Smiley Burnette
Popularity:0.177
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1911-03-18
Place of Birth:Summum, Illinois, USA
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Also Known As:Lester 'Smiley' Burnett, 'Smiley' Burnette, George 'Smiley' Burnette, Lester 'Smiley' Burnette, Lester Alvin Burnette, Ole Frog, Lester Alvin Burnett

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in the early 1950s. The film contains a large...

Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936)
It is the story of Gene's, a Cavalry scout, who manages to quell an Indian uprising.

Boots and Saddles (1937)
Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from...

Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
Ranch owner Sandra, fresh from animal husbandry school, brings a flock of sheep into cattle country. The local ranchers don't like it, and ranch...

Red River Valley (1936)
Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.

Billy The Kid Returns (1938)
After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Although a murderer, Billy was on the side of...

The Big Show (1936)
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson...

South of the Border (1939)
A federal agent and his partner hang out in Mexico to check a revolution.

Under Western Stars (1938)
In his starring debut, Roy gets elected to Congress in order to bring water to the ranchers in his district. In Washington, he learns he needs the...

The Old Corral (1936)
As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed...

Oh, Susanna (1936)
Oh, Susanna! is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Frances Grant. Written by...

King of the Cowboys (1943)
Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from...

The Kids in the Shoe (1935)
The old lady who lives in a shoe has a bit of trouble with her gaggle of children. They won't eat their porridge, won't brush their teeth or comb...

Streets of Ghost Town (1950)
The Durango Kid and his sidekick look for stolen gold with a history.

Git Along Little Dogies (1937)
When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he learns that oil will bring a railraod to town.

Heart of the Rio Grande (1942)
As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a millioniare, and the other is the disgruntled ex-foreman...

Down Mexico Way (1941)
Like 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a "special", to be promoted separately from Autry's regular...

Heart of the Golden West (1942)
Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert...

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (1937)
Gene and Frog, out to stop a bunch of cattle rustlers, assume the identities of what they believe to be dead bandits, which soon gets them in big...

The Old Barn Dance (1938)
Autry and his buddies have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company which claims horses are out of date.

Call of the Canyon (1942)
A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.

Man from Music Mountain (1938)
Scanlon is pulling off a land swindle by selling lots in a ghost town claiming the power company is bringing in a line. As a bonus he throws in...

Guns and Guitars (1936)
A wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a local sheriff.

Dick Tracy (1937)
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various...

Stardust on the Sage (1942)
A singing cowboy (Gene Autry) and his partner (Bill Henry) thwart a foreman who wants their mine.

The Singing Cowboy (1936)
A rodeo singer funds a little girl's operation with a show, on television.

Whirlwind (1951)
A singing postal inspector (Gene Autry) and his partner (Smiley Burnette) save a woman's (Gail Davis) estate from fraud.

Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953)
A singing frontier judge (Gene Autry) dismisses a case of double jeopardy.

In Old Santa Fe (1934)
Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and...

Back in the Saddle (1941)
Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying. Blaine has reopened the copper mine and the waste is...

Sunset in Wyoming (1941)
By stripping all the timber from the land, a lumber baron threatens everyone with flooding. Gene won't let that happen.

Larceny on the Air (1937)
A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.

On Top of Old Smoky (1953)
Poachers are harassing toll road owner Jen Larrabee. They want her land because it holds valuable minerals. Autry and the Cass County Boys, mistaken...

Code of the Prairie (1944)
Just after the Oklahoma Panhandle was annexed into the united states an ex-lawman turned newspaper man arrives to town to civilize it. He brings...

The Singing Vagabond (1935)
Tex rides to the rescue when badguys led by LaCrosse and Utah Joe kidnap Lettie.

Idaho (1943)
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.

Call of the Rockies (1944)
Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of...

Rancho Grande (1940)
A ranch foreman (Gene Autry) helps three youngsters protect their inheritance from foreclosure.

The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as...

Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
Deputies Gene Autry and Frog go up against modern cattle rustlers. These rustlers use technology such as, airplanes, radios and refrigerated trucks...

The Border Patrolman (1936)
When a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents hire him to watch over her. She then runs over to Mexico...

The Laramie Trail (1944)
A cowbody acquires a ranch whose previous owner is believed to be dead.

Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)
Traveling with Doc Parker's medicine show, Gene finds his old friend Harry Brooks wounded and the Sheriff after him for murdering his father. Gene...

The Sagebrush Troubadour (1935)
Before he was murdered Grandpa Martin found a gold mine. He failed to record it and now everyone is looking for Martin's old horse that can lead them...

