Smiley Burnette
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.
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🎬 Movies
Smoky Canyon
actor
1952
The Laramie Trail
actor
1944
Silver Spurs
actor
1943
King of the Cowboys
actor
1943
Idaho
actor
1943
Bells of Capistrano
actor
1942
Call of the Canyon
actor
1942
Stardust on the Sage
actor
1942
Home in Wyomin'
actor
1942
Heart of the Rio Grande
actor
1942
Cowboy Serenade
actor
1942
Sierra Sue
actor
1941
Down Mexico Way
actor
1941
Under Fiesta Stars
actor
1941
Sunset in Wyoming
actor
1941
The Singing Hill
actor
1941
Back in the Saddle
actor
1941
Ridin' on a Rainbow
actor
1941
S.O.S Tidal Wave
actor
1939
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
actor
1937
The Old Corral
actor
1936
Sharad of Atlantis
actor
1936
The Singing Vagabond
actor
1935
The Kids in the Shoe
actor
1935
Arizona Bad Man
actor
1935