Slim Pickens
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-06-28
Day of Death
1983-12-08 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Kingsburg, California, USA
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
Acting
Monarch of the Mountains
as Narrator
(2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Back in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
The Making of '1941'
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
La Classe américaine
as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
(1990)
As Aventuras do General Custer
as California Joe Milner
(1982)
Pink Motel
as Roy
(1981)
The Howling
as Sam Newfield
(1981)
Christmas Mountain
as Murf
(1981)
This House Possessed
as Arthur Keene
(1981)
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
as Ben Khlover
(1981)
Nashville Grab
as Ross Common
(1980)
Tom Horn
as Sam Creedmore
(1980)
Honeysuckle Rose
as Garland
(1980)
Swan Song
as George
(1979)
1941
as Hollis P. Wood
(1979)
The Black Hole
as B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
(1979)
(1979)
Undercover with the KKK
as Yancey Hicks
(1979)
(1979)
(1979)
Spirit of the Wind
as Obie
(1978)
The Swarm
as Jud Hawkins
(1978)
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
as Sheriff Ledy
(1977)
The White Buffalo
as Abel Pickney
(1977)
The Shadow of Chikara
as Virgil Cane
(1977)
Mr. Billion
as Duane Hawkins
(1976)
Pony Express Rider
as Bob Jay
(1976)
Hawmps!
as Naman Tucker
(1976)
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
as Lijah Tuttle
(1975)
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Sheriff Orville
(1975)
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Frank Stillwell
(1975)
White Line Fever
as Duane Haller
(1975)
Rancho Deluxe
as Henry Beige
(1975)
Babe
as Colonel M.J. McCombs
(1974)
Blazing Saddles
as Taggart
(1974)
The Gun and the Pulpit
as Billy One-Eye
(1974)
Bootleggers
as Grandpa Pruitt
(1974)
The Legend of Earl Durand
as Phil Chumley
(1974)
Twice in a Lifetime
as Pete Lazich
(1974)
Runaway on the Rogue River
as Bucky Steele
(1974)
Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West
as Windy Bill
(1973)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Sheriff Colin Baker
(1973)
Ginger in the Morning
as Sheriff
(1972)
The Cowboys
as Anse
(1972)
The Getaway
as Cowboy
(1972)
The Honkers
as Clete
(1972)
Rolling Man
as Chuck
(1972)
J.C.
as Grady Caldwell
(1971)
Hitched
as Sam / Bart Dawson
(1971)
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Kilpatrick
(1971)
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
as Sheriff Whittaker
(1971)
Temporada salvaje
as Lucky
(1971)
The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Stoney
(1970)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Ben Fairchild
(1970)
The Deserter
as Sgt. Tattinger
(1970)
Operation Snafu
as General Maxwell
(1969)
The Desperate Mission
as Three-Finger Jack
(1969)
80 Steps to Jonah
as Scott
(1968)
Skidoo
as Switchboard Operator
(1968)
Never a Dull Moment
as Cowboy Schaeffer
(1968)
The Legend of Custer
as California Joe Milner
(1967)
Will Penny
as Ike Wallerstein
(1967)
The Flim-Flam Man
as Jarvis Bates
(1967)
Rough Night in Jericho
as Yarbrough
(1967)
Hard Breed to Kill
as Sloper
(1966)
Stagecoach
as Buck, Stagecoach Driver
(1966)
An Eye for an Eye
as Ike Slant
(1966)
The Magnificent Stranger
as Sheriff
(1966)
(1965)
In Harm's Way
as C.P.O. Culpepper
(1965)
Major Dundee
as Wiley
(1965)
The Glory Guys
as Sgt. James Gregory
(1965)
Up from the Beach
as Artillery Colonel
(1964)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Major "King" Kong
(1964)
Bristle Face
as Newt Pribble
(1963)
Savage Sam
as Willy Crup
(1961)
One-Eyed Jacks
as Deputy Lon Dedrick
(1961)
A Thunder of Drums
as Trooper Erschick
(1960)
Chartroose Caboose
as Pete Harmon
(1959)
Escort West
as Corporal Wheeler
(1959)
(1958)
The Sheepman
as Marshal
(1958)
Tonka
as Ace
(1957)
Gunsight Ridge
as Hank Moss
(1957)
The Saga of Andy Burnett
as Old Bill Williams
(1956)
The Great Locomotive Chase
as Pete Bracken
(1956)
Gun Brothers
as Moose MacLain
(1956)
Stranger at My Door
as Ben Silas
(1956)
When Gangland Strikes
as Slim Pickett
(1956)
Cow Dog
as Himself - Commentator
(1956)
Cow Dog
as Cowhand
(1955)
The Last Command
as Abe
(1955)
Santa Fe Passage
as Sam Beekman
(1954)
The Outcast
as Boone Polson
(1954)
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Shorty
(1954)
Phantom Stallion
as Slim
(1953)
The Sun Shines Bright
as Sterling
(1953)
Red River Shore
as Deputy Slim Pickens
(1953)
Down Laredo Way
as Slim
(1953)
Iron Mountain Trail
as Slim
(1953)
Old Overland Trail
as Slim Pickens
(1953)
Shadows of Tombstone
as Slim
(1952)
Colorado Sundown
as Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens
(1952)
Thunderbirds
as Pvt. Wes Shelby
(1952)
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Slim
(1952)
The Story of Will Rogers
as Dusty Donovan
(1952)
The Last Musketeer
as Slim
(1952)
Border Saddlemates
as Slim
(1952)
South Pacific Trail
as Slim Pickens
(1950)
Rocky Mountain
as Plank (CSA)
(1946)
Smoky
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Crew
(1958)
The Big Country
Stunts