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
Known For
Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy Angel
A cowboy comes to a town at Christmas time. He eats at a cafe but was unable to pay for his meal, so the owner throws him in jail. The town wants to alleviate their guilt over a Mexican family, who has pregnant woman with them, who lives on top of a mountain called Christmas mountain. They bail out the cowboy and tells to bring some old clothes and food to them. While there the young boy of the family feels sorry for him and prays that god will send him some help. It comes in the form of an old friend of his who died years ago. He tells him that he is not exactly living a proper life but he has a chance to turn things around, first by telling the townsfolk that their so called charity towards the Mexicans is not enough.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.
Up from the Beach
After the D-Day landings in June 1944, a US squadron liberates a small village in Normandy from German occupation.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Kung Fu
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
as California Joe Milner
as Roy
as Big Guy Beck
as Ross Common
as Arthur Keene
as Sam Newfield
as Garland
as Sam Creedmore
as George
as B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
as Hollis P. Wood
as Yancey Hicks
as Jack Bigelow
as Obie
as Sheriff Ledy
as Jud Hawkins
as Luke Scofield
as Virgil Cane
as Colonel M.J. McCombs
as Abel Pickney
as Duane Hawkins
as Fine Hope
as Bob Jay
as Naman Tucker
as Lijah Tuttle
as Bruno Restig
as Duane Haller
as Frank Stillwell
as Sheriff Orville
as Henry Beige
as Windy Bill
as Bucky Steele
as Phil Chumley
as Grandpa Pruitt
as Billy One-Eye
as Pete Lazich
as Sheriff
as Taggart
as Sheriff Colin Baker
as Sam / Bart Dawson
as Cowboy
as Bart Fisher
as Chuck
as Clete
as Grady Caldwell
as Anse
as Stoney
as Sheriff Whittaker
as Kilpatrick
as Lucky
as Sgt. Tattinger
as Will Fowler
as Wild Jack Monroe
as Ben Fairchild
as General Maxwell
as Scott
as Three-Finger Jack
as Switchboard Operator
as Sam
as Cowboy Schaeffer
as California Joe Milner
as Ike Wallerstein
as Malachi Grimes
as Jarvis Bates
as Yarbrough
as Sloper
as Sheriff
as Ike Slant
as Buck, Stagecoach Driver
as Sheriff Hoag
as Sheriff Homer Brinks
as Sgt. James Gregory
as Artillery Colonel
as C.P.O. Culpepper
as Wiley
as Simon Harman
as Cletus Mott
as Clint Spinner
as Major "King" Kong
as Newt Pribble
as Corbin
as Willy Crup
as Clem Carter
as Slim
as Hogy
as Trooper Erschick
as Deputy Lon Dedrick
as Johnson
as Pete Harmon
as Oscar Hudson
as Slim
as Trapper (uncredited)
as Porter Slagle
as Sheriff Renard
as Sheriff Gant
as Big Jim Leyton
as Corporal Wheeler
as Sheriff McKay
as Ace
as Marshal
as Roscoe
as Shorty
as Harry
as Hank Moss
as Moose MacLain
as Pete Bracken
as Ben Silas
as Slim Pickett
as Bradshaw
as Bucko
as Pony Beal
as Colley
as Charlie Utter
as Abe
as Sam Beekman
as Bucky Steele
as Boone Polson
as Shorty
as Slim
as Sundown - Henchman
as Slim Pickens
as Slim
as Slim
as Slim
as Sterling
as Slim Pickens
as Pvt. Wes Shelby
as Slim Pickens
as Wall Kennedy
as Slim
as Dusty Donovan
as Slim
as Slim
as Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens
as Plank (CSA)
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
as Narrator