Smiley Burnette
Birthday
1911/03/18
Day of death
1967/02/16 (55 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Summum, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Lester 'Smiley' Burnett, 'Smiley' Burnette, George 'Smiley' Burnette, Lester 'Smiley' Burnette, Lester Alvin Burnette, Ole Frog, Lester Alvin Burnett
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...Read more
Acting
(2000) Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
(1936) Ride, Ranger, Ride
as Frog Millhouse
(1937) Boots and Saddles
as Frog
(1937) Springtime in the Rockies
as Frog Millhouse
(1936) Red River Valley
as Frog Millhouse
(1938) Billy The Kid Returns
as Frog Millhouse
(1936) The Big Show
as Frog
(1939) South of the Border
as Frog
(1938) Under Western Stars
as Frog
(1936) The Old Corral
as Deputy Frog
(1936) Oh, Susanna
as Frog Millhouse
(1943) King of the Cowboys
as Frog Millhouse
(1935) The Kids in the Shoe
as Singing little boy
(1950) Streets of Ghost Town
as Smiley Burnette
(1937) Git Along Little Dogies
as Frog Millhouse
(1942) Heart of the Rio Grande
as Frog Millhouse
(1941) Down Mexico Way
as Frog
(1942) Heart of the Golden West
as Frog
(1937) Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
as Frog Milhouse
(1938) The Old Barn Dance
as Frog Millhouse
(1942) Call of the Canyon
as Frog Millhouse
(1938) Man from Music Mountain
as Frog Millhouse
(1936) Guns and Guitars
as Frog Millhouse
(1937) Dick Tracy
as Mike McGurk
(1942) Stardust on the Sage
as Frog
(1936) The Singing Cowboy
as Frog Millhouse
(1951) Whirlwind
as Smiley Burnette
(1953) Goldtown Ghost Riders
as Smiley Burnette
(1934) In Old Santa Fe
as Accordionist-Singer (uncredited)
(1941) Back in the Saddle
as Frog Milhouse
(1941) Sunset in Wyoming
as Frog Millhouse
(1937) Larceny on the Air
as Jimmy
(1953) On Top of Old Smoky
as Smiley
(1944) Code of the Prairie
as Frog
(1935) The Singing Vagabond
as Frog
(1943) Idaho
as Frog Millhouse
(1944) Call of the Rockies
as Frog Millhouse
(1940) Rancho Grande
as Frog Millhouse
(1935) The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
as Jensen
(1937) Public Cowboy No. 1
as Helen Morgan
(1936) The Border Patrolman
as Chuck Owens
(1944) The Laramie Trail
as Frog
(1935) Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Smiley
(1935) The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Frog Millhouse
(1936) A Man Betrayed
as Hillbilly
(1935) Melody Trail
as Frog Millhouse
(1936) Comin' 'Round the Mountain
as Frog
(1941) Ridin' on a Rainbow
as Frog
(1976) Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
(1939) In Old Monterey
as Frog
(1937) Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
as Colonel Millhouse
(1938) Gold Mine in the Sky
as Frog
(1938) Rhythm of the Saddle
as Frog Millhouse
(1938) Western Jamboree
as Frog Millhouse
(1937) Meet the Boy Friend
as Band Leader
(1943) Raiders of Sunset Pass
as Frog Millhouse
(1943) Silver Spurs
as Frog Millhouse
(1938) Hollywood Stadium Mystery
as Smiley Burnette
(1942) Home in Wyomin'
as Frog Millhouse
(1940) Carolina Moon
as Frog Millhouse
(1948) Blazing Across the Pecos
as Marshal Smiley Burnette
(1949) Challenge of the Range
as Smiley Burnette
(1938) Prairie Moon
as Frog Millhouse
(1943) Beyond the Last Frontier
as Frog Millhouse
(1939) Mountain Rhythm
as Frog Milhouse
(1936) Doughnuts and Society
as Mover #2
(1941) The Singing Hill
as Frog
(1944) Pride of the Plains
as Frog Millhouse
(1944) Firebrands of Arizona
as Frog / Beefsteak Discoe
(1940) Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
as Frog Millhouse
(1953) Pack Train
as Smiley Burnette
(1939) Mexicali Rose
as Frog Millhouse
(1952) The Rough, Tough West
as Smiley Burnette
(1942) Bells of Capistrano
