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Louis Burton Lindley Jr., better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor. During much of his career, Pickens played mainly cowboy roles, and is perhaps best remembered today for his comic roles in Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles and 1941.
Birth Name
Louis Burton Lindley Jr.
Born
Sunday, 29 June 1919
Died
Thursday, 08 December 1983
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Filmworker | Self | 2018 |
These Amazing Shadows | Maj. 'King' Kong (clip from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)) | 2011 |
How the West Was Lost | Sheriff Colin Baker | 2008 |
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Slim Pickens / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
Back in the Saddle | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2001 |
The Making of '1941' | (archive) | 1996 |
100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
La classe américaine | 'Deep Throat' (archive footage) / Deep Throat | 1993 |
Pink Motel | Roy | 1982 |
Filthy Rich | Big Guy Beck | 1982 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Filmworker | Self | 2018 |
These Amazing Shadows | Maj. 'King' Kong (clip from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)) | 2011 |
How the West Was Lost | Sheriff Colin Baker | 2008 |
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Slim Pickens / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
Back in the Saddle | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2001 |
The Making of '1941' | (archive) | 1996 |
100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
La classe américaine | 'Deep Throat' (archive footage) / Deep Throat | 1993 |
Pink Motel | Roy | 1982 |
Filthy Rich | Big Guy Beck | 1982 |
Best of the West | Sheriff Ben Lattimer | 1981 |
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase | Ben Khlover | 1981 |
This House Possessed | Arthur Keene | 1981 |
The Howling | Sam Newfield | 1981 |
Christmas Mountain | Murf | 1981 |
Honeysuckle Rose | Garland Ramsey / Garland | 1980 |
Tom Horn | Sheriff Sam Creedmore / Sam Creedmore | 1980 |
Swan Song | George | 1980 |
The Black Hole | B.O.B. | 1979 |
Spirit of the Wind | Obie / Obie - the store owner | 1979 |
1941 | Hollis P. Wood / Hollis 'Holly' P. Wood | 1979 |
Undercover with the KKK | Yancey Hicks | 1979 |
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Sgt. Wiley | 1979 |
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Tex | 1979 |
The Sacketts | Jack Bigelow | 1979 |
The Sweet Creek County War | Jitters Pippen | 1979 |
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws | Sheriff Ledy | 1978 |
B.J. and the Bear | Sgt. Beauregard Wiley / Sergeant Beauregard Wiley / Sergeant Wiley / Sgt. Wiley | 1978 |
The Swarm | Jud Hawkins | 1978 |
Vega$ | Ben Handler | 1978 |
The White Buffalo | Abel Pickney | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Grandpa Luke Shoenfield | 1977 |
Mr. Billion | Duane Hawkins | 1977 |
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Fine Hope | 1977 |
ABC Weekend Specials | Uncle Coot | 1977 |
The Shadow of Chikara | Virgil Cane | 1977 |
Pony Express Rider | Bob Jay | 1976 |
America at the Movies | Major T.J. 'King' Kong | 1976 |
Hawmps! | Naman Tucker / Sergeant Naman Tucker | 1976 |
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free | Lijah Tuttle | 1976 |
