Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1911)

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…