Slim Pickens (

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Louis Burton Lindley Jr.

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Slim Pickens

Birth Name:
Louis Burton Lindley Jr.

Date of Birth:
June 29, 1919,

Height:
6' 3" (1.91 m)

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Slim Pickens Biography

Slim Pickens spent the early part of his career as a real cowboy and the latter part playing cowboys, and he is best remembered for a single "cowboy" image: that of bomber pilot Maj. "King" Kong waving his cowboy hat rodeo-style as he rides a nuclear bomb onto its target in the great black comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Born in Kingsburg, near Fresno in California's Central Valley, he spent much of his boyhood in nearby Hanford, where he began rodeoing at the age of 12. Over the next two decades he toured the country on the rodeo circuit, becoming a highly-paid and well-respected rodeo clown, a job that entailed enormous danger. At the age of 31 he was given a role in a western, Rocky Mountain (1950), and quickly found a niche in both comic and villainous roles in that genre. With his hoarse voice and pronounced western twang, he was not always easy to cast outside the genre, but when he was, as in "Dr. Strangelove", the results were often memorable. He died in 1983 after a long and courageous battle against a brain tumor. He was survived by his wife Margaret and three children, Daryle Ann, Thom, and Margaret Lou. His brother has acted under the name Easy Pickens.

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Slim Pickens filmography

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1. Sawyer and Finn (1983)
TV

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2. Christmas Mountain (1981)

actor

3. "The Nashville Palace" (1981)
Regular (1981-82) (unknown episodes)

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4. The Nashville Grab (1981)
TV Ross Common

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5. Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase (1981)
TV Ben Khlover

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6. Swan Song (1980)
TV George

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7. Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
Garland Ramsey

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8. The Sweet Creek County War (1979)
Jitters Pippen

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9. Spirit of the Wind (1979)
Obie

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10. The Sacketts (1979)
TV Jack Bigelow

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11. The Busters (1978)
TV Kane

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12. Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (1978)
Sheriff Ledy

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13. The Swarm (1978)
Jud Hawkins

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14. Mr. Billion (1977)
Duane Hawkins

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15. Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (1976)
TV Lijah Tuttle

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16. Pony Express Rider (1976)
Bob Jay

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17. Hawmps! (1976)
Naman Tucker

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18. The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
Frank Stillwell

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19. Babe (1975)
TV Colonel M.J. McCombs

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20. Poor Pretty Eddy (1975)
Orville

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21. White Line Fever (1975)
Duane Haller

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22. Bootleggers (1974)
Grandpa Pruitt

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23. Ginger in the Morning (1974)
Sheriff

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24. Twice in a Lifetime (1974)
TV Pete Lazich

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25. The Legend of Earl Durand (1974)
Phil Chumley

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26. Runaway on Rogue River (1974)
TV Bucky Steele

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27. Blazing Saddles (1974)
Taggart

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28. Outdoor Rambling (1972)

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29. J.C. (1972)
Grady Caldwell

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30. Rolling Man (1972)
TV Chuck

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31. The Cowboys (1972)
Anse

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32. Temporada salvaje (1971)

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33. The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)
TV Stoney

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34. Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster? (1971)
TV Kilpatrick

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35. The Deserter (1971)
Tattinger

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36. Hitched (1971)
TV Sam/Bart Dawson

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37. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Ben Fairchild

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38. Rosolino Patern?, soldato... (1970)
General Maxwell

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39. The Desperate Mission (1969)
TV Three-Finger Jack

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40. The Legend of Custer (1968)
California Joe Milner

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41. Will Penny (1968)
Ike Walterstein

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42. Tipo dificil de matar, Un (1967)

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43. The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Jarvis Bates

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44. Magnifico extranjero, El (1967)
Sheriff

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45. Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
Yarbrough

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46. The Young Rounders (1966)

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47. An Eye for an Eye (1966)
Ike Slant

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48. In Harm's Way (1965)
C.P.O Culpepper

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49. The Glory Guys (1965)
Sgt. James Gregory

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50. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964)
Clint Spinner (1 episode, 1964)

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51. Savage Sam (1963)
Willy Crup

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52. "The Virginian" (1962)
Hogy / (3 episodes, 1963-1971)

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53. One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Deputy Lon Dedrick

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54. Chartroose Caboose (1960)
Pete Harmon

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55. Stump Run (1959)
Babe Gaskin

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56. The Sheepman (1958)
Marshal

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57. Tonka (1958)
Ace

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58. Escort West (1958)
Corporal Wheeler

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59. Gunsight Ridge (1957)
Hank Moss

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60. "Wagon Train" (1957)
Rafe (2 episodes, 1958-1962)

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61. Cow Dog (1956)
Cowhand

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62. When Gangland Strikes (1956)
Slim Pickett

actor

63. Stranger at My Door (1956)
Ben Silas

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64. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
Pete Bracken

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65. Gun Brothers (1956)
Moose MacLain

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66. Santa Fe Passage (1955)
Sam Beekman

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67. The Last Command (1955)
Abe

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68. Phantom Stallion (1954)
Slim

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69. The Outcast (1954)
Boone Polsen

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70. The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
Shorty, Turlock Henchman

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71. Down Laredo Way (1953)
Slim Pickens

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72. Iron Mountain Trail (1953)
Slim Pickens

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73. Shadows of Tombstone (1953)
Slim Pickens

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74. Old Overland Trail (1953)
Slim Pickens

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75. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
Sterling, Lanky Backwoodsman

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76. South Pacific Trail (1952)
Slim Pickens

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77. Border Saddlemates (1952)
Slim Pickens

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78. Old Oklahoma Plains (1952)
Slim

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79. Colorado Sundown (1952)
Joshua 'Slim' Pickens/Ma Pickens

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80. Thunderbirds (1952)
Pvt. Wes Shelby

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81. The Last Musketeer (1952)
Slim Pickens

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82. The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
Dusty Donovan

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83. Rocky Mountain (1950)
Plank (CSA)

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84. "Circus Boy"
Curly (1 episode, 1956)

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85. "Custer"
California Joe Milner (1 episode, 1967)

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86. "Best of the West"
Sheriff (1 episode, 1981)

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87. "COronado 9"
(1 episode, 1961)

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88. "The Americans"
Johnson (2 episodes, 1961)

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89. "Stories of the Century"
Driver Billy Hilton / (2 episodes, 1954-1955)

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90. "Annie Oakley"
Ed Morgan / (4 episodes, 1956)

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91. "Lawman"
Barney / (2 episodes, 1960-1961)

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92. "The Tall Man"
(1 episode, 1962)

actor

93. "Our Man Higgins"
Zeke (1 episode, 1963)

actor

94. Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005)

95. Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)

96. Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story (1990)
archive footage

97. Pink Motel (1982)

98. "Filthy Rich" (1982)
2 episodes, 1982

99. This House Possessed (1981)

100. The Howling (1981)

101. Tom Horn (1980)

102. Honeysuckle Rose (1980)

103. 1941 (1979)

104. Undercover with the KKK (1979)

105. "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" (1979)
2 episodes, 1979

106. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

107. "B.J. and the Bear" (1979)
6 episodes, 1979-1981

108. The Black Hole (1979)
uncredited

109. "How the West Was Won" (1978)
uncredited

110. The White Buffalo (1977)
stage driver

111. The Shadow of Chikara (1977)

112. America at the Movies (1976)
archive footage

113. Rancho Deluxe (1975)

114. The Gun and the Pulpit (1974)

115. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

116. The Getaway (1972)

117. "Alias Smith and Jones" (1971)
4 episodes, 1971-1972

118. 80 Steps to Jonah (1969)

119. Skidoo (1968)

120. Never a Dull Moment (1968)

121. Stagecoach (1966)

122. Major Dundee (1965)

123. Up from the Beach (1965)

124. "Daniel Boone" (1964)
2 episodes, 1966

125. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

126. "The Wide Country" (1962)
4 episodes, 1962-1963

127. A Thunder of Drums (1961)

128. "Outlaws" (1960)
5 episodes, 1961-1962

129. "Bonanza" (1959)
4 episodes, 1963-1970

130. "Sugarfoot" (1957)
3 episodes, 1957-1960

131. "Buffalo Bill, Jr." (1955)

132. "Gunsmoke" (1955)
5 episodes, 1964-1972

133. "Disneyland" (1954)
20 episodes, 1957-1974

134. "The Lone Ranger" (1949)
2 episodes, 1956

135. The Honkers (1972)
(composer: song "I'm a Rodeo Cowboy")

music department

136. Behind the Scenes: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
TV Himself

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137. When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)
TV Himself

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138. Red River Shore (1953)
Himself

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139. "Hee Haw"
Himself (1 episode, 1981-1983)

self

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