Portrait of Slim Pickens

Slim Pickens

Acting

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.

Born: June 29, 1919

Place of Birth: Kingsburg, California, USA

Filmography

2001
Back in the Saddle

as Self (archive footage)

1993
La Classe américaine

as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)

1990
1982
1982
Filthy Rich

as Big Guy Beck

1981
Nashville Grab

as Ross Common

1981
This House Possessed

as Arthur Keene

1981
The Howling

as Sam Newfield

1980
1980
Tom Horn

as Sam Creedmore

1980
Swan Song

as George

1979
The Black Hole

as B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)

1979
1941

as Hollis P. Wood

1979
1979
The Sacketts

as Jack Bigelow

1978
1978
The Swarm

as Jud Hawkins

1977
The Love Boat

as Luke Scofield

1977
The Shadow of Chikara

as Virgil Cane

1977
Babe

as Colonel M.J. McCombs

1977
The White Buffalo

as Abel Pickney

1977
Mr. Billion

as Duane Hawkins

1977
Grizzly Adams

as Fine Hope

1976
1976
Hawmps!

as Naman Tucker

1976
1975
Switch

as Bruno Restig

1975
White Line Fever

as Duane Haller

1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang

as Frank Stillwell

1975
Poor Pretty Eddie

as Sheriff Orville

1975
Rancho Deluxe

as Henry Beige

1974
1974
1974
Bootleggers

as Grandpa Pruitt

1974
The Gun and the Pulpit

as Billy One-Eye

1974
Twice in a Lifetime

as Pete Lazich

1974
1974
Blazing Saddles

as Taggart

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Sheriff Colin Baker

1973
Hitched

as Sam / Bart Dawson

1972
The Getaway

as Cowboy

1972
Kung Fu

as Bart Fisher

1972
Rolling Man

as Chuck

1972
The Honkers

as Clete

1972
J.C.

as Grady Caldwell

1972
1971
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

as Sheriff Whittaker

1971
1970
The Deserter

as Sgt. Tattinger

1970
The Partridge Family

as Will Fowler

1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Wild Jack Monroe

1970
1970
Operation Snafu

as General Maxwell

1969
1969
The Desperate Mission

as Three-Finger Jack

1968
Skidoo

as Switchboard Operator

1968
1968
Never a Dull Moment

as Cowboy Schaeffer

1968
The Legend of Custer

as California Joe Milner

1967
Will Penny

as Ike Wallerstein

1967
1967
Cimarron Strip

as Malachi Grimes

1967
1967
The Flim-Flam Man

as Jarvis Bates

1967
1967
1966
An Eye for an Eye

as Ike Slant

1966
Stagecoach

as Buck, Stagecoach Driver

1965
Run for Your Life

as Sheriff Hoag

1965
The Legend of Jesse James

as Sheriff Homer Brinks

1965
The Glory Guys

as Sgt. James Gregory

1965
Up from the Beach

as Artillery Colonel

1965
In Harm's Way

as C.P.O. Culpepper

1965
Major Dundee

as Wiley

1964
Daniel Boone

as Simon Harman

1964
Daniel Boone

as Cletus Mott

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Clint Spinner

1964
Bristle Face

as Newt Pribble

1963
The Fugitive

as Corbin

1963
Savage Sam

as Willy Crup

1962
1962
1962
1961
A Thunder of Drums

as Trooper Erschick

1961
One-Eyed Jacks

as Deputy Lon Dedrick

1961
The Americans

as Johnson

1960
Chartroose Caboose

as Pete Harmon

1960
The Westerner

as Oscar Hudson

1960
Outlaws

as Slim

1959
Riverboat

as Trapper (uncredited)

1959
Riverboat

as Porter Slagle

1959
Bonanza

as Sheriff Renard

1959
Bonanza

as Sheriff Gant

1959
Bonanza

as Big Jim Leyton

1959
Escort West

as Corporal Wheeler

1959
Rawhide

as Sheriff McKay

1958
Tonka

as Ace

1958
The Sheepman

as Marshal

1957
Maverick

as Roscoe

1957
Sugarfoot

as Shorty

1957
Sugarfoot

as Harry

1957
Gunsight Ridge

as Hank Moss

1956
Gun Brothers

as Moose MacLain

1956
1956
1956
When Gangland Strikes

as Slim Pickett

1955
Gunsmoke

as Bucko

1955
Gunsmoke

as Pony Beal

1955
Gunsmoke

as Colley

1955
Gunsmoke

as Charlie Utter

1955
Santa Fe Passage

as Sam Beekman

1954
1954
The Outcast

as Boone Polson

1954
1954
Annie Oakley

as Sundown - Henchman

1953
Red River Shore

as Slim Pickens

1953
1953
1953
Old Overland Trail

as Slim Pickens

1952
Thunderbirds

as Pvt. Wes Shelby

1952
South Pacific Trail

as Slim Pickens

1952
Death Valley Days

as Wall Kennedy

1952
The Story of Will Rogers

as Dusty Donovan

1952
Colorado Sundown

as Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens

1950
Rocky Mountain

as Plank (CSA)

1946
Smoky

as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)