Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, …

Smiley was the first supporting actor to regularly appear on the Top Ten Western money-maker list. He became well known for his white horse with the black circle around one eye.

Oct 18, 2023 · 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, Roy Rogers, and other B-movie …

Smiley was called everything from Smoky Burnette, Frog Sawmill, Smiley Birdsnest, to even Smelly. This always tickled Smiley and his reply would be “They can call me anything they like as long as …

Smiley Burnette created the Western music standard "Ridin' Down the Canyon" and was a prolific composer of songs for Hollywood's singing-cowboy Westerns. He also wrote many novelty songs for …

The rotund and rubber-faced Lester Alvin “Smiley” Burnette–musician, singer, composer and slapstick comedian–was one of the most popular B-western performers of the 1930s and 1940s, one of the …

Singer-songwriter Smiley Burnette wrote more than 300 songs and sang a significant number of them on screen. His Western classic, "Ridin' Down the Canyon (To Watch the Sun Go Down)", was later …

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 …

In 1934, Burnette became Gene Autry’s “sidekick” in Western movies and had his name legally changed to “Smiley" Burnette. He made nearly 100 films (some short, some serial, and some unreleased) with …

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...