as Frog
(1939) Home on the Prairie
as Frog Millhouse
(1950) Frontier Outpost
as Smiley Burnette
(1951) Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
as Smiley Burnette
(1951) Pecos River
as Smiley Burnette
(1940) Men with Steel Faces
as Oscar (archive footage)
(1941) Sierra Sue
as Frog Millhouse
(1948) Whirlwind Raiders
as Smiley Burnette
(1939) Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Frog Millhouse
(1948) Quick on the Trigger
as Smiley
(1939) Blue Montana Skies
as Frog Millhouse
(1948) Phantom Valley
as Smiley Burnette
(1935) Harmony Lane
as Singer (uncredited)
(1937) Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
as Frog - Accordian Player
(1941) Under Fiesta Stars
as Frog
(1940) Gaucho Serenade
as Frog Millhouse
(1944) Bordertown Trail
as Frog Millhouse
(1946) Two-Fisted Stranger
as Smiley Burnette
(1946) The Desert Horseman
as Smiley Burnette
(1946) Heading West
as Smiley Burnette
(1946) Landrush
as Smiley Burnette
(1946) The Fighting Frontiersman
as Smiley Burnette
(1947) South of the Chisholm Trail
as Smiley Burnette
(1947) The Lone Hand Texan
as Smiley Burnette
(1947) West of Dodge City
as Smiley Burnette
(1947) Law of the Canyon
as Smiley Burnette
(1947) Prairie Raiders
as Smiley Burnette
(1947) The Stranger From Ponca City
as Smiley Burnette
(1947) Riders of the Lone Star
as Smiley Burnette
(1947) Buckaroo from Powder River
as Smiley Burnette
(1947) Last Days of Boot Hill
as Smiley Burnette
(1948) West of Sonora
as Smiley Burnette
(1948) Trail to Laredo
as Smiley Burnette
(1949) Desert Vigilante
as Smiley Burnette
(1949) Laramie
as Smiley Burnette
(1949) The Blazing Trail
as Smiley Burnette
(1949) South of Death Valley
as Self
(1952) The Hawk of Wild River
as Smiley Burnette
(1952) Smoky Canyon
as Smiley Burnette
(1951) Prairie Roundup
as Smiley Burnette
(1949) Bandits of El Dorado
as Smiley Burnette
(1946) Terror Trail
as Smiley Burnette
(1951) Bonanza Town
as Smiley Burnette
(1950) Trail of the Rustlers
as Smiley Burnette
(1951) Snake River Desperadoes
as Smiley Burnette
(1952) The Kid from Broken Gun
as Smiley Burnette
(1946) Roaring Rangers
as Smiley Burnette
(1946) Gunning for Vengeance
as Smiley Burnette
(1946) Galloping Thunder
as Smiley Burnette
(1951) Cyclone Fury
as Smiley Burnette
(1952) Laramie Mountains
as Smiley Burnette
(1953) Saginaw Trail
as Smiley
(1934) Mystery Mountain
as Lake Teamster (ch's 6-7) (uncredited)
(1935) Waterfront Lady
as Musician
(1936) Sharad of Atlantis
as Briny Deep
(1936) Hearts in Bondage
as Rammer
(1950) Across the Badlands
as Smiley
(1952) Junction City
as Smiley
(1951) The Kid from Amarillo
as Smiley Burnette
(1951) Fort Savage Raiders
as Smiley
(1950) Texas Dynamo
as Smiley Burnette
(1950) Outcasts of Black Mesa
as Smiley
(1949) Renegades of the Sage
as Smiley
(1949) Horsemen of the Sierras
as Sheriff Smiley Burnette
(1948) El Dorado Pass
as Smiley
(1948) Six-Gun Law
as Smiley
(1950) Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
as Smiley
(1950) Lightning Guns
as Smiley Burnette
(1942) Cowboy Serenade
as Frog
(1944) Beneath Western Skies
as Sheriff Frog Millhouse
(1935) Arizona Bad Man
as Credits Singer
(1953) Winning of the West
as Smiley
(1935) The Phantom Empire
as Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett)
(1939) Colorado Sunset
as Frog Millhouse
(1976) It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1937) Round-Up Time in Texas
as Frog Millhouse
(1939) S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Voice of Felix the Dummy
(1965) Green Acres
as Charley Pratt
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Charley Pratt
(1978) Western von gestern
as Frog Millhouse
(1965) Green Acres
as Charley Pratt (uncredited)