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Smiley Burnette
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American country music performer and comedic actor (1911–1967)
Film & TV
Summum, Illinois, USA
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…
Known for
- Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs — (archive footage)2000
- Gay, Gay Hollywood — Self1980
- Western von gestern — Frog Millhouse1978
- Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch — (archive footage)1976
- It's Showtime — Self (archive footage)1976
- Green Acres — Charley Pratt1965
- Petticoat Junction — Charley Pratt1963
- Goldtown Ghost Riders — Smiley Burnette1953
- On Top of Old Smoky — Smiley1953
- Pack Train — Smiley Burnette1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alvin
- Family name
- Burnett
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Encino
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.smileyburnette.org/Smiley/index.html
- Image
- Smiley Burnette in Oh, Susanna!.png
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1911-03-18
- date of death
- 1967-02-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Smiley Burnette
- birth name
- Lester Alvin Burnett
- start of work period
- 1933-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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