Smiley Burnette (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter who could play as many as 100 different musical instruments as well as a highly successful comedic actor in western-style films. March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ...

Smiley Burnette

Born Lester Alvin Burnette in Summum, Illinois, Burnette began singing in childhood and learned to play a variety of instruments while still a boy. In his teens, he worked on a local radio station and on stage doing vaudeville. His big break came when he was hired to perform on the "National Barn Dance" on Chicago's WLS radio station where the young singer Gene Autry was the show's major star. Radio transmission diagram and electromagnetic waves Radio is a technology that allows the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light. ... Vaudeville is a style of theater, also known as variety, which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... The National Barn Dance was a former country music radio program broadcast in the early period of radio over the facilities of WLS in Chicago, Illinois. ... WLS is a pioneer Chicago radio station. ... Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 - October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. ...

At a time when Hollywood was searching for talent for western films, Burnette and Autry got their first small role in the 1934 Ken Maynard film, In Old Santa Fe. Burnette appeared in several bit parts until the following year's release of the Rin Tin Tin hit film, The Adventures of Rex and Rinty in which he had a secondary but more prominent role. By then, the handsome Gene Autry was already being cast in a lead role and the rotund Burnette would team up with him as a loveable comedy sidekick named "Frog Millhouse" (or plain "Frog" and sometimes as "Smiley"). Their association would produce more than 60 feature length musical western films. The popularity of Burnette's "Frog Millhouse" character, with his trademark his floppy black hat, was such that at the same time he would also be cast in nine other films next to another cowboy star, Roy Rogers. For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation) Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that runs from about Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rin Tin Tin (c. ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ... For Borlands computer program, see SideKick. ... Leonard Frank Slye, famous as Roy Rogers (November 5, 1911 - July 6, 1998), was a singing cowboy actor, massively famous in his time. ...

During all this time working in film, Smiley Burnette also wrote over 400 songs and sang a significant number of them on screen. His compositions have been recorded by numerous popular singers including such diverse ones as Bing Crosby and Ferlin Husky. He made guest appearances on country music shows such as the Louisiana Hayride, the Grand Ole Opry and the Ozark Jubilee. In 1971, he was inducted posthumously into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Bing wooed fans with a sensuous voice, wit, and good looks. ... Ferlin Husky (born December 3, 1927 in Flat River, Missouri) is an American singer who has become well-known as a country-pop chart-topper under various names, including Terry Preston and Simon Crum. ... Country music, once known as country and western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... The Louisiana Hayride, was a radio broadcast from the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States that during its heyday from 1948 to 1960 spawned the careers of the some of the greatest names in American music. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. ... The Ozark Jubilee was the first national country music show on television. ... The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame was established by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc. ...

When the cowboy film genre waned, Burnette was able to retire but entertained occasionally at rodeo events for children and in the mid-1960s he made several appearances on the popular television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as railway engineer "Charley Pratt." Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... Steer roping Rodeo is a traditional folk North American sport with influences from the history of Mexican vaqueros (cowboys) and American cowboys. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Petticoat Junction was an American situation comedy that was produced by Filmways, Inc. ... Aerial photo featured in the opening sequence of Green Acres There is also the US town of Green Acres, Washington Green Acres is an American television series that was produced by Filmways, Inc. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...

Smiley Burnette passed away in 1967 in Encino, California from leukemia and was interred in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Encino is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley. ... Leukemia (leukaemia in Commonwealth English) is a group of blood diseases characterized by malignancies (cancer) of the blood-forming tissues. ... Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in Los Angeles, California, on the south edge of the San Fernando Valley by Burbank (and on the north side of the Santa Monica Mountains from Hollywood). ... Griffith Observatory and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Smiley Burnette has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6125 Hollywood Blvd. A small part of the Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce...