Slim Pickens
Acting1919Kingsburg, California, USA
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
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Major "King" Kong
Blazing Saddles
Taggart
The Howling
Sam Newfield
1941
Hollis P. Wood
The Getaway
Cowboy
The Black Hole
B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
Bonanza
Big Jim Leyton / Sheriff Gant / Sheriff Renard
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Sheriff Colin Baker
Acting History
Future
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)
1993
La Classe américaine
as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
1990
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story
as California Joe Milner
1982
Pink Motel
as Roy
Filthy Rich
TVas Big Guy Beck
1981
The Howling
as Sam Newfield
This House Possessed
as Arthur Keene
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
as Ben Khlover
Nashville Grab
as Ross Common
1980
Honeysuckle Rose
as Garland
Swan Song
as George
Tom Horn
as Sam Creedmore
The Love Boat
TVas Luke Scofield• 2 eps
1979
The Black Hole
as B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
Spirit of the Wind
as Obie
Undercover with the KKK
as Yancey Hicks
1941
as Hollis P. Wood
The Sacketts
TVas Jack Bigelow
1978
1977
The White Buffalo
as Abel Pickney
The Shadow of Chikara
as Virgil Cane
Babe
as Colonel M.J. McCombs
Mr. Billion
as Duane Hawkins
Switch
TVas Bruno Restig• 1 eps
Grizzly Adams
TVas Fine Hope• 1 eps
1976
1975
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Sheriff Orville
White Line Fever
as Duane Haller
Rancho Deluxe
as Henry Beige
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Frank Stillwell
1974
Ginger in the Morning
as Sheriff
Bootleggers
as Grandpa Pruitt
Blazing Saddles
as Taggart
The Gun and the Pulpit
as Billy One-Eye
The Legend of Earl Durand
as Phil Chumley
Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West
as Windy Bill
Twice in a Lifetime
as Pete Lazich
Runaway on the Rogue River
as Bucky Steele
Kung Fu
TVas Bart Fisher• 1 eps
1973
Hitched
as Sam / Bart Dawson
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Sheriff Colin Baker
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Sam• 1 eps
1972
J.C.
as Grady Caldwell
Rolling Man
as Chuck
The Cowboys
as Anse
The Honkers
as Clete
The Getaway
as Cowboy
Outdoor Rambling
as Self
The Flim Flam Man
as Jarvis Bates
Gunsmoke
TVas Charlie Utter• 2 eps
The Partridge Family
TVas Will Fowler• 1 eps
1971
The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Stoney
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Kilpatrick
The Wild Season
as Lucky
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
as Sheriff Whittaker
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TVas Wild Jack Monroe• 1 eps
1970
Operation Snafu
as General Maxwell
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Ben Fairchild
The Deserter
as Sgt. Tattinger
1969
1968
Skidoo
as Switchboard Operator
Never a Dull Moment
as Cowboy Schaeffer
The Legend of Custer
as California Joe Milner
1967
Will Penny
as Ike Wallerstein
The Flim-Flam Man
as Jarvis Bates
Rough Night in Jericho
as Yarbrough
Hard Breed to Kill
as Sloper
Run for Your Life
TVas Sheriff Hoag• 1 eps
Cimarron Strip
TVas Malachi Grimes
1966
Talion
as Ike Slant
Stagecoach
as Buck, Stagecoach Driver
The Magnificent Stranger
as Sheriff
Daniel Boone
TVas Simon Harman / Cletus Mott• 1 eps
1965
Major Dundee
as Wiley
The Glory Guys
as Sgt. James Gregory
In Harm's Way
as C.P.O. Culpepper
Up from the Beach
as Artillery Colonel
The Legend of Jesse James
TVas Sheriff Homer Brinks
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Major "King" Kong
Bristle Face
as Newt Pribble
Bonanza
TVas Big Jim Leyton / Sheriff Gant / Sheriff Renard• 1 eps
Profiles in Courage
TVas Rogers• 1 eps
The Fugitive
TVas Corbin• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Sheriff McKay• 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Clem Carter• 1 eps
The Virginian
TVas Hogy / Slim• 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas Clint Spinner• 1 eps
1963
Savage Sam
as Willy Crup
1961
One-Eyed Jacks
as Deputy Lon Dedrick
A Thunder of Drums
as Trooper Erschick
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Bradshaw• 1 eps
The Americans
TVas Johnson
1960
Chartroose Caboose
as Pete Harmon
Outlaws
TVas Slim• 50 eps
The Westerner
TVas Oscar Hudson• 1 eps
Riverboat
TVas Porter Slagle• 1 eps
1959
Escort West
as Corporal Wheeler
1958
The Sheepman
as Marshal
Tonka
as Ace
Maverick
TVas Roscoe• 3 eps
Sugarfoot
TVas Harry• 1 eps
The Big Country
Stunts
1957
1956
The Great Locomotive Chase
as Pete Bracken
Stranger at My Door
as Ben Silas
When Gangland Strikes
as Slim Pickett
Gun Brothers
as Moose MacLain
Cow Dog
as Himself - Commentator
Annie Oakley
TVas Sundown - Henchman• 1 eps
1955
1954
Phantom Stallion
as Slim
The Outcast
as Boone Polson
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Shorty
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Bucky Steele
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
as Sterling
Iron Mountain Trail
as Slim
Shadows of Tombstone
as Slim
Old Overland Trail
as Slim Pickens
Down Laredo Way
as Slim
Red River Shore
as Slim Pickens
1952
The Last Musketeer
as Slim
South Pacific Trail
as Slim Pickens
Colorado Sundown
as Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens
Thunderbirds
as Pvt. Wes Shelby
The Story of Will Rogers
as Dusty Donovan
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Slim
Border Saddlemates
as Slim
Death Valley Days
TVas Wall Kennedy
1950
Rocky Mountain
as Plank (CSA)
1946
Smoky
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)