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Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry [2] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), [3] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.
Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other B-movie cowboys. [1]
Articles relating to the actor and singer Gene Autry (1907–1998). ... Pages in category "Gene Autry" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
This followed with a popular radio program, Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, which ran from 1940 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1956. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for Best Original Song for ...
Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette in In Old Santa Fe. In Old Santa Fe was Ken Maynard's first film for Mascot Pictures. He was paid $10,000 per week for four weeks to shoot the serial film. He was the highest-paid Western actor in Hollywood at the time. [6]
For his Columbia films, Autry chose Sterling Holloway as his sidekick for five films, and then Pat Buttram for sixteen films. Burnette returned for the last six films released in 1953. [2] From 1950 to 1955, Autry appeared in 91 episodes of The Gene Autry Show television series. [3] [4] Buttram played his sidekick in 83 of the 91 episodes. [5]
Golden West Broadcasters was an umbrella investment company founded and co-owned by late actor/singer Gene Autry (1907–1998) and late two-time All-American and former Detroit Lions tackle Bob Reynolds (1914–1997).
In Old Monterey is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey.Based on a story by Gerald Geraghty and George Sherman, the film is about an army sergeant and former rancher who runs into opposition from local ranchers when the United States Army sends him to purchase their ranch land needed for a strategic air base.