Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 28, 1919
Place of Birth:
Kingsburg, California, USA
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Slim Pickens
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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Back in the Saddle | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | The Making of '1941' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | 'Deep Throat' (archive footage) |
| 1990 | As Aventuras do General Custer | California Joe Milner |
| 1982 | Pink Motel | Roy |
| 1981 | The Howling | Sam Newfield |
| 1981 | Nashville Grab | Ross Common |
| 1981 | This House Possessed | Arthur Keene |
| 1981 | Christmas Mountain | Murf |
| 1981 | Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase | Ben Khlover |
| 1980 | Tom Horn | Sam Creedmore |
| 1980 | Honeysuckle Rose | Garland |
| 1980 | Swan Song | George |
| 1979 | 1941 | Hollis P. Wood |
| 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Tex |
| 1979 | When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion | Self |
| 1979 | Undercover with the KKK | Yancey Hicks |
| 1979 | The Black Hole | B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Spirit of the Wind | Obie |
| 1979 | The Sweet Creek County War | |
| 1978 | The Swarm | Jud Hawkins |
| 1978 | Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws | Sheriff Ledy |
| 1977 | Mr. Billion | Duane Hawkins |
| 1977 | The Shadow of Chikara | Virgil Cane |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo | Abel Pickney |
| 1976 | Hawmps! | Naman Tucker |
| 1976 | Pony Express Rider | Bob Jay |
| 1976 | Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free | Lijah Tuttle |
| 1975 | White Line Fever | Duane Haller |
| 1975 | Poor Pretty Eddie | Sheriff Orville |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | Frank Stillwell |
| 1975 | Babe | Colonel M.J. McCombs |
| 1975 | Rancho Deluxe | Henry Beige |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Taggart |
| 1974 | Bootleggers | Grandpa Pruitt |
| 1974 | Twice in a Lifetime | Pete Lazich |
| 1974 | The Gun and the Pulpit | Billy One-Eye |
| 1974 | Runaway on the Rogue River | Bucky Steele |
| 1974 | The Legend of Earl Durand | Phil Chumley |
| 1974 | Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West | Windy Bill |
| 1973 | Ginger in the Morning | Sheriff |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Sheriff Colin Baker |
| 1972 | The Getaway | Cowboy |
| 1972 | J.C. | Grady Caldwell |
| 1972 | The Honkers | Clete |
| 1972 | Rolling Man | Chuck |
| 1972 | The Cowboys | Anse |
| 1971 | Temporada salvaje | Lucky |
| 1971 | Hitched | Sam / Bart Dawson |
| 1971 | The Devil and Miss Sarah | Stoney |
| 1971 | Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? | Kilpatrick |
| 1971 | The Day They Hanged Kid Curry | Sheriff Whittaker |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Ben Fairchild |
| 1970 | Operation Snafu | General Maxwell |
| 1970 | The Deserter | Sgt. Tattinger |
| 1969 | 80 Steps to Jonah | Scott |
| 1969 | The Desperate Mission | Three-Finger Jack |
| 1968 | Never a Dull Moment | Cowboy Schaeffer |
| 1968 | Skidoo | Switchboard Operator |
| 1968 | The Legend of Custer | California Joe Milner |
| 1967 | Will Penny | Ike Wallerstein |
| 1967 | The Flim-Flam Man | Jarvis Bates |
| 1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Yarbrough |
| 1967 | Hard Breed to Kill | Sloper |
| 1966 | The Magnificent Stranger | Sheriff |
| 1966 | Stagecoach | Buck, Stagecoach Driver |
| 1966 | An Eye for an Eye | Ike Slant |
| 1966 | The Young Rounders | |
| 1965 | Major Dundee | Wiley |
| 1965 | The Glory Guys | Sgt. James Gregory |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | C.P.O. Culpepper |
| 1965 | Up from the Beach | Artillery Colonel |
| 1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Major "King" Kong |
| 1964 | Bristle Face | Newt Pribble |
| 1963 | Savage Sam | Willy Crup |
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks | Deputy Lon Dedrick |
| 1961 | A Thunder of Drums | Trooper Erschick |
| 1960 | Chartroose Caboose | Pete Harmon |
| 1959 | Escort West | Corporal Wheeler |
| 1959 | Stump Run | |
| 1958 | Tonka | Ace |
| 1958 | The Sheepman | Marshal |
| 1957 | Gunsight Ridge | Hank Moss |
| 1957 | The Saga of Andy Burnett | Old Bill Williams |
| 1956 | The Great Locomotive Chase | Pete Bracken |
| 1956 | When Gangland Strikes | Slim Pickett |
| 1956 | Stranger at My Door | Ben Silas |
| 1956 | Gun Brothers | Moose MacLain |
| 1956 | Cow Dog | Himself - Commentator |
| 1956 | Cow Dog | Cowhand |
| 1955 | Santa Fe Passage | Sam Beekman |
| 1955 | The Last Command | Abe |
| 1954 | Phantom Stallion | Slim |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | Shorty |
| 1954 | The Outcast | Boone Polson |
| 1953 | The Sun Shines Bright | Sterling |
| 1953 | Iron Mountain Trail | Slim |
| 1953 | Shadows of Tombstone | Slim |
| 1953 | Old Overland Trail | Slim Pickens |
| 1953 | Down Laredo Way | Slim |
| 1953 | Red River Shore | Deputy Slim Pickens |
| 1952 | The Story of Will Rogers | Dusty Donovan |
| 1952 | Colorado Sundown | Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens |
| 1952 | Border Saddlemates | Slim |
| 1952 | The Last Musketeer | Slim |
| 1952 | South Pacific Trail | Slim Pickens |
| 1952 | Old Oklahoma Plains | Slim |
| 1952 | Thunderbirds | Pvt. Wes Shelby |
| 1950 | Rocky Mountain | Plank (CSA) |
| 1946 | Smoky | Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Outdoor Rambling | ||
| Monarch of the Mountains | Narrator |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Filthy Rich | Big Guy Beck |
| 1981 | The Nashville Palace | |
| 1979 | The Sacketts | Jack Bigelow |
| 1978 | Vega$ | |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Luke Scofield |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | Switch | Bruno Restig |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Bart Fisher |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Wild Jack Monroe |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Sam |
| 1968 | The Outcasts | |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
| 1967 | Custer | |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1966 | That Girl | |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Sheriff Hoag |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | Sheriff Homer Brinks |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Simon Harman |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Rogers |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Cletus Mott |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Corbin |
| 1962 | The Wide Country | |
| 1962 | Our Man Higgins | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Slim |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Hogy |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Clem Carter |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Wonderful World of Disney | |
| 1961 | The Americans | Johnson |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | |
| 1960 | Outlaws | Slim |
| 1960 | The Westerner | Oscar Hudson |
| 1960 | Coronado 9 | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sheriff McKay |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Trapper (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Swamp Fox | |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Porter Slagle |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Sheriff Renard |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Sheriff Gant |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Big Jim Leyton |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Shorty |
| 1957 | Maverick | Roscoe |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Harry |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Bucko |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bradshaw |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Pony Beal |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Colley |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Charlie Utter |
| 1954 | Lassie | |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days | Wall Kennedy |