Person

Slim Pickens

Acting · 1919–1983 · Kingsburg, California, USA

Biography

Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), known professionally as Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens transitioned to acting and appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows. For much of his career Pickens played mainly cowboy roles. he is perhaps best remembered today for his comic roles in Dr. Strangelove (1964), Blazing Saddles (1972) and 1941 (1979), and his villainous turn in One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Description above from the Wikipedia article Slim Pickens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
2001Back in the SaddleSelf (archive footage)
1994100 Years at the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
1993La Classe américaine'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
1990Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold StoryCalifornia Joe Milner
1982Pink MotelRoy
1982Filthy RichBig Guy Beck
1981The Nashville Palace
1981Nashville GrabRoss Common
1981Charlie and the Great Balloon ChaseBen Khlover
1981This House PossessedArthur Keene
1981The HowlingSam Newfield
1981Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy AngelMurf
1980Honeysuckle RoseGarland
1980Tom HornSam Creedmore
1980Swan SongGeorge
1979The Black HoleB.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
19791941Hollis P. Wood
1979Undercover with the KKKYancey Hicks
1979When the West Was Fun: A Western ReunionSelf
1979Beyond the Poseidon AdventureTex
1979The SackettsJack Bigelow
1979The Sweet Creek County War
1979Spirit of the WindObie
1978Smokey and the Good Time OutlawsSheriff Ledy
1978Vega$
1978The SwarmJud Hawkins
1977The Love BoatLuke Scofield
1977The Shadow of ChikaraVirgil Cane
1977BabeColonel M.J. McCombs
1977The White BuffaloAbel Pickney
1977Mr. BillionDuane Hawkins
1977Grizzly AdamsFine Hope
1976Pony Express RiderBob Jay
1976Hawmps!Naman Tucker
1976Banjo Hackett: Roamin' FreeLijah Tuttle
1975SwitchBruno Restig
1975White Line FeverDuane Haller
1975The Apple Dumpling GangFrank Stillwell
1975Poor Pretty EddieSheriff Orville
1975Rancho DeluxeHenry Beige
1975Baretta
1974Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the WestWindy Bill
1974Runaway on the Rogue RiverBucky Steele
1974The Legend of Earl DurandPhil Chumley
1974BootleggersGrandpa Pruitt
1974The Gun and the PulpitBilly One-Eye
1974Twice in a LifetimePete Lazich
1974Ginger in the MorningSheriff
1974Blazing SaddlesTaggart
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidSheriff Colin Baker
1973HitchedSam / Bart Dawson
1972The GetawayCowboy
1972Kung FuBart Fisher
1972Rolling ManChuck
1972Outdoor RamblingSelf
1972The HonkersClete
1972J.C.Grady Caldwell
1972The CowboysAnse
1972The Flim Flam ManJarvis Bates
1971The Devil and Miss SarahStoney
1971McMillan & Wife
1971The Day They Hanged Kid CurrySheriff Whittaker
1971Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?Kilpatrick
1971Alias Smith and Jones
1971The Wild SeasonLucky
1970The DeserterSgt. Tattinger
1970The Partridge FamilyWill Fowler
1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowWild Jack Monroe
1970The Ballad of Cable HogueBen Fairchild
1970Operation SnafuGeneral Maxwell
196980 Steps to JonahScott
1969The Desperate MissionThree-Finger Jack
1968SkidooSwitchboard Operator
1968The Outcasts
1968Hawaii Five-OSam
1968Never a Dull MomentCowboy Schaeffer
1968The Legend of CusterCalifornia Joe Milner
1967Will PennyIke Wallerstein
1967Mannix
1967Cimarron StripMalachi Grimes
1967Custer
1967The Flim-Flam ManJarvis Bates
1967Rough Night in JerichoYarbrough
1967Ironside
1967Hard Breed to KillSloper
1966That Girl
1966The Magnificent StrangerSheriff
1966An Eye for an EyeIke Slant
1966StagecoachBuck, Stagecoach Driver
1966The Young Rounders
1965Run for Your LifeSheriff Hoag
1965The Legend of Jesse JamesSheriff Homer Brinks
1965The Glory GuysSgt. James Gregory
1965Up from the BeachArtillery Colonel
1965In Harm's WayC.P.O. Culpepper
1965Major DundeeWiley
1964Profiles in CourageRogers
1964Daniel BooneSimon Harman
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Clint Spinner
1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombMajor "King" Kong
1964Bristle FaceNewt Pribble
1963The FugitiveCorbin
1963Savage SamWilly Crup
1962Stampede at Bitter CreekBuck
1962Our Man Higgins
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Wide Country
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourClem Carter
1962The VirginianSlim
1961A Thunder of DrumsTrooper Erschick
1961The Wonderful World of Disney
1961One-Eyed JacksDeputy Lon Dedrick
1961The AmericansJohnson
1960Chartroose CaboosePete Harmon
1960Route 66Jud
1960Surfside 6
1960The WesternerOscar Hudson
1960OutlawsSlim
1960The Tall Man
1960Coronado 9
1960Stump Run
1959The Swamp Fox
1959RiverboatTrapper (uncredited)
1959BonanzaSheriff Renard
1959Escort WestCorporal Wheeler
1959RawhideSheriff McKay
1958TonkaAce
1958The Big CountryStunts
1958The SheepmanMarshal
1957MaverickRoscoe
1957SugarfootShorty
1957Gunsight RidgeHank Moss
1956Cow DogHimself - Commentator
1956Gun BrothersMoose MacLain
1956The Great Locomotive ChasePete Bracken
1956Stranger at My DoorBen Silas
1956When Gangland StrikesSlim Pickett
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBradshaw
1955Cheyenne
1955GunsmokeBucko
1955The Last CommandAbe
1955Santa Fe PassageSam Beekman
1955Buffalo Bill Jr.
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyBucky Steele
1954Lassie
1954The OutcastBoone Polson
1954The Boy from OklahomaShorty
1954Phantom StallionSlim
1954Annie OakleySundown - Henchman
1953Red River ShoreSlim Pickens
1953Shadows of TombstoneSlim
1953Down Laredo WaySlim
1953Iron Mountain TrailSlim
1953The Sun Shines BrightSterling
1953Old Overland TrailSlim Pickens
1952ThunderbirdsPvt. Wes Shelby
1952South Pacific TrailSlim Pickens
1952Death Valley DaysWall Kennedy
1952Old Oklahoma PlainsSlim
1952The Story of Will RogersDusty Donovan
1952Border SaddlematesSlim
1952The Last MusketeerSlim
1952Colorado SundownJoshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens
1950Rocky MountainPlank (CSA)
1946SmokyRodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
—Monarch of the MountainsNarrator

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