Smiley Burnette
Actor, Film actor
1911 – 1967
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Who was Smiley Burnette?
Lester Alvin Burnett, 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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- Born
- Mar 18, 1911
Summum, Illinois - Also known as
- Lester Alvin Burnett
- George 'Smiley' Burnette
- Lester 'Smiley' Burnette
- Lester 'Smiley' Burnett
- Ole Frog
- Lester Alvin Burnette
- 'Smiley' Burnette
- Lester A. Burnett
- Spouses
- Dallas McDonald
(1940 - 1967/02/16)
- Dallas McDonald
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 16, 1967
Encino - Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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