Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

154

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-03-18

Deathday

1967-02-16 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Summum, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Lester 'Smiley' Burnett
'Smiley' Burnette
George 'Smiley' Burnette
Lester 'Smiley' Burnette
Lester Alvin Burnette
Ole Frog
Lester 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 Petticoat Junction in the 1960s.

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Acting

2000

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs as (archive footage)

1978

Western von gestern as Frog Millhouse

1976		Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)
1976		It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)

1965		Green Acres as Charley Pratt
1965		Green Acres as Charley Pratt (uncredited)

1963

Petticoat Junction as Charley Pratt

1953		Saginaw Trail as Smiley
1953		Pack Train as Smiley Burnette
1953		Goldtown Ghost Riders as Smiley Burnette
1953		On Top of Old Smoky as Smiley
1953		Winning of the West as Smiley

1952		The Kid from Broken Gun as Smiley Burnette
1952		Junction City as Smiley
1952		The Rough, Tough West as Smiley Burnette
1952		Laramie Mountains as Smiley Burnette
1952		The Hawk of Wild River as Smiley Burnette
1952		Smoky Canyon as Smiley Burnette

1951		Pecos River as Smiley Burnette
1951		The Kid from Amarillo as Smiley Burnette
1951		Cyclone Fury as Smiley Burnette
1951		Bonanza Town as Smiley Burnette
1951		Snake River Desperadoes as Smiley Burnette
1951		Whirlwind as Smiley Burnette
1951		Fort Savage Raiders as Smiley
1951		Ridin' the Outlaw Trail as Smiley Burnette
1951		Prairie Roundup as Smiley Burnette

1950		Frontier Outpost as Smiley Burnette
1950		Lightning Guns as Smiley Burnette
1950		Raiders of Tomahawk Creek as Smiley
1950		Across the Badlands as Smiley
1950		Streets of Ghost Town as Smiley Burnette
1950		Texas Dynamo as Smiley Burnette
1950		Outcasts of Black Mesa as Smiley
1950		Trail of the Rustlers as Smiley Burnette

1949		Renegades of the Sage as Smiley
1949		Horsemen of the Sierras as Sheriff Smiley Burnette
1949		Bandits of El Dorado as Smiley Burnette
1949		South of Death Valley as Self
1949		The Blazing Trail as Smiley Burnette
1949		Laramie as Smiley Burnette
1949		Desert Vigilante as Smiley Burnette
1949		Challenge of the Range as Smiley Burnette

1948		Quick on the Trigger as Smiley
1948		El Dorado Pass as Smiley
1948		Trail to Laredo as Smiley Burnette
1948		Blazing Across the Pecos as Marshal Smiley Burnette
1948		Whirlwind Raiders as Smiley Burnette
1948		West of Sonora as Smiley Burnette
1948		Phantom Valley as Smiley Burnette
1948		Six-Gun Law as Smiley

1947		Last Days of Boot Hill as Smiley Burnette
1947		Buckaroo from Powder River as Smiley Burnette
1947		Riders of the Lone Star as Smiley Burnette
1947		The Stranger From Ponca City as Smiley Burnette
1947		Prairie Raiders as Smiley Burnette
1947		Law of the Canyon as Smiley Burnette
1947		West of Dodge City as Smiley Burnette
1947		The Lone Hand Texan as Smiley Burnette
1947		South of the Chisholm Trail as Smiley Burnette

1946		The Fighting Frontiersman as Smiley Burnette
1946		Terror Trail as Smiley Burnette
1946		Landrush as Smiley Burnette
1946		Heading West as Smiley Burnette
1946		The Desert Horseman as Smiley Burnette
1946		Two-Fisted Stranger as Smiley Burnette
1946		Galloping Thunder as Smiley Burnette
1946		Gunning for Vengeance as Smiley Burnette
1946		Roaring Rangers as Smiley Burnette

1944		Firebrands of Arizona as Frog / Beefsteak Discoe
1944		Code of the Prairie as Frog
1944		Bordertown Trail as Frog Millhouse
1944		Call of the Rockies as Frog Millhouse
1944		The Laramie Trail as Frog
1944		Beneath Western Skies as Sheriff Frog Millhouse
1944		Pride of the Plains as Frog Millhouse

