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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Major "King" Kong
1964
Will Penny
as Ike Wallerstein
1967
Savage Sam
as Willy Crup
1963
Blazing Saddles
as Taggart
1974
The Getaway
as Cowboy
1972
Tom Horn
as Sam Creedmore
1980
1941
as Hollis P. Wood
1979
The Howling
as Sam Newfield
1981
Honeysuckle Rose
as Garland
1980
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Ben Fairchild
1970
Hawmps!
as Naman Tucker
1976
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Tex
1979
Never a Dull Moment
as Cowboy Schaeffer
1968
Skidoo
as Switchboard Operator
1968
The Wild Season
as Lucky
1971
The Magnificent Stranger
as Sheriff
1966
Major Dundee
as Wiley
1965
White Line Fever
as Duane Haller
1975
Tonka
as Ace
1958
The Great Locomotive Chase
as Pete Bracken
1956