A Man Betrayed (1936)
A businessman during the Great Depression discovers that his partners are crooked con-men, and he tries to make things right for the stockholders,...

Melody Trail (1935)
Gene goes after the badguys after they kidnap the baby he should have been babysitting.

Comin' 'Round the Mountain (1936)
His horse Champion steals the show from Gene when what's at stake is a horse race and a bull fight.

Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves...

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

In Old Monterey (1939)
The U.S. Army takes over a large area of land, over the objection of citizens and corporations who live and work there.

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937)
The old west range war story transported to Georgia, with Autry as the hero.

Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.

Rhythm of the Saddle (1938)
Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve.

Western Jamboree (1938)
Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay...

Meet the Boy Friend (1937)
A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish actress. His manager doesn't want this because he is...

Raiders of Sunset Pass (1943)
World War II is raging and the manpower shortage has hit the range since every able-bodied cowboy of military age is off fighting for Uncle Sam. Dad...

Silver Spurs (1943)
Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is trying to get a railroad spur right of way. Lucky has a...

Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938)
A boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling.

Home in Wyomin' (1942)
Radio star Gene Autry returns to his home town of Gold Ridge at the request of his old friend Pop Harrison, who wants Gene to straighten out his...

Carolina Moon (1940)
A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and save a man and daughter from con men.

Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)
This time the Durango Kid confronts an expert gambler.

Challenge of the Range (1949)
Charles Starrett once more dons the mask of mysterious do-gooder "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Challenge of the Range. Wandering cowboy Steve Roper...

Prairie Moon (1938)
Gene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them a cattle ranch. They help him catch a bunch of...

Beyond the Last Frontier (1943)
Beyond the Last Frontier was the first entry in Republic's "John Paul Revere" western series. Journeyman actor Eddie Dew stars as Revere, a Texas...

Mountain Rhythm (1939)
Cavanaugh and McCauley are after the ranchers land. When the Government announces the land will be put up for auction, the ranchers pool their money...

Doughnuts and Society (1936)
Kate Flannagan and Belle Dugan operate a downtown coffee shop and, while dispensing their locally-famous doughnuts, engage in their favorite pastime,...

The Singing Hill (1941)
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.

Pride of the Plains (1944)
Dan Hurley wants to sell wild horses and is trying to get the Wild Game Laws that protect them changed. To get his petition signed, his henchman...

Firebrands of Arizona (1944)
The sheriff camps outside of town and tries to arrest Froggy and Sunset, but a gang of outlaws helps them get away.

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.

Pack Train (1953)
Gene Autry is assigned to safely transport supplies to a band of settlers. The villains, headed by Ross McLain, intend to bushwhack Autry, grab the...

Mexicali Rose (1939)
Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission orphanage.

The Rough, Tough West (1952)
Charles Starrett returns as the Durango Kid in Columbia's Rough, Tough, West. For most of the film, however, Starrett is known as "Steve Holden," a...

Bells of Capistrano (1942)
America's favorite singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this vintage tale as an up-and-coming rodeo singer caught in the middle of two rival companies,...

Home on the Prairie (1939)
When shifty cattlemen Belknap (Walter Miller) and H.R. Shelby (Gordon Hart) are caught shipping infected animals to Mexico, they frame inspector Gene...

Frontier Outpost (1950)
Federal agent Steve Lawton works undercover with his assistant, Smiley Burnette, to track down an outlaw gang that is raiding government gold...

Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951)
Charles Starrett plays lawman Steve Forsythe in Ridin' the Outlaw Trail. Somewhere along the line, of course, Steve is obliged to don the mask of The...

Pecos River (1951)
Steve is a Government Agent looking for the gang that stole the U.S. Mail. He goes undercover...

Men with Steel Faces (1940)
Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a race of advanced humans living beneath the earth.

Sierra Sue (1941)
To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and he recommends spraying. The spraying goes well until...

Whirlwind Raiders (1948)
It's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police. Steve Lanning arrives posing as a wanted outlaw to...

Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
Rancher Autry takes a job singing on the radio to aid farmers and ranchers whose lands were destroyed by raging floods. Blaming crooked politicians,...

Quick on the Trigger (1948)
Quick on the Trigger was Charles Starrett's second "Durango Kid" picture for 1949. It all begins when ousted sheriff Steve Warren (Starrett) is put...

Blue Montana Skies (1939)
Gene Autry follows a clue written on a rock by his murdered partner and discovers a fur smuggling operation near the Canadian border.

Phantom Valley (1948)
The Durango Kid, along with assistance from sidekick Smiley Burnett, investigates a pair of murders that threaten to fuel a range war.