1943		Raiders of Sunset Pass as Frog Millhouse
1943		Beyond the Last Frontier as Frog Millhouse
1943		Silver Spurs as Frog Millhouse
1943		King of the Cowboys as Frog Millhouse
1943		Idaho as Frog Millhouse

1942		Heart of the Golden West as Frog
1942		Bells of Capistrano as Frog
1942		Call of the Canyon as Frog Millhouse
1942		Stardust on the Sage as Frog
1942		Home in Wyomin' as Frog Millhouse
1942		Heart of the Rio Grande as Frog Millhouse
1942		Cowboy Serenade as Frog

1941		Sierra Sue as Frog Millhouse
1941		Down Mexico Way as Frog
1941		Under Fiesta Stars as Frog
1941		Sunset in Wyoming as Frog Millhouse
1941		The Singing Hill as Frog
1941		Back in the Saddle as Frog Milhouse
1941		Ridin' on a Rainbow as Frog

1940		Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride as Frog Millhouse
1940		Carolina Moon as Frog Millhouse
1940		Gaucho Serenade as Frog Millhouse
1940		Men with Steel Faces as Oscar (archive footage)
1940		Rancho Grande as Frog Millhouse

1939		South of the Border as Frog
1939		Rovin' Tumbleweeds as Frog Millhouse
1939		In Old Monterey as Frog
1939		Colorado Sunset as Frog Millhouse
1939		Mountain Rhythm as Frog Milhouse
1939		S.O.S Tidal Wave as Voice of Felix the Dummy
1939		Blue Montana Skies as Frog Millhouse
1939		Mexicali Rose as Frog Millhouse
1939		Home on the Prairie as Frog Millhouse

1938		Western Jamboree as Frog Millhouse
1938		Rhythm of the Saddle as Frog Millhouse
1938		Prairie Moon as Frog Millhouse
1938		Billy The Kid Returns as Frog Millhouse
1938		Man from Music Mountain as Frog Millhouse
1938		Gold Mine in the Sky as Frog
1938		Under Western Stars as Frog
1938		Hollywood Stadium Mystery as Smiley Burnette
1938		The Old Barn Dance as Frog Millhouse

1937		Manhattan Merry-Go-Round as Frog - Accordian Player
1937		Springtime in the Rockies as Frog Millhouse
1937		Boots and Saddles as Frog
1937		Meet the Boy Friend as Band Leader
1937		Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge as Colonel Millhouse
1937		Public Cowboy No. 1 as Helen Morgan
1937		Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm as Frog Milhouse
1937		Git Along Little Dogies as Frog Millhouse
1937		Round-Up Time in Texas as Frog Millhouse
1937		Dick Tracy as Mike McGurk
1937		Larceny on the Air as Jimmy

1936		A Man Betrayed as Hillbilly
1936		The Old Corral as Deputy Frog
1936		Ride, Ranger, Ride as Frog Millhouse
1936		The Big Show as Frog
1936		Oh, Susanna as Frog Millhouse
1936		Guns and Guitars as Frog Millhouse
1936		The Border Patrolman as Chuck Owens
1936		Sharad of Atlantis as Briny Deep
1936		Hearts in Bondage as Rammer
1936		The Singing Cowboy as Frog Millhouse
1936		Comin' 'Round the Mountain as Frog
1936		Doughnuts and Society as Mover #2
1936		Red River Valley as Frog Millhouse

1935		The Singing Vagabond as Frog
1935		The Sagebrush Troubadour as Frog Millhouse
1935		Harmony Lane as Singer (uncredited)
1935		Melody Trail as Frog Millhouse
1935		Waterfront Lady as Musician
1935		Tumbling Tumbleweeds as Smiley
1935		The Adventures of Rex and Rinty as Jensen
1935		The Kids in the Shoe as Singing little boy
1935		The Phantom Empire as Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett)
1935		Arizona Bad Man as Credits Singer

1934		Mystery Mountain as Lake Teamster (ch's 6-7) (uncredited)
1934		In Old Santa Fe as Accordionist-Singer (uncredited)

Sound

1937

Meet the Boy Friend as Songs