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Caption: "Petticoat Junction" Smiley Burnette, Gunilla Hutton, Rufe Davis, Bea Benaderet, Edgar Buchanan, Linda Henning, Frank Cady, Lori Saunders circa 1965
About Lester Alvin Burnette
Actor, Soundtrack, Music Department
Born: March 18, 1911
Star sign: Pisces
Known for: Petticoat Junction (1963), Billy the Kid Returns (1938), King of the Cowboys (1943), Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
Source: IMDB
Smiley worked on a local radio station and in Vaudeville after high school. Always interested in music, he was friends with Gene Autry and worked with him on the radio show "The National Barn Dance". When Westerns became a big draw with sound, the studios were always on the lookout for singing cowboys. In 1934, both Gene and Smiley made their ...
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