Slim Pickens  

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Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. (June 29, 1919 - December 8, 1983), known by the stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor who epitomized the profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, but who is best remembered for his comic roles, notably in Dr. Strangelove and Blazing Saddles.

Partial filmography

• The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
• The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
• The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
• The Last Command (1955)
• The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
• The Sheepman (1958)
• Tonka (1958)
• One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
• A Thunder of Drums (1961)
• Savage Sam (1963)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Major Dundee (1965)
• In Harm's Way (