Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Jimmie Dale Gilmore (born May 6, 1945) is an American country singer-songwriter and actor currently living in Austin, Texas.

Life and career Gilmore is a native of the Texas Panhandle, having been born in Amarillo and raised in Lubbock, Texas.

In 1994, Gilmore teamed up with Willie Nelson to contribute "Crazy" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization.

Gilmore appeared as himself in Peter Bogdanovich's 1993 film The Thing Called Love, a love story about young songwriters in Nashville.

Possibly his most memorable acting role was in the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski, where he portrayed a bowler named Smokey, an aging, emotionally "fragile" pacifist, threatened "on the lanes" with a pistol by Walter Sobchak, "The Dude" Lebowski's best friend and sidekick (John Goodman).

He has been a guest on The Tonight Show with host Jay Leno, on the Late Show with David Letterman, on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, also in Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion on NPR, and the Fresh Air radio program with Terry Gross.

Gilmore's song "Braver Newer World" is featured in the 1995 Noah Baumbach film Kicking and Screaming. In 2005, Gilmore released Come on Back,

Gilmore's son, Colin Gilmore, is a singer–songwriter based in Austin.

Discography

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1993 The Thing Called Love Himself 1998 The Big Lebowski Smokey 2013 Parkland Reverend Saunders