Personal Info
Known Credits
150
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1911-03-18 (114 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Summum, Illinois, USA
Also Known For
Lester 'Smiley' Burnett'Smiley' BurnetteGeorge 'Smiley' BurnetteLester 'Smiley' BurnetteLester Alvin BurnetteOle FrogLester Alvin Burnett
Smiley Burnette
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 Pet ...
Known For
Acting
2000 --
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
| (archive footage)
1976 --
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
| (archive footage)
1976 --
It's Showtime
| Self (archive footage)
1953 --
Saginaw Trail
| Smiley
1953 --
Pack Train
| Smiley Burnette
1953 --
Goldtown Ghost Riders
| Smiley Burnette
1953 --
On Top of Old Smoky
| Smiley
1953 --
Winning of the West
| Smiley
1952 --
The Kid from Broken Gun
| Smiley Burnette
1952 --
Junction City
| Smiley
1952 --
The Rough, Tough West
| Smiley Burnette
1952 --
Laramie Mountains
| Smiley Burnette
1952 --
The Hawk of Wild River
| Smiley Burnette
1952 --
Smoky Canyon
| Smiley Burnette
1951 --
Pecos River
| Smiley Burnette
1951 --
The Kid from Amarillo
| Smiley Burnette
1951 --
Cyclone Fury
| Smiley Burnette
1951 --
Bonanza Town
| Smiley Burnette
1951 --
Snake River Desperadoes
| Smiley Burnette
1951 --
Whirlwind
| Smiley Burnette
1951 --
Fort Savage Raiders
| Smiley
1951 --
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
| Smiley Burnette
1951 --
Prairie Roundup
| Smiley Burnette
1950 --
Frontier Outpost
| Smiley Burnette
1950 --
Lightning Guns
| Smiley Burnette
1950 --
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
| Smiley
1950 --
Across the Badlands
| Smiley
1950 --
Streets of Ghost Town
| Smiley Burnette
1950 --
Texas Dynamo
| Smiley Burnette
1950 --
Outcasts of Black Mesa
| Smiley
1950 --
Trail of the Rustlers
| Smiley Burnette
1949 --
Renegades of the Sage
| Smiley
1949 --
Horsemen of the Sierras
| Sheriff Smiley Burnette
1949 --
Bandits of El Dorado
| Smiley Burnette
1949 --
South of Death Valley
| Self
1949 --
The Blazing Trail
| Smiley Burnette
1949 --
Laramie
| Smiley Burnette
1949 --
Desert Vigilante
| Smiley Burnette
1949 --
Challenge of the Range
| Smiley Burnette
1948 --
Quick on the Trigger
| Smiley
1948 --
El Dorado Pass
| Smiley
1948 --
Trail to Laredo
| Smiley Burnette
1948 --
Blazing Across the Pecos
| Marshal Smiley Burnette
1948 --
Whirlwind Raiders
| Smiley Burnette
1948 --
West of Sonora
| Smiley Burnette
1948 --
Phantom Valley
| Smiley Burnette
1948 --
Six-Gun Law
| Smiley
1947 --
Last Days of Boot Hill
| Smiley Burnette
1947 --
Buckaroo from Powder River
| Smiley Burnette
1947 --
Riders of the Lone Star
| Smiley Burnette
1947 --
The Stranger From Ponca City
| Smiley Burnette
1947 --
Prairie Raiders
| Smiley Burnette
1947 --
Law of the Canyon
| Smiley Burnette
1947 --
West of Dodge City
| Smiley Burnette
1947 --
The Lone Hand Texan
| Smiley Burnette
1947 --
South of the Chisholm Trail
| Smiley Burnette
1946 --
The Fighting Frontiersman
| Smiley Burnette
1946 --
Terror Trail
| Smiley Burnette
1946 --
Landrush
| Smiley Burnette
1946 --
Heading West
| Smiley Burnette
1946 --
The Desert Horseman
| Smiley Burnette
1946 --
Two-Fisted Stranger
| Smiley Burnette
1946 --
Galloping Thunder
| Smiley Burnette
1946 --
Gunning for Vengeance
| Smiley Burnette
1946 --
Roaring Rangers
| Smiley Burnette
1944 --
Firebrands of Arizona
| Frog / Beefsteak Discoe
1944 --
Code of the Prairie
| Frog
1944 --
Bordertown Trail
| Frog Millhouse
1944 --
Call of the Rockies
| Frog Millhouse
1944 --
The Laramie Trail
| Frog
1944 --
Beneath Western Skies
