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.
Major "King" Kong
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Ike Wallerstein
Will Penny
Willy Crup
Savage Sam
Taggart
Blazing Saddles
Cowboy
The Getaway
Sam Creedmore
Tom Horn
Hollis P. Wood
1941
Sam Newfield
The Howling
Garland
Honeysuckle Rose
Ben Fairchild
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Naman Tucker
Hawmps!
Tex
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Cowboy Schaeffer
Never a Dull Moment
Switchboard Operator
Skidoo
Lucky
Temporada salvaje
Sheriff
El magnifico extranjero
Wiley
Major Dundee
Duane Haller
White Line Fever
Ace
Tonka
Pete Bracken
The Great Locomotive Chase
Sgt. James Gregory
The Glory Guys
Duane Hawkins
Mr. Billion
C.P.O. Culpepper
In Harm's Way
Sheriff Orville
Poor Pretty Eddie
Virgil Cane
The Shadow of Chikara
Abel Pickney
The White Buffalo
Buck, Stagecoach Driver
Stagecoach
Corporal Wheeler
Escort West
Plank (CSA)
Rocky Mountain
Jud Hawkins
The Swarm
Deputy Lon Dedrick
One-Eyed Jacks
Frank Stillwell
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Self (archive footage)
Back in the Saddle
Slim Pickett
When Gangland Strikes
Grady Caldwell
J.C.
Self
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Sam Beekman
Santa Fe Passage
Trooper Erschick
A Thunder of Drums
Clete
The Honkers
Sterling
The Sun Shines Bright
Dusty Donovan
The Story of Will Rogers
Ross Common
Nashville Grab
Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens
Colorado Sundown
Ben Silas
Stranger at My Door
Grandpa Pruitt
Bootleggers
Sheriff
Ginger in the Morning
Colonel M.J. McCombs
Babe
Hank Moss
Gunsight Ridge
Moose MacLain
Gun Brothers
Slim
Iron Mountain Trail
Self (archive footage)
The Making of '1941'
Slim
Phantom Stallion
Slim
Shadows of Tombstone
Slim Pickens
Old Overland Trail
Shorty
The Boy from Oklahoma
Scott
80 Steps to Jonah
Slim
Border Saddlemates
George
Swan Song
Sam / Bart Dawson
Hitched
Stoney
The Devil and Miss Sarah
Chuck
Rolling Man
Slim
Down Laredo Way
Slim
The Last Musketeer
Outdoor Rambling
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Smoky
Arthur Keene
This House Possessed
General Maxwell
Rosolino Paternò, soldato...
Slim Pickens
South Pacific Trail
Deputy Slim Pickens
Red River Shore
Pete Lazich
Twice in a Lifetime
Pete Harmon
Chartroose Caboose
Roy
Pink Motel
Old Bill Williams
The Saga of Andy Burnett
Ike Slant
An Eye for an Eye
Henry Beige
Rancho Deluxe
Cowhand
Cow Dog
Himself - Commentator
Cow Dog
Jarvis Bates
The Flim-Flam Man
Yarbrough
Rough Night in Jericho
Narrator
Monarch of the Mountains
Bob Jay
Pony Express Rider
Sheriff Colin Baker
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Stump Run
Yancey Hicks
Undercover with the KKK
Sloper
Un tipo dificil de matar
Billy One-Eye
The Gun and the Pulpit
Abe
The Last Command
Marshal
The Sheepman
Three-Finger Jack
The Desperate Mission
Slim
Old Oklahoma Plains
Boone Polson
The Outcast
Murf
Christmas Mountain
Bucky Steele
Runaway on the Rogue River
Sgt. Tattinger
The Deserter
The Young Rounders
Phil Chumley
The Legend of Earl Durand
B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
The Black Hole
California Joe Milner
The Legend of Custer
Pvt. Wes Shelby
Thunderbirds
Obie
Spirit of the Wind
Sheriff Ledy
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Ben Khlover
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
The Sweet Creek County War
Newt Pribble
Bristle Face
Kilpatrick
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Anse
The Cowboys
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Artillery Colonel
Up from the Beach
Lijah Tuttle
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Windy Bill
Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West
Sheriff Whittaker
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
California Joe Milner
As Aventuras do General Custer
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
113
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-06-28
Place of Birth
Kingsburg, California, USA
Also Known As
Louis Burton Lindley, Jr.