Smiley Burnette

from Summum, Illinois, USA

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Biography

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.

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Timeline

2000Aged 89

  • Poster for Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

    (archive footage)

1980Aged 69

  • Poster for Gay, Gay Hollywood

    Self

1976Aged 65

  • Poster for It's Showtime

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

    (archive footage)

1953Aged 42

  • Poster for Winning of the West

    Smiley

  • Poster for On Top of Old Smoky

    Smiley

  • Poster for Goldtown Ghost Riders

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Pack Train

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Saginaw Trail

    Smiley

1952Aged 41

  • Poster for Smoky Canyon

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for The Hawk of Wild River

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Laramie Mountains

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for The Rough, Tough West

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Junction City

    Smiley

  • Poster for The Kid from Broken Gun

    Smiley Burnette

1951Aged 40

  • Poster for Prairie Roundup

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Ridin' the Outlaw Trail

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Fort Savage Raiders

    Smiley

  • Poster for Whirlwind

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Snake River Desperadoes

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Bonanza Town

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Cyclone Fury

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for The Kid from Amarillo

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Pecos River

    Smiley Burnette

1950Aged 39

  • Poster for Trail of the Rustlers

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Outcast of Black Mesa

    Smiley

  • Poster for Texas Dynamo

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Streets of Ghost Town

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Across the Badlands

    Smiley

  • Poster for Raiders of Tomahawk Creek

    Smiley

  • Poster for Lightning Guns

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Frontier Outpost

    Smiley Burnette

1949Aged 38

  • Poster for Challenge of the Range

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Desert Vigilante

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Laramie

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for The Blazing Trail

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for South of Death Valley

    Self

  • Poster for Bandits of El Dorado

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Horsemen of the Sierras

    Sheriff Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Renegades of the Sage

    Smiley

1948Aged 37

  • Poster for Six-Gun Law

    Smiley

  • Poster for Phantom Valley

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for West of Sonora

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Whirlwind Raiders

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Blazing Across the Pecos

    Marshal Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Trail to Laredo

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for El Dorado Pass

    Smiley

  • Poster for Quick on the Trigger

    Smiley

1947Aged 36

  • Poster for South of the Chisholm Trail

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for The Lone Hand Texan

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for West of Dodge City

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Law of the Canyon

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Prairie Raiders

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for The Stranger From Ponca City

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Riders of the Lone Star

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Buckaroo from Powder River

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Last Days of Boot Hill

    Smiley Burnette

1946Aged 35

  • Poster for Roaring Rangers

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Gunning for Vengeance

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Galloping Thunder

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Two-Fisted Stranger

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for The Desert Horseman

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Heading West

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Landrush

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Terror Trail

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for The Fighting Frontiersman

    Smiley Burnette

1944Aged 33

  • Poster for Pride of the Plains

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Beneath Western Skies

    Sheriff Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for The Laramie Trail

    Frog

  • Poster for Call of the Rockies

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Bordertown Trail

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Code of the Prairie

    Frog

  • Poster for Firebrands of Arizona

    Frog / Beefsteak Discoe

1943Aged 32

  • Poster for Idaho

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for King of the Cowboys

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Silver Spurs

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Beyond the Last Frontier

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Raiders of Sunset Pass

    Frog Millhouse

1942Aged 31

  • Poster for Cowboy Serenade

    Frog

  • Poster for Heart of the Rio Grande

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Home in Wyomin'

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Stardust on the Sage

    Frog

  • Poster for Call of the Canyon

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Bells of Capistrano

    Frog

  • Poster for Heart of the Golden West

    Frog

1941Aged 30

  • Poster for Ridin' on a Rainbow

    Frog

  • Poster for Back in the Saddle

    Frog Milhouse

  • Poster for The Singing Hill

    Frog

  • Poster for Sunset in Wyoming

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Under Fiesta Stars

    Frog

  • Poster for Down Mexico Way

    Frog

  • Poster for Sierra Sue

    Frog Millhouse

1940Aged 29

  • Poster for Rancho Grande

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Radio Ranch

    Oscar (archive footage)

  • Poster for Gaucho Serenade

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Carolina Moon

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

    Frog Millhouse

1939Aged 28

  • Poster for Home on the Prairie

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Mexicali Rose

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Blue Montana Skies

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for S.O.S Tidal Wave

    Voice of Felix the Dummy

  • Poster for Mountain Rhythm

    Frog Milhouse

  • Poster for Colorado Sunset

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for In Old Monterey

    Frog

  • Poster for Rovin' Tumbleweeds

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for South of the Border

    Frog

1938Aged 27

  • Poster for The Old Barn Dance

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Hollywood Stadium Mystery

    Smiley Burnette

  • Poster for Under Western Stars

    Frog

  • Poster for Gold Mine in the Sky

    Frog

  • Poster for Man from Music Mountain

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Billy The Kid Returns

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Prairie Moon

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Rhythm of the Saddle

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Western Jamboree

    Frog Millhouse

1937Aged 26

  • Poster for Larceny on the Air

    Jimmy

  • Poster for Dick Tracy

    Mike McGurk

  • Poster for Round-Up Time in Texas

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Git Along Little Dogies

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

    Frog Milhouse

  • Poster for Public Cowboy No. 1

    Helen Morgan

  • Poster for Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

    Colonel Millhouse

  • Poster for Meet the Boy Friend

    Band Leader

  • Poster for Boots and Saddles

    Frog

  • Poster for Springtime in the Rockies

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    Frog - Accordian Player

1936Aged 25

  • Poster for Red River Valley

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Doughnuts and Society

    Mover #2

  • Poster for Comin' 'Round the Mountain

    Frog

  • Poster for The Singing Cowboy

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Hearts in Bondage

    Rammer

  • Poster for Sharad of Atlantis

    Briny Deep

  • Poster for The Border Patrolman

    Chuck Owens

  • Poster for Guns and Guitars

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Oh, Susanna

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for The Big Show

    Frog

  • Poster for Ride, Ranger, Ride

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for The Old Corral

    Deputy Frog

  • Poster for A Man Betrayed

    Hillbilly

1935Aged 24

  • Poster for Arizona Bad Man

    Credits Singer

  • Poster for The Phantom Empire

    Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett)

  • Poster for The Kids in the Shoe

    Singing little boy

  • Poster for The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

    Jensen

  • Poster for Tumbling Tumbleweeds

    Smiley

  • Poster for Waterfront Lady

    Musician

  • Poster for Melody Trail

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for Harmony Lane

    Singer (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Sagebrush Troubadour

    Frog Millhouse

  • Poster for The Singing Vagabond

    Frog

1934Aged 23

  • Poster for In Old Santa Fe

    Accordionist-Singer (uncredited)

  • Poster for Mystery Mountain

    Lake Teamster (ch's 6-7) (uncredited)

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