| Sheriff Frog Millhouse
1944 --
Pride of the Plains
| Frog Millhouse
1943 --
Raiders of Sunset Pass
| Frog Millhouse
1943 --
Beyond the Last Frontier
| Frog Millhouse
1943 --
Silver Spurs
| Frog Millhouse
1943 --
King of the Cowboys
| Frog Millhouse
1943 --
Idaho
| Frog Millhouse
1942 --
Heart of the Golden West
| Frog
1942 --
Bells of Capistrano
| Frog
1942 --
Call of the Canyon
| Frog Millhouse
1942 --
Stardust on the Sage
| Frog
1942 --
Home in Wyomin'
| Frog Millhouse
1942 --
Heart of the Rio Grande
| Frog Millhouse
1942 --
Cowboy Serenade
| Frog
1941 --
Sierra Sue
| Frog Millhouse
1941 --
Down Mexico Way
| Frog
1941 --
Under Fiesta Stars
| Frog
1941 --
Sunset in Wyoming
| Frog Millhouse
1941 --
The Singing Hill
| Frog
1941 --
Back in the Saddle
| Frog Milhouse
1941 --
Ridin' on a Rainbow
| Frog
1940 --
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
| Frog Millhouse
1940 --
Carolina Moon
| Frog Millhouse
1940 --
Gaucho Serenade
| Frog Millhouse
1940 --
Men with Steel Faces
| Oscar (archive footage)
1940 --
Rancho Grande
| Frog Millhouse
1939 --
South of the Border
| Frog
1939 --
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
| Frog Millhouse
1939 --
In Old Monterey
| Frog
1939 --
Colorado Sunset
| Frog Millhouse
1939 --
Mountain Rhythm
| Frog Milhouse
1939 --
S.O.S Tidal Wave
| Voice of Felix the Dummy
1939 --
Blue Montana Skies
| Frog Millhouse
1939 --
Mexicali Rose
| Frog Millhouse
1939 --
Home on the Prairie
| Frog Millhouse
1938 --
Western Jamboree
| Frog Millhouse
1938 --
Rhythm of the Saddle
| Frog Millhouse
1938 --
Prairie Moon
| Frog Millhouse
1938 --
Billy The Kid Returns
| Frog Millhouse
1938 --
Man from Music Mountain
| Frog Millhouse
1938 --
Gold Mine in the Sky
| Frog
1938 --
Under Western Stars
| Frog
1938 --
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
| Smiley Burnette
1938 --
The Old Barn Dance
| Frog Millhouse
1937 --
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
| Frog - Accordian Player
1937 --
Springtime in the Rockies
| Frog Millhouse
1937 --
Boots and Saddles
| Frog
1937 --
Meet the Boy Friend
| Band Leader
1937 --
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
| Colonel Millhouse
1937 --
Public Cowboy No. 1
| Helen Morgan
1937 --
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
| Frog Milhouse
1937 --
Git Along Little Dogies
| Frog Millhouse
1937 --
Round-Up Time in Texas
| Frog Millhouse
1937 --
Dick Tracy
| Mike McGurk
1937 --
Larceny on the Air
| Jimmy
1936 --
A Man Betrayed
| Hillbilly
1936 --
The Old Corral
| Deputy Frog
1936 --
Ride, Ranger, Ride
| Frog Millhouse
1936 --
The Big Show
| Frog
1936 --
Oh, Susanna
| Frog Millhouse
1936 --
Guns and Guitars
| Frog Millhouse
1936 --
The Border Patrolman
| Chuck Owens
1936 --
Sharad of Atlantis
| Briny Deep
1936 --
Hearts in Bondage
| Rammer
1936 --
The Singing Cowboy
| Frog Millhouse
1936 --
Comin' 'Round the Mountain
| Frog
1936 --
Doughnuts and Society
| Mover #2
1936 --
Red River Valley
| Frog Millhouse
1935 --
The Singing Vagabond
| Frog
1935 --
The Sagebrush Troubadour
| Frog Millhouse
1935 --
Harmony Lane
| Singer (uncredited)
1935 --
Melody Trail
| Frog Millhouse
1935 --
Waterfront Lady
| Musician
1935 --
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
| Smiley
1935 --
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
| Jensen
1935 --
The Kids in the Shoe
| Singing little boy
1935 --
The Phantom Empire
| Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett)
1935 --
Arizona Bad Man
| Credits Singer
1934 --
Mystery Mountain
| Lake Teamster (ch's 6-7) (uncredited)
1934 --
In Old Santa Fe
| Accordionist-Singer (uncredited)