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Smiley Burnette

Acting Born Mar 18, 1911 Summum, Illinois, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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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Full filmography

  • Petticoat Junction (1963) as Charley Pratt
  • Green Acres (1965) as Charley Pratt
  • Green Acres (1965) as Charley Pratt (uncredited)
  • Western von gestern (1978) as Frog Millhouse
  • Sharad of Atlantis (1936) as Briny Deep
  • Idaho (1943) as Frog Millhouse
  • King of the Cowboys (1943) as Frog Millhouse
  • Laramie (1949) as Smiley Burnette
  • Renegades of the Sage (1949) as Smiley
  • South of the Border (1939) as Frog
  • It's Showtime (1976) as Self (archive footage)
  • Desert Vigilante (1949) as Smiley Burnette
  • Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935) as Smiley
  • Oh, Susanna (1936) as Frog Millhouse
  • Heart of the Rio Grande (1942) as Frog Millhouse
  • Silver Spurs (1943) as Frog Millhouse
  • Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) as Frog - Accordian Player
  • The Old Corral (1936) as Deputy Frog
  • Prairie Roundup (1951) as Smiley Burnette
  • Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976) as (archive footage)
  • Call of the Canyon (1942) as Frog Millhouse
  • Dick Tracy (1937) as Mike McGurk
  • Home on the Prairie (1939) as Frog Millhouse
  • Back in the Saddle (1941) as Frog Milhouse