Smiley Burnette

American country music performer and comedic actor (1911–1967)

Lester Alvin Burnett, 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. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who is reported to have played proficiently over 100 musical instruments, sometimes more than one 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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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 54 films (1935–1953) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 71 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1935	Tumbling tumbleweeds.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1936	A MAN BETRAYED.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels		B&W
1936	COMIN' ROUND THE MOUNTAIN.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels		B&W
1936	Guns and guitars.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1936	Man of the Frontier	B. Reeves Eason
1936	Oh, Susanna!	Oliver Drake, Smiley Burnette, Gene Autry, Joseph Kane, Nat Levine	18:10	16mm	B&W	sound
1936	Red River Valley.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1936	RIDE, RANGER, RIDE.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels		B&W
1936	The old corral.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1936	The singing cowboy.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	Boots and saddles.	Republic Pictures Corporation	1875	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	Git along little dogies.	Republic Pictures Corp	8 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	MANHATTAN MERRY-GO-ROUND.	Republic Pictures Corp	10 reels		B&W
1937	Public cowboy no. 1.	Republic Pictures Corporation	1825	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	Rootin' tootin' rhythm.	Republic Pictures Corp	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	Round-up time in Texas.	Republic Pictures Corp	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	Springtime in the rockies.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	Yodelin' kid from Pine Ridge.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	Gold mine in the sky.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	Man from music mountain.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	Prairie moon.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	Rhythm of the saddle.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	The Big Show.	No company name found.	8 reels	16mm	B&W	silent
1938	The old barn dance.	Republic Pictures Corp	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	Under western stars.	Republic Pictures Corp	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	Western jamboree.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	Blue Montana skies.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	Home on the prairie.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	In old Monterey.	Republic Pictures Corp	8 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	Mexicali rose.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	MOUNTAIN RHYTHM.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels		B&W
1939	Rovin' tumbleweeds.	Republic Pictures Corp	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	South Of The Border.	Autry Qualified Interest Trust & The Autry Foundation	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1940	Carolina Moon.	Republic Pictures Corporation	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	Back In The Saddle.	Autry Qualified Interest Trust & The Autry Foundation	8 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	CALL OF THE CANYON	Minoco Productions		16mm	B&W	sound
1941	Carolina Moon.	Frank McDonald	1 reel	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	Down Mexico Way.	Joseph Santley	8 reels		B&W
1941	Sunset In Wyoming.	Republic Pictures Corporation	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	Under Fiesta Stars.	Autry Qualified Interest Trust & The Autry Foundation	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	Call Of The Canyon.	Republic Pictures Corporation	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	Rancho Grande.	Republic Pictures Corporation	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	Rancho Grande.	Frank McDonald	1 reel	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	Stardust On The Sage.	Republic Pictures Corporation	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1943	Beyond The Last Frontier.	Howard Bretherton	6 reels		B&W
1944	Bordertown Trail.	Lesley Selander	6 reels		Color & B&W
1944	Call Of The Rockies.	Lesley Selander	6 reels		Color & B&W
1944	Code Of The Prairie.	Spencer Gordon Bennet	6 reels		Color
1944	Firebrands Of Arizona.	Lesley Selander	6 reels		Color & B&W
1946	The land rush	Columbia ; producer, Colbert Clark ; director, Vernon Keays.	44	16mm	B&W	sound