Slim Pickens

Acting · Born 1919-06-29 in Kingsburg, California, USA

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.

Filmography

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Major "King" Kong
• Will Penny as Ike Wallerstein
• Savage Sam as Willy Crup
• Blazing Saddles as Taggart
• The Getaway as Cowboy
• Tom Horn as Sam Creedmore
• 1941 as Hollis P. Wood
• The Howling as Sam Newfield
• Honeysuckle Rose as Garland
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Ben Fairchild