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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Slim Pickens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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

Personal Info

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.