
Slim Pickens
Known for Acting · 165 credits
- Born
- 1919-06-29
- Died
- 1983-12-08
- Place of birth
- Kingsburg, California, USA
- Also known as
- Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. · اسلیم پیکنز
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
TV Shows (53)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Bonanza
1959
as Sheriff Renard / Sheriff Gant / Big Jim Leyton

The Fugitive
1963
as Corbin

Lassie
1954

The Love Boat
1977
as Luke Scofield

Ironside
1967

Mannix
1967

Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Sam

Maverick
1957
as Roscoe

The Virginian
1962
as Slim / Hogy

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Clem Carter

Cheyenne
1955

Rawhide
1959
as Sheriff McKay

Daniel Boone
1964
as Simon Harman / Cletus Mott

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Wild Jack Monroe

Route 66
1960

Run for Your Life
1965
as Sheriff Hoag

Gunsmoke
1955
as Bucko / Pony Beal / Colley / Charlie Utter

That Girl
1966

Baretta
1975

Vega$
1978

Switch
1975
as Bruno Restig

Sugarfoot
1957
as Shorty / Harry

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Surfside 6
1960

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Bradshaw

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Clint Spinner

The Partridge Family
1970
as Will Fowler

McMillan & Wife
1971

The Tall Man
1960

Riverboat
1959
as Trapper (uncredited) / Porter Slagle

The Westerner
1960
as Oscar Hudson

Annie Oakley
1954
as Sundown - Henchman

Outlaws
1960
as Slim

Cimarron Strip
1967
as Malachi Grimes

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Bucky Steele

Grizzly Adams
1977
as Fine Hope
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Rogers

Coronado 9
1960

The Outcasts
1968

The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Sheriff Homer Brinks

Custer
1967

Death Valley Days
1952
as Wall Kennedy

The Americans
1961
as Johnson

The Wonderful World of Disney
1961

The Sacketts
1979
as Jack Bigelow

Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955

The Wide Country
1962

The Swamp Fox
1959

Filthy Rich
1982
as Big Guy Beck
Our Man Higgins
1962

Kung Fu
1972
as Bart Fisher

The Nashville Palace
1981
Movies (112)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Major "King" Kong

Blazing Saddles
1974
as Taggart

1941
1979
as Hollis P. Wood

The Howling
1981
as Sam Newfield

The Getaway
1972
as Cowboy

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Sheriff Colin Baker

The Cowboys
1972
as Anse

The Swarm
1978
as Jud Hawkins

In Harm's Way
1965
as C.P.O. Culpepper

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Will Penny
1967
as Ike Wallerstein

Stagecoach
1966
as Buck, Stagecoach Driver

The Outcast
1954
as Boone Polson

One-Eyed Jacks
1961
as Deputy Lon Dedrick

Tom Horn
1980
as Sam Creedmore

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Ben Fairchild

The White Buffalo
1977
as Abel Pickney

The Black Hole
1979
as B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)

The Sheepman
1958
as Marshal

Major Dundee
1965
as Wiley

Skidoo
1968
as Switchboard Operator

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Tex

Hitched
1973
as Sam / Bart Dawson

Tonka
1958
as Ace

Rancho Deluxe
1975
as Henry Beige

La Classe américaine
1993
as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)

Mr. Billion
1977
as Duane Hawkins

White Line Fever
1975
as Duane Haller

Red River Shore
1953
as Slim Pickens

The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
as Frank Stillwell

Gunsight Ridge
1957
as Hank Moss

Phantom Stallion
1954
as Slim

The Legend of Earl Durand
1974
as Phil Chumley

Santa Fe Passage
1955
as Sam Beekman

A Thunder of Drums
1961
as Trooper Erschick

The Last Command
1955
as Abe

The Great Locomotive Chase
1956
as Pete Bracken

The Glory Guys
1965
as Sgt. James Gregory

Escort West
1959
as Corporal Wheeler

Never a Dull Moment
1968
as Cowboy Schaeffer

The Deserter
1970
as Sgt. Tattinger

An Eye for an Eye
1966
as Ike Slant

Rough Night in Jericho
1967
as Yarbrough

Honeysuckle Rose
1980
as Garland

The Honkers
1972
as Clete

This House Possessed
1981
as Arthur Keene

Rolling Man
1972
as Chuck

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
as Sheriff Whittaker

Colorado Sundown
1952
as Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens

The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Sterling

The Magnificent Stranger
1966
as Sheriff

Bristle Face
1964
as Newt Pribble

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Kilpatrick

Rocky Mountain
1950
as Plank (CSA)

The Flim-Flam Man
1967
as Jarvis Bates

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
as Self

Babe
1977
as Colonel M.J. McCombs

Undercover with the KKK
1979
as Yancey Hicks

The Desperate Mission
1969
as Three-Finger Jack

Smoky
1946
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976
as Lijah Tuttle

Iron Mountain Trail
1953
as Slim

Gun Brothers
1956
as Moose MacLain

Thunderbirds
1952
as Pvt. Wes Shelby

Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
1978
as Sheriff Ledy

Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
as Sheriff Orville

Nashville Grab
1981
as Ross Common

Ginger in the Morning
1974
as Sheriff

The Shadow of Chikara
1977
as Virgil Cane

Savage Sam
1963
as Willy Crup

The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Shorty

Border Saddlemates
1952
as Slim

Bootleggers
1974
as Grandpa Pruitt

Shadows of Tombstone
1953
as Slim

Swan Song
1980
as George

The Sweet Creek County War
1979

When Gangland Strikes
1956
as Slim Pickett

The Gun and the Pulpit
1974
as Billy One-Eye

The Devil and Miss Sarah
1971
as Stoney

Up from the Beach
1965
as Artillery Colonel

Hard Breed to Kill
1967
as Sloper

The Legend of Custer
1968
as California Joe Milner

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story
1990
as California Joe Milner
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
1981
as Ben Khlover

Hawmps!
1976
as Naman Tucker

Runaway on the Rogue River
1974
as Bucky Steele

Old Oklahoma Plains
1952
as Slim

The Young Rounders
1966

J.C.
1972
as Grady Caldwell

Operation Snafu
1970
as General Maxwell

Back in the Saddle
2001
as Self (archive footage)

Twice in a Lifetime
1974
as Pete Lazich

80 Steps to Jonah
1969
as Scott

Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy Angel
1981
as Murf

South Pacific Trail
1952
as Slim Pickens

Pony Express Rider
1976
as Bob Jay

The Story of Will Rogers
1952
as Dusty Donovan

Spirit of the Wind
1979
as Obie

Chartroose Caboose
1960
as Pete Harmon

Pink Motel
1982
as Roy

Down Laredo Way
1953
as Slim

The Flim Flam Man
1972
as Jarvis Bates

Stampede at Bitter Creek
1962
as Buck

The Last Musketeer
1952
as Slim

The Wild Season
1971
as Lucky

Old Overland Trail
1953
as Slim Pickens

Stranger at My Door
1956
as Ben Silas
Cow Dog
1956
as Himself - Commentator / Cowhand
Outdoor Rambling
1972
as Self

Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West
1974
as Windy Bill

Stump Run
1960

Monarch of the Mountains
as Narrator
About Slim Pickens
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 un… With 165 credits spanning from 1946 to 2004, Slim Pickens has appeared in 112 films and 53 TV shows.
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- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) — as Major "King" Kong
- Blazing Saddles (1974) — as Taggart
- 1941 (1979) — as Hollis P. Wood
- The Howling (1981) — as Sam Newfield
- The Getaway (1972) — as Cowboy
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