Smiley Burnette | 1946-05-30 |
| Movie | Gunning for Vengeance | Smiley Burnette | 1946-03-21 |
| Movie | Roaring Rangers | Smiley Burnette | 1946-02-14 |
| Movie | The Desert Horseman | Smiley Burnette | 1946-07-10 |
| Movie | Galloping Thunder | Smiley Burnette | 1946-04-24 |
| Movie | Heading West | Smiley Burnette | 1946-08-14 |
| Movie | Terror Trail | Smiley Burnette | 1946-11-21 |
| Movie | The Fighting Frontiersman | Smiley Burnette | 1946-12-10 |
| Movie | Landrush | Smiley Burnette | 1946-11-18 |
| Movie | Beneath Western Skies | Sheriff Frog Millhouse | 1944-03-03 |
| Movie | Pride of the Plains | Frog Millhouse | 1944-01-05 |
| Movie | The Laramie Trail | Frog | 1944-04-03 |
| Movie | Bordertown Trail | Frog Millhouse | 1944-08-11 |
| Movie | Call of the Rockies | Frog Millhouse | 1944-07-14 |
| Movie | Firebrands of Arizona | Frog / Beefsteak Discoe | 1944-12-01 |
| Movie | Code of the Prairie | Frog | 1944-10-06 |
| Movie | King of the Cowboys | Frog Millhouse | 1943-04-09 |
| Movie | Idaho | Frog Millhouse | 1943-03-10 |
| Movie | Beyond the Last Frontier | Frog Millhouse | 1943-08-18 |
| Movie | Raiders of Sunset Pass | Frog Millhouse | 1943-12-30 |
| Movie | Silver Spurs | Frog Millhouse | 1943-08-12 |
| Movie | Home in Wyomin' | Frog Millhouse | 1942-04-29 |
| Movie | Heart of the Rio Grande | Frog Millhouse | 1942-03-11 |
| Movie | Stardust on the Sage | Frog | 1942-05-25 |
| Movie | Cowboy Serenade | Frog | 1942-01-30 |
| Movie | Call of the Canyon | Frog Millhouse | 1942-08-17 |
| Movie | Heart of the Golden West | Frog | 1942-11-16 |
| Movie | Bells of Capistrano | Frog | 1942-09-15 |
| Movie | Back in the Saddle | Frog Milhouse | 1941-03-14 |
| Movie | Ridin' on a Rainbow | Frog | 1941-01-24 |
| Movie | The Singing Hill | Frog | 1941-04-25 |
| Movie | Under Fiesta Stars | Frog | 1941-08-25 |
| Movie | Sunset in Wyoming | Frog Millhouse | 1941-07-15 |
| Movie | Sierra Sue | Frog Millhouse | 1941-11-12 |
| Movie | Down Mexico Way | Frog | 1941-10-15 |
| Movie | Rancho Grande | Frog Millhouse | 1940-03-22 |
| Movie | Men with Steel Faces | Oscar (archive footage) | 1940-05-02 |
| Movie | Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | Frog Millhouse | 1940-09-05 |
| Movie | Gaucho Serenade | Frog Millhouse | 1940-05-09 |
| Movie | Carolina Moon | Frog Millhouse | 1940-07-14 |
| Movie | Blue Montana Skies | Frog Millhouse | 1939-05-03 |
| Movie | Home on the Prairie | Frog Millhouse | 1939-02-03 |
| Movie | Mountain Rhythm | Frog Milhouse | 1939-06-08 |
| Movie | Mexicali Rose | Frog Millhouse | 1939-03-26 |
| Movie | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Voice of Felix the Dummy | 1939-06-02 |
| Movie | Colorado Sunset | Frog Millhouse | 1939-07-30 |
| Movie | Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Frog Millhouse | 1939-11-16 |
| Movie | South of the Border | Frog | 1939-12-15 |
| Movie | In Old Monterey | Frog | 1939-08-14 |
| Movie | Gold Mine in the Sky | Frog | 1938-07-04 |
| Movie | Man from Music Mountain | Frog Millhouse | 1938-08-15 |
| Movie | Hollywood Stadium Mystery | Smiley Burnette | 1938-02-21 |
| Movie | The Old Barn Dance | Frog Millhouse | 1938-01-29 |
| Movie | Under Western Stars | Frog | 1938-04-20 |
| Movie | Billy The Kid Returns | Frog Millhouse | 1938-09-04 |
| Movie | Rhythm of the Saddle | Frog Millhouse | 1938-11-06 |
| Movie | Western Jamboree | Frog Millhouse | 1938-12-02 |
| Movie | Prairie Moon | Frog Millhouse | 1938-10-07 |
| Movie | Git Along Little Dogies | Frog Millhouse | 1937-03-27 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy | Mike McGurk | 1937-02-20 |
| Movie | Larceny on the Air | Jimmy | 1937-01-11 |
| Movie | Public Cowboy No. 1 | Helen Morgan | 1937-06-11 |
| Movie | Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm | Frog Milhouse | 1937-05-12 |
| Movie | Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Frog - Accordian Player | 1937-11-26 |
| Movie | Boots and Saddles | Frog | 1937-10-04 |
| Movie | Meet the Boy Friend | Band Leader | 1937-07-12 |
| Movie | Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge | Colonel Millhouse | 1937-06-14 |
| Movie | Hearts in Bondage | Rammer | 1936-05-26 |
| Movie | The Singing Cowboy | Frog Millhouse | 1936-05-11 |
| Movie | Red River Valley | Frog Millhouse | 1936-03-02 |
| Movie | Sharad of Atlantis | Briny Deep | 1936-05-30 |
| Movie | Doughnuts and Society | Mover #2 | 1936-03-27 |
| Movie | Comin' 'Round the Mountain | Frog | 1936-04-13 |
| Movie | Guns and Guitars | Frog Millhouse | 1936-06-22 |
| Movie | The Old Corral | Deputy Frog | 1936-12-21 |
| Movie | The Border Patrolman | Chuck Owens | 1936-06-20 |
| Movie | Ride, Ranger, Ride | Frog Millhouse | 1936-11-30 |
| Movie | A Man Betrayed | Hillbilly | 1936-12-27 |
| Movie | Oh, Susanna | Frog Millhouse | 1936-08-19 |
| Movie | The Big Show | Frog | 1936-11-16 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Jensen | 1935-08-30 |
| Movie | The Kids in the Shoe | Singing little boy | 1935-05-19 |
| Movie | The Phantom Empire | Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett) | 1935-02-22 |
| Movie | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Smiley | 1935-09-05 |
| Movie | Arizona Bad Man | Credits Singer | 1935-02-01 |
| Movie | Harmony Lane | Singer (uncredited) | 1935-10-22 |
| Movie | The Singing Vagabond | Frog | 1935-12-16 |
| Movie | Waterfront Lady | Musician | 1935-10-04 |
| Movie | The Sagebrush Troubadour | Frog Millhouse | 1935-12-02 |
| Movie | Melody Trail | Frog Millhouse | 1935-10-21 |
| Movie | In Old Santa Fe | Accordionist-Singer (uncredited) | 1934-11-15 |
| Movie | Mystery Mountain | Lake Teamster (ch's 6-7) (uncredited) | 1934-12-02 |