How the West Was Won | Tap Henry | 1976 |
Babe | Colonel M.J. McCombs / Col. M.J. McCombs | 1975 |
White Line Fever | Duane Haller | 1975 |
The Apple Dumpling Gang | Frank Stillwell | 1975 |
Poor Pretty Eddie | Sheriff Orville | 1975 |
Switch | Bruno Restig | 1975 |
Rancho Deluxe | Henry Beige | 1975 |
Baretta | Harry Mazurski / Charlie | 1975 |
The Legend of Earl Durand | Phil Chumley | 1974 |
Bootleggers | Grandpa Pruitt | 1974 |
The Gun and the Pulpit | Billy One-Eye | 1974 |
Blazing Saddles | Taggart | 1974 |
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Sheriff Cullen Baker / Sheriff Colin Baker | 1973 |
Ginger in the Morning | Sheriff | 1973 |
Rolling Man | Chuck | 1972 |
The Getaway | Cowboy | 1972 |
The Honkers | Clete | 1972 |
J.C. | Grady Caldwell | 1972 |
Kung Fu | Bart Fisher | 1972 |
The Cowboys | Anse / Anse Peterson | 1972 |
The Devil and Miss Sarah | Stoney | 1971 |
McMillan & Wife | William Halstead | 1971 |
Hitched | Sam / Bart Dawson | 1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones | Sheriff Whittaker / Sheriff Sam / Sheriff Benton / Mike | 1971 |
The Devil's Backbone | Tattinger - American Scout / Sgt. Tattinger | 1970 |
The Partridge Family | Will Fowler | 1970 |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Wild Jack Monroe | 1970 |
The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Ben Fairchild | 1970 |
Rosolino Paternò, soldato... | General Maxwell / Gen. Maxwell | 1970 |
80 Steps to Jonah | Scott | 1969 |
Night Gallery | Sheriff Ned Harlow | 1969 |
Hee Haw | Self | 1969 |
Medical Center | Smokey Bradville | 1969 |
The Desperate Mission | Three-Finger Jack | 1969 |
Skidoo | Switchboard Operator / The Switchboard Operator | 1968 |
The Outcasts | Sergeant | 1968 |
The Name of the Game | Joe Cutter | 1968 |
Hawaii Five-O | Sam | 1968 |
Never a Dull Moment | Cowboy Schaeffer | 1968 |
The Legend of Custer | California Joe Milner | 1968 |
Will Penny | Ike Wallerstein / Ike Walterstein | 1967 |
Mannix | Mike Ray | 1967 |
Ironside | Sheriff Metcalf | 1967 |
Gentle Ben | Lloyd Larkin | 1967 |
Cimarron Strip | Malachi Grimes | 1967 |
Custer | California Joe Milner | 1967 |
The Flim-Flam Man | Jarvis Bates | 1967 |
Rough Night in Jericho | Yarbrough | 1967 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
Un tipo dificil de matar | Chief of the bandits / Sloper | 1967 |
That Girl | Maj. Culpepper | 1966 |
El magnifico extranjero | Sheriff | 1966 |
An Eye for an Eye | Ike Slant | 1966 |
Stagecoach | Buck - Stagecoach Driver / Buck, Stagecoach Driver | 1966 |
Run for Your Life | Sheriff Hoag | 1965 |
The Legend of Jesse James | Sheriff Homer Brinks | 1965 |
The Glory Guys | Sgt. James Gregory | 1965 |
Up from the Beach | Artillery Colonel | 1965 |
In Harm's Way | C.P.O. Culpepper | 1965 |
Major Dundee | Wiley | 1965 |
Profiles in Courage | Rogers | 1964 |
Daniel Boone | Cletus Mott / Simon Harman | 1964 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Clint Spinner | 1964 |
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Maj. 'King' Kong / Major "King" Kong | 1964 |
The Fugitive | Corbin | 1963 |
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Bly | 1963 |
Savage Sam | Willy Crup | 1963 |
Our Man Higgins | Zeke | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest and Musical Guest | 1962 |
Wide Country | Slim Walker | 1962 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Clem Carter | 1962 |
