Description: (Singer)
Smiley Burnette was a versatile American country music performer, comedic actor, and singer-songwriter with a career spanning four decades. He was known for his roles as a sidekick to popular Western film stars such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers in movies, radio, and TV shows. Burnette was a talented musician, reportedly proficiently playing over 100 musical instruments, sometimes simultaneously. Additionally, he had a regular role on CBS-TV's Petticoat Junction in the 1960s.