Harmony Lane (1935)
The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the...

Under Fiesta Stars (1941)
Rodeo champ Gene Autry inherits half interest in both a ranch and a mine that provides steady employment for the surrounding rancheros....

Gaucho Serenade (1940)
Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's...

Bordertown Trail (1944)
The election to determine if Texas will become a state is near and men opposed are running contraband across the border. Sunset and Frog are Border...

Two-Fisted Stranger (1946)
Arriving to become the new Deputy, Steve Gordon takes over as Sheriff instead when he finds the Sheriff has been killed. He doesn't last long and is...

The Desert Horseman (1946)
The Durango Kid sets out to clear his name after being falsely accused of a payroll robbery.

Heading West (1946)
Dakota Indian Agent Steve Reynolds receives a copy of the Bonanza City Nuggett from Jim Mallory and reads a story blaming the Durango Kid for recent...

Landrush (1946)
The Durango Kid rides again in Columbia's Landrush. As ever, the masked do-gooder, alias Steve Harmon, is played by Charles Starrett. Bringing up the...

The Fighting Frontiersman (1946)
Cimarron has found a lost treasure and the outlaw gang knows about it. They have made him a prisoner and are trying to get the location from him....

South of the Chisholm Trail (1947)
When the ranchers of Bearcat are plagued by rustlers, Big Jim Grady offers to buy their herds from them at low-ball prices. Steve Haley suggests to...

The Lone Hand Texan (1947)
Steve Driscoll arrives to help a friend who is trying to bring in an oil well. He finds that the well has been blown up and the workers have quit. He...

West of Dodge City (1947)
Charles Starrett once again dons the disguise of the "Durango Kid" to restore law and order in this entry in Columbia's Western series. This time,...

Law of the Canyon (1947)
Freight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve Langtry (and his alter ego the Durango Kid) is sent break...

Prairie Raiders (1947)
Government Agent Steve leases land to Masters so he can bring in horses for the Army. Henley has obtained a forged lease for the same land and Steve...

The Stranger From Ponca City (1947)
A saddle-weary Steve Larkin, also the Duranko Kid, rides into Red Mound, a town filled with cattle rustlers. Cafe owner Smiley, befriends Steve and...

Riders of the Lone Star (1947)
An outlaw gang is trying to stop the reopening of a mine as they look for the money left there by the famous outlaw Dusty Morton. After a ten year...

Buckaroo from Powder River (1947)
Steve arrives looking for the person printing counterfeit bonds. He finds his man in Pop Ryland who has two sons and a stepson. The stepson doesn't...

Last Days of Boot Hill (1947)
Treasury Department Steve Waring, and also, unknown to others, the Durango Kid, comes to Sunset Pass in search of $1000,000 in gold coins, stolen...

West of Sonora (1948)
Western star Charles Starrett was amazing; he kept making the same film over and over, but always made it seem as if it was for the first time. In...

Trail to Laredo (1948)
Filmed at the Providencia Ranch (today's Forrest Lawn in Burbank, CA), this typical "Durango Kid" Western featured the Cass County Boys performing...

Desert Vigilante (1949)
Silver is being smuggled across the border and the secret passage goes through Betty Long's basement. When Steve arrives he gets tangled up with the...

Laramie (1949)
A major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison is meeting with Chief Eagle and his son Running Wolf...

The Blazing Trail (1949)
Old Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has ended his life. When the will is read, it leaves the...

South of Death Valley (1949)
When Steve Downey arrives to reopen his brother-in-law's gold mine, he finds a war between the ranchers and the miners. Ashton has had the water...

The Hawk of Wild River (1952)
Steve Martin is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk and his outlaw gang. The Hawk attempts...

Smoky Canyon (1952)
Mahoney is a sheep man who's framed for the murder of a rancher. It's all part of a scheme by a dishonest cattleman who hopes to extenuate a range...

Prairie Roundup (1951)
In Prairie Roundup, Fred F. Sears' direction brings a welcome jolt of vitality to Columbia's aging "Durango Kid" western series. Once again, Charles...

Bandits of El Dorado (1949)
Wanted outlaws have mysteriously disappeared. Ranger Captain Henley and Steve have a plan to find them. Steve becomes a wanted man by faking the...

Terror Trail (1946)
The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) returns to Ret Butte intending to sell his cattle ranch. Saloon owner, Duke Catlett (Lane Chandler) is the secret...

Bonanza Town (1951)
Using marked bills, Steve is looking for the supposedly dead Henry Hardison. Coming to Bonanza Town he gets a job with the town boss Crag Bozeman and...

Trail of the Rustlers (1950)
Charles Starrett goes up against an entire family of criminals posing as respectable citizens in this entry in Columbia's long-running Durango Kid...

Snake River Desperadoes (1951)
Starrett tries to prevent a range war between settlers and the Native Americans. Blue and his fellow scoundrels think they can profit from the...

The Kid from Broken Gun (1952)
Charles Starrett makes his final appearance as The Durango Kid, this time as Steve Reynolds, a postal inspector who has gone underground to catch the...

Roaring Rangers (1946)
When Sheriff Jeff Connor of Powder River cannot stop the crime wave, his young son, Larry, writes to the Durango Kid for aid. Taggart, the saloon...

Gunning for Vengeance (1946)
Steve Landry arrives as the new Marshal of a town that is having trouble with outlaws. When an outlaw escapes over the State line out of his...

Galloping Thunder (1946)
The cattle herds of some Arizona ranchers are being stampeded and stolen, so the Arizona Stockmen's Syndicate sends ace investigator Steve Reynolds...

Cyclone Fury (1951)
A late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was augmented with a hefty dose of stock footage from an...

Laramie Mountains (1952)
Markham and his men have found gold on the Indian reservation and are trying to get rid of them by starting an Indian war. Dressed as Indians they...

Saginaw Trail (1953)
Hamilton's Rangers, led by our hero Gene, must keep the Indians in the northern Michigan territory from attacking the settlers.

Mystery Mountain (1934)
Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned...

Waterfront Lady (1935)
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he...

Sharad of Atlantis (1936)
Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of...

Hearts in Bondage (1936)
Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil...

Across the Badlands (1950)
Charles Starrett once more hits the trail as "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Across the Badlands. By now, the formula was a well-oiled machine:...

Junction City (1952)
Durango, aka Steve Rollins rides into town with saddle pal Smiley Burnette. The boys go to the rescue of pretty Kathleen Case, who is being...

The Kid from Amarillo (1951)
Charles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel incognito across the Mexican border to beard the leader...

Fort Savage Raiders (1951)
Fort Savage Raiders is another entry in Charles Starrett's "Durango Kid" western series. Starrett once again does double duty as a peacekeeper named...

Texas Dynamo (1950)
Charles Starrett plays The Durango Kid in the 1950 Columbia western Texas Dynamo. As a novelty, Starrett not only plays Durango and his "alter ego"...

Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950)
Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits. And once again, he dons his Durango Kid...

Renegades of the Sage (1949)
The plot finds Steve/Durango attempting to capture ex-Civil War guerilla fighter Miller who may be the man who's been going around knocking down...

Horsemen of the Sierras (1949)
When Robin Grant inherits a valuable range, certain evil interests try their best to kill off Robin and claim the land for themselves. US Marshall...

El Dorado Pass (1948)
Charles Starrett returns as The Durango Kid in Columbia's El Dorado Pass. It all begins when Durango, in his everyday guise of Steve Clanton, is...

Six-Gun Law (1948)
In this western, an entry in the "Durango Kid" series of westerns, a corrupt, prominent citizen owns a small western town. The trouble begins when a...

Raiders of Tomahawk Creek (1950)
Charles Starrett, aka "The Durango Kid", is back in Raiders of Tomahawk Creek. Starrett plays Steve Blake, a novice Indian agent, sent out to...

Lightning Guns (1950)
The Durango Kid rides again in Lightning Guns. As ever, the masked Durango (alias Steve Brandon) is played by Charles Starrett, who this time around...

Cowboy Serenade (1942)
Gene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate the sale of five hundred heads of cattle. Jim ends...

Beneath Western Skies (1944)
To combat the lawlessness in her town, school teacher Carrie Stokes writes to her former students in search of a lawman. Johnny Revere arrives and...

Arizona Bad Man (1935)
The daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really a lawman who is after her father.

Winning of the West (1953)
A singing territorial ranger (Gene Autry) spots his younger brother in an outlaw gang.

The Phantom Empire (1935)
When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry...

Colorado Sunset (1939)
When his well-meaning sidekick (Smiley Burnette) buys a cow farm instead of a cattle ranch, singing cowpoke Gene Autry prepares to embrace the dairy...

It's Showtime (1976)
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
Gene and Frog arrive with a herd of horses for Gene'e brother, a diamond prospector whose work has attracted the interest of a bunch of badguys.

S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral...

Green Acres (1965)
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by...

Petticoat Junction (1963)
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

Western von gestern (1978)
Western von gestern is a German television series.

Green Acres (1965)
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by...