The Virginian | Slim / Sheriff / Hogy | 1962 |
A Thunder of Drums | Trooper Erschick | 1961 |
One-Eyed Jacks | Deputy Lon Dedrick | 1961 |
The Americans | Johnson | 1961 |
Chartroose Caboose | Pete Harmon | 1960 |
The Horse with the Flying Tail | Cowboy | 1960 |
Route 66 | Jud | 1960 |
Surfside 6 | Muskrat George | 1960 |
The Westerner | Oscar Hudson | 1960 |
Outlaws | Slim | 1960 |
The Tall Man | Starr | 1960 |
Coronado 9 | SherIff Harry Fife | 1960 |
Pony Express | Ef Haddlebird | 1960 |
Overland Trail | Vince Allard | 1960 |
Stump Run | Babe Gaskin | 1959 |
Riverboat | Porter Slagle / Trapper | 1959 |
Bonanza | Big Jim Leyton / Sheriff Renard / Sheriff Gant | 1959 |
Escort West | Corporal Wheeler / Cpl. Wheeler | 1959 |
Rawhide | Sheriff McKay | 1959 |
Tonka | Ace | 1958 |
Lawman | Calvin - Stage Driver / Barney - Stage Driver | 1958 |
Frontier Doctor | Red Buck Waightman | 1958 |
Bronco | 1st Stage Driver | 1958 |
The Sheepman | Marshal | 1958 |
Maverick | Jed / Roscoe / Stagecoach Driver | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Rafe Jeffers / Grubstake Malloy | 1957 |
Sugarfoot | Shorty / Mark / Harry | 1957 |
Have Gun - Will Travel | Henchman | 1957 |
Gunsight Ridge | Hank Moss | 1957 |
Circus Boy | Curly | 1956 |
Gun Brothers | Moose MacLain | 1956 |
The Great Locomotive Chase | Pete Bracken | 1956 |
Stranger at My Door | Ben Silas | 1956 |
Stranger at My Door | Ben Silas | 1950 |
When Gangland Strikes | Slim Pickett | 1956 |
Cow Dog | Cowhand / Himself - Commentator | 1956 |
Fury | Slim Perkins | 1955 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bradshaw | 1955 |
Cheyenne | Gary Owen | 1955 |
Gunsmoke | Charlie Utter / Bucko / Colley / Pony Beal | 1955 |
The Last Command | Abe | 1955 |
Santa Fe Passage | Sam Beekman | 1955 |
Buffalo Bill, Jr. | Kansas - Henchman / Dude Simpson | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | Old Bill Williams / Plunkett / Ace / Newt Pribble / Pete Bracken / Willy Crup / Stagecoach Driver / Frank Stillwell / Ewald Plunkett / Cowboy / Cowboy Schaeffer / Capt. Gass / Bucky Steele / Buck / Bill | 1954 |
Lassie | Eddie | 1954 |
The Outcast | Boone Polson / Boone Polsen | 1954 |
The Boy from Oklahoma | Shorty | 1954 |
Phantom Stallion | Slim / Slim Pickens | 1954 |
Stories of the Century | Billy Hilton - Driver / The Smiling Kid | 1954 |
Annie Oakley | Ed Morgan / Garner / Slim / Sundown - Henchman | 1954 |
Red River Shore | Deputy Slim Pickens | 1953 |
Shadows of Tombstone | Slim / Slim Pickens | 1953 |
Down Laredo Way | Slim / Slim Pickens | 1953 |
Iron Mountain Trail | Slim Pickens / Slim | 1953 |
The Sun Shines Bright | Sterling - Lanky Backwoodsman / Sterling | 1953 |
Old Overland Trail | Slim Pickens | 1953 |
Thunderbirds | Pvt. Wes Shelby | 1952 |
South Pacific Trail | Slim Pickens | 1952 |
Old Oklahoma Plains | Slim / Slim Pickens | 1952 |
The Story of Will Rogers | Dusty Donovan | 1952 |
Border Saddlemates | Slim / Slim Pickens | 1952 |
Death Valley Days | Wall Kennedy / Barfly | 1952 |
The Last Musketeer | Slim / Slim Pickens | 1952 |
Colorado Sundown | Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens / Joshua Slim Pickens | 1952 |
The Red Badge of Courage | Union soldier with lantern (no name) | 1951 |
Rocky Mountain | Plank (CSA) | 1950 |
The Lone Ranger | Ed Jones / Joe Boley | 1949 |
Smoky | Rodeo Cowboy | 1946 |