Personal Information

Known ForActing

GenderMale

Born / DiedMar 18, 1911 (Died at 56)

Zodiac Sign♓Pisces

Place of BirthSummum, Illinois, USA

Career Span1934 – 1967

Known Credits154 Titles

Official Links

IMDb WWikidata

ActingPopularity Score 0.7

Smiley Burnette

Also known as:Lester 'Smiley' Burnett'Smiley' BurnetteGeorge 'Smiley' BurnetteLester 'Smiley' Burnette+3 more

Total Works

154

151 movies • 3 shows

Avg Rating

5.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

TMDB star index

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Smiley Burnette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Smiley Burnette's career

7.2

Green Acres

1965•series

as Charley Pratt

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 154 titles featuring Smiley Burnette

7.2

8 eps

Green Acres

1965•series

as Charley Pratt

5.9

140 eps

Petticoat Junction

1963•series

as Charley Pratt

5.8

Under Western Stars

1938•movie

as Frog

4.4

Sharad of Atlantis

1936•movie

as Briny Deep

5.8

The Phantom Empire

1935•movie

as Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett)

4.9

Billy The Kid Returns

1938•movie

as Frog Millhouse

6.2

Oh, Susanna

1936•movie

as Frog Millhouse

5.2

Dick Tracy

1937•movie

as Mike McGurk

4.9

Hearts in Bondage

1936•movie

as Rammer

5.5

Meet the Boy Friend

1937•movie

as Band Leader

6.2

Hollywood Stadium Mystery

1938•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.5

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

1937•movie

as Frog - Accordian Player

4.7

The Big Show

1936•movie

as Frog

6.0

King of the Cowboys

1943•movie

as Frog Millhouse

5.9

Ridin' on a Rainbow

1941•movie

as Frog

5.6

Radio Ranch

1940•movie

as Oscar (archive footage)

4.7

The Old Barn Dance

1938•movie

as Frog Millhouse

5.8

In Old Santa Fe

1934•movie

as Accordionist-Singer (uncredited)

4.8

Silver Spurs

1943•movie

as Frog Millhouse

4.5

Harmony Lane

1935•movie

as Singer (uncredited)

5.2

Ride, Ranger, Ride

1936•movie

as Frog Millhouse

5.8

The Kids in the Shoe

1935•movie

as Singing little boy

6.2

On Top of Old Smoky

1953•movie

as Smiley

6.2

Public Cowboy No. 1

1937•movie

as Helen Morgan

6.1

The Hawk of Wild River

1952•movie

as Smiley Burnette

5.5

Springtime in the Rockies

1937•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.5

The Old Corral

1936•movie

as Deputy Frog

7.0

Git Along Little Dogies

1937•movie

as Frog Millhouse

4.2

Heart of the Golden West

1942•movie

as Frog

5.8

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

1937•movie

as Frog Milhouse

6.0

Man from Music Mountain

1938•movie

as Frog Millhouse

5.5

Stardust on the Sage

1942•movie

as Frog

4.5

The Singing Cowboy

1936•movie

as Frog Millhouse

6.2

Idaho

1943•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.2

The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

1935•movie

as Jensen

6.4

The Sagebrush Troubadour

1935•movie

as Frog Millhouse

6.0

A Man Betrayed

1936•movie

as Hillbilly

5.2

Melody Trail

1935•movie

as Frog Millhouse

6.2

In Old Monterey

1939•movie

as Frog

5.8

Blazing Across the Pecos

1948•movie

as Marshal Smiley Burnette

6.5

Pack Train

1953•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.8

Laramie

1949•movie

as Smiley Burnette

4.9

Snake River Desperadoes

1951•movie

as Smiley Burnette

5.2

Waterfront Lady

1935•movie

as Musician

7.8

Round-Up Time in Texas

1937•movie

as Frog Millhouse

6.8

S.O.S Tidal Wave

1939•movie

as Voice of Felix the Dummy

6.0

Red River Valley

1936•movie

as Frog Millhouse

5.8

Guns and Guitars

1936•movie

as Frog Millhouse

6.0

Back in the Saddle

1941•movie

as Frog Milhouse

6.3

Call of the Rockies

1944•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.2

The Border Patrolman

1936•movie

as Chuck Owens

7.5

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

1935•movie

as Smiley

6.7

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

1937•movie

as Colonel Millhouse

7.0

The Rough, Tough West

1952•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Bells of Capistrano

1942•movie

as Frog

5.7

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

1939•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.0

Riders of the Lone Star

1947•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.3

Bonanza Town

1951•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.3

Trail of the Rustlers

1950•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.0

The Kid from Broken Gun

1952•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.0

Winning of the West

1953•movie

as Smiley

7.7

1 eps

Western von gestern

1978•series

as Frog Millhouse

6.5

Boots and Saddles

1937•movie

as Frog

6.0

South of the Border

1939•movie

as Frog

7.0

Streets of Ghost Town

1950•movie

as Smiley Burnette

9.0

Heart of the Rio Grande

1942•movie

as Frog Millhouse

8.5

Call of the Canyon

1942•movie

as Frog Millhouse

6.0

Whirlwind

1951•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.5

Goldtown Ghost Riders

1953•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Larceny on the Air

1937•movie

as Jimmy

7.5

The Singing Vagabond

1935•movie

as Frog

6.0

Rancho Grande

1940•movie

as Frog Millhouse

8.5

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976•movie

as (archive footage)

7.0

Western Jamboree

1938•movie

as Frog Millhouse

8.5

Home in Wyomin'

1942•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.5

Carolina Moon

1940•movie

as Frog Millhouse

6.5

Challenge of the Range

1949•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.0

Mountain Rhythm

1939•movie

as Frog Milhouse

8.0

Firebrands of Arizona

1944•movie

as Frog / Beefsteak Discoe

5.5

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

1940•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.0

Mexicali Rose

1939•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.5

Home on the Prairie

1939•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.0

Pecos River

1951•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.5

Whirlwind Raiders

1948•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.5

Quick on the Trigger

1948•movie

as Smiley

4.5

Blue Montana Skies

1939•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.5

Phantom Valley

1948•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.5

Gaucho Serenade

1940•movie

as Frog Millhouse

6.0

Two-Fisted Stranger

1946•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

The Fighting Frontiersman

1946•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.5

The Lone Hand Texan

1947•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.5

The Stranger From Ponca City

1947•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

West of Sonora

1948•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.0

Trail to Laredo

1948•movie

as Smiley Burnette

5.5

The Blazing Trail

1949•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

South of Death Valley

1949•movie

as Self

7.5

Smoky Canyon

1952•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.0

Roaring Rangers

1946•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Galloping Thunder

1946•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.5

Gunning for Vengeance

1946•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.5

Laramie Mountains

1952•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.0

Cyclone Fury

1951•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.5

Mystery Mountain

1934•movie

as Lake Teamster (ch's 6-7) (uncredited)

6.5

Saginaw Trail

1953•movie

as Smiley

7.0

Junction City

1952•movie

as Smiley

6.5

Lightning Guns

1950•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.5

Six-Gun Law

1948•movie

as Smiley

6.5

Cowboy Serenade

1942•movie

as Frog

7.5

Beneath Western Skies

1944•movie

as Sheriff Frog Millhouse

6.5

Arizona Bad Man

1935•movie

as Credits Singer

7.0

Colorado Sunset

1939•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.5

It's Showtime

1976•movie

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

2000•movie

as (archive footage)

10.0

Down Mexico Way

1941•movie

as Frog

7.0

Sunset in Wyoming

1941•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.0

Code of the Prairie

1944•movie

as Frog

7.0

The Laramie Trail

1944•movie

as Frog

9.0

Comin' 'Round the Mountain

1936•movie

as Frog

9.0

Gold Mine in the Sky

1938•movie

as Frog

10.0

Rhythm of the Saddle

1938•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.0

Raiders of Sunset Pass

1943•movie

as Frog Millhouse

9.0

Beyond the Last Frontier

1943•movie

as Frog Millhouse

10.0

Prairie Moon

1938•movie

as Frog Millhouse

8.0

Doughnuts and Society

1936•movie

as Mover #2

9.0

The Singing Hill

1941•movie

as Frog

9.0

Pride of the Plains

1944•movie

as Frog Millhouse

7.0

Frontier Outpost

1950•movie

as Smiley Burnette

10.0

Ridin' the Outlaw Trail

1951•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Sierra Sue

1941•movie

as Frog Millhouse

9.0

Under Fiesta Stars

1941•movie

as Frog

9.0

Bordertown Trail

1944•movie

as Frog Millhouse

9.0

Landrush

1946•movie

as Smiley Burnette

10.0

South of the Chisholm Trail

1947•movie

as Smiley Burnette

10.0

The Desert Horseman

1946•movie

as Smiley Burnette

6.5

Prairie Raiders

1947•movie

as Smiley Burnette

8.0

Heading West

1946•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

West of Dodge City

1947•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Law of the Canyon

1947•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Buckaroo from Powder River

1947•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Last Days of Boot Hill

1947•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Desert Vigilante

1949•movie

as Smiley Burnette

8.0

Prairie Roundup

1951•movie

as Smiley Burnette

10.0

Bandits of El Dorado

1949•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Terror Trail

1946•movie

as Smiley Burnette

7.0

Across the Badlands

1950•movie

as Smiley

7.0

The Kid from Amarillo

1951•movie

as Smiley Burnette

9.0

Fort Savage Raiders

1951•movie

as Smiley

7.0

Texas Dynamo

1950•movie

as Smiley Burnette

10.0

El Dorado Pass

1948•movie

as Smiley

9.0

Raiders of Tomahawk Creek

1950•movie

as Smiley

7.0

Horsemen of the Sierras

1949•movie

as Sheriff Smiley Burnette

9.0

Outcasts of Black Mesa

1950•movie

as Smiley

9.0

Renegades of the Sage

1949•movie

as Smiley

Gay, Gay Hollywood

1980•movie

as Self