SMILEY (LESTER) BURNETTE - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 320999
Price: $180.00
SMILEY BURNETTE
The actor and singer signs his name "Smiley Frog Burnette", and has
penciled a small frog beneath
Signature: "Smiley/frog/Burnette/[drawing of a frog]",
in pencil, 6x4½. Accompanied by an unsigned b/w photograph of Burnette and
actress Polly Rowles. Actor, singer and songwriter Smiley Burnette
(1911-1967), born Lester Alvin Burnette, appeared on vaudeville
before joining his friend, Gene Autry, on the radio show, The National
Barn Dance. Burnette and Autry broke into films together in 1934
(In Old Santa Fe), and they went on to appear in over 80 Westerns.
Burnette, who played Autry's sidekick, Frog Milhouse, also provided
comic relief for other Western stars, including Sunset Carson and Charles
"Durango Kid" Starrett. A talented musician who played over 100 instruments,
Burnette wrote over 300 Western songs, some of which he sang in his
films. After retiring from the big screen in 1953, Burnette debuted on the small
screen in 1958, appearing as a regular on the TV series, Ranch
Party. His best known TV role was as Charley Pratt (1963-1967) on
the TV sitcom, Petticoat Junction. Heavy creases. Binding holes on
left margin, torn. Heaviyl toned. Right edge creased and torn in some areas. Ink
notes (unknown hand) on front and verso. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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