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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Fugitive

Bonanza

Bonanza

Bonanza

The Love Boat

Ironside

Mannix

All Movies (113)

• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Back in the Saddle2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• La Classe américaine1993 · as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
• Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story1990 · as California Joe Milner
• Pink Motel1982 · as Roy
• Nashville Grab1981 · as Ross Common
• Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase1981 · as Ben Khlover
• This House Possessed1981 · as Arthur Keene
• The Howling1981 · as Sam Newfield
• Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy Angel1981 · as Murf
• Honeysuckle Rose1980 · as Garland
• Tom Horn1980 · as Sam Creedmore
• Swan Song1980 · as George
• The Black Hole1979 · as B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
• 19411979 · as Hollis P. Wood
• Undercover with the KKK1979 · as Yancey Hicks
• When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion1979 · as Self
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure1979 · as Tex
• The Sweet Creek County War1979
• Spirit of the Wind1979 · as Obie
• Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws1978 · as Sheriff Ledy
• The Swarm1978 · as Jud Hawkins
• The Shadow of Chikara1977 · as Virgil Cane
• Babe1977 · as Colonel M.J. McCombs
• The White Buffalo1977 · as Abel Pickney
• Mr. Billion1977 · as Duane Hawkins
• Pony Express Rider1976 · as Bob Jay
• Hawmps!1976 · as Naman Tucker
• Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free1976 · as Lijah Tuttle
• White Line Fever1975 · as Duane Haller
• The Apple Dumpling Gang1975 · as Frank Stillwell
• Poor Pretty Eddie1975 · as Sheriff Orville
• Rancho Deluxe1975 · as Henry Beige
• Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West1974 · as Windy Bill
• Runaway on the Rogue River1974 · as Bucky Steele
• The Legend of Earl Durand1974 · as Phil Chumley
• Bootleggers1974 · as Grandpa Pruitt
• The Gun and the Pulpit1974 · as Billy One-Eye
• Twice in a Lifetime1974 · as Pete Lazich
• Ginger in the Morning1974 · as Sheriff
• Blazing Saddles1974 · as Taggart
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · as Sheriff Colin Baker
• Hitched1973 · as Sam / Bart Dawson
• The Getaway1972 · as Cowboy
• Rolling Man1972 · as Chuck
• Outdoor Rambling1972 · as Self
• The Honkers1972 · as Clete
• J.C.1972 · as Grady Caldwell
• The Cowboys1972 · as Anse
• The Flim Flam Man1972 · as Jarvis Bates
• The Devil and Miss Sarah1971 · as Stoney
• The Day They Hanged Kid Curry1971 · as Sheriff Whittaker
• Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?1971 · as Kilpatrick
• The Wild Season1971 · as Lucky
• The Deserter1970 · as Sgt. Tattinger
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue1970 · as Ben Fairchild
• Operation Snafu1970 · as General Maxwell
• 80 Steps to Jonah1969 · as Scott
• The Desperate Mission1969 · as Three-Finger Jack
• Skidoo1968 · as Switchboard Operator
• Never a Dull Moment1968 · as Cowboy Schaeffer
• The Legend of Custer1968 · as California Joe Milner
• Will Penny1967 · as Ike Wallerstein
• The Flim-Flam Man1967 · as Jarvis Bates
• Rough Night in Jericho1967 · as Yarbrough
• Hard Breed to Kill1967 · as Sloper
• The Magnificent Stranger1966 · as Sheriff
• An Eye for an Eye1966 · as Ike Slant
• Stagecoach1966 · as Buck, Stagecoach Driver
• The Young Rounders1966
• The Glory Guys1965 · as Sgt. James Gregory
• Up from the Beach1965 · as Artillery Colonel
• In Harm's Way1965 · as C.P.O. Culpepper
• Major Dundee1965 · as Wiley
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964 · as Major "King" Kong
• Bristle Face1964 · as Newt Pribble
• Savage Sam1963 · as Willy Crup
• Stampede at Bitter Creek1962 · as Buck
• A Thunder of Drums1961 · as Trooper Erschick
• One-Eyed Jacks1961 · as Deputy Lon Dedrick
• Chartroose Caboose1960 · as Pete Harmon
• Stump Run1960
• Escort West1959 · as Corporal Wheeler
• Tonka1958 · as Ace
• The Sheepman1958 · as Marshal
• Gunsight Ridge1957 · as Hank Moss
• Cow Dog1956 · as Himself - Commentator
• Cow Dog1956 · as Cowhand
• Gun Brothers1956 · as Moose MacLain
• The Great Locomotive Chase1956 · as Pete Bracken
• Stranger at My Door1956 · as Ben Silas
• When Gangland Strikes1956 · as Slim Pickett
• The Last Command1955 · as Abe
• Santa Fe Passage1955 · as Sam Beekman
• The Outcast1954 · as Boone Polson
• The Boy from Oklahoma1954 · as Shorty
• Phantom Stallion1954 · as Slim
• Red River Shore1953 · as Slim Pickens
• Shadows of Tombstone1953 · as Slim
• Down Laredo Way1953 · as Slim
• Iron Mountain Trail1953 · as Slim
• The Sun Shines Bright1953 · as Sterling
• Old Overland Trail1953 · as Slim Pickens
• Thunderbirds1952 · as Pvt. Wes Shelby
• South Pacific Trail1952 · as Slim Pickens
• Old Oklahoma Plains1952 · as Slim
• The Story of Will Rogers1952 · as Dusty Donovan
• Border Saddlemates1952 · as Slim
• The Last Musketeer1952 · as Slim
• Colorado Sundown1952 · as Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens
• Rocky Mountain1950 · as Plank (CSA)
• Smoky1946 · as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
• Monarch of the Mountains— · as Narrator

All TV Shows (62)

• Filthy Rich1982 · as Big Guy Beck
• The Nashville Palace1981
• The Sacketts1979 · as Jack Bigelow
• Vega$1978
• The Love Boat1977 · as Luke Scofield
• Grizzly Adams1977 · as Fine Hope
• Switch1975 · as Bruno Restig
• Baretta1975
• Kung Fu1972 · as Bart Fisher
• McMillan & Wife1971
• Alias Smith and Jones1971
• The Partridge Family1970 · as Will Fowler
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show1970 · as Wild Jack Monroe
• The Outcasts1968
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Sam
• Mannix1967
• Cimarron Strip1967 · as Malachi Grimes
• Custer1967
• Ironside1967
• That Girl1966
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Sheriff Hoag
• The Legend of Jesse James1965 · as Sheriff Homer Brinks
• Profiles in Courage1964 · as Rogers
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Simon Harman
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Cletus Mott
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Clint Spinner
• The Fugitive1963 · as Corbin
• Our Man Higgins1962
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Wide Country1962
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Clem Carter
• The Virginian1962 · as Slim
• The Virginian1962 · as Hogy
• The Wonderful World of Disney1961
• The Americans1961 · as Johnson
• Route 661960 · as Jud
• Surfside 61960
• The Westerner1960 · as Oscar Hudson
• Outlaws1960 · as Slim
• The Tall Man1960
• Coronado 91960
• The Swamp Fox1959
• Riverboat1959 · as Trapper (uncredited)
• Riverboat1959 · as Porter Slagle
• Bonanza1959 · as Sheriff Renard
• Bonanza1959 · as Sheriff Gant
• Bonanza1959 · as Big Jim Leyton
• Rawhide1959 · as Sheriff McKay
• Maverick1957 · as Roscoe
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Shorty
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Harry
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Bradshaw
• Cheyenne1955
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Bucko
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Pony Beal
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Colley
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Charlie Utter
• Buffalo Bill Jr.1955
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Bucky Steele
• Lassie1954
• Annie Oakley1954 · as Sundown - Henchman
• Death Valley Days1952 · as Wall Kennedy