Lester Alvin Burnett, better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who is reported to have played proficiently over 100 musical instruments, sometimes more than one simultaneously. His career, beginning in 1934, spanned four decades, including a regular role on CBS-TV's Petticoat Junction in the 1960s.
Smiley Burnette
Active - 1934 - 2018 |
Birth - Mar 18, 1911 |
Death - Feb 16, 1967 |
Genres - Western, Action-Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Music
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Subgenres - Western Film, Historical Film, Animated Short, Biographical Film, Boxing Film
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'Smiley' Burnette, George 'Smiley' Burnette, Lester 'Smiley' Burnett, Lester 'Smiley' Burnette, Lester Alvin Burnette, Ole Frog-
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