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Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), 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.
Smiley Burnette. Actor: Galloping Thunder. Smiley worked on a local radio station and in Vaudeville after high school. Always interested in music, he was friends with Gene Autry and worked with him on the radio show "The National Barn Dance".
- March 18, 1911
- February 16, 1967
Smiley Burnette. Actor: Galloping Thunder. Smiley worked on a local radio station and in Vaudeville after high school. Always interested in music, he was friends with Gene Autry and worked with him on the radio show "The National Barn Dance".
- January 1, 1
- Summum, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
Smiley Burnette was a native of Illinois. In fact, he had never been west of the Illinois borders until he and Gene Autry came out to California to find out what Movies might have to offer two musicians/songwriters/singers. Smiley's talents were extremely diverse.
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Aug 19, 2009 · March 18, 1911 - February 16, 1967 Singing Cowboy: Smiley Burnette was most famous for being Gene Autry's sidekick and the character "Frog Millhouse". He was a fine musician too and wrote some 300 songs.
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Smiley Burnette (1911 - 1967) سمايلي بورنيت. Biography. An American actor and country music performer, born in Summum, Illinois, USA as Lester Alvin Burnette. He started singing when he was a child and learned to play a variety of instruments by ear, and in his teens, he worked in vaudeville, began his radio work in 1929, and ...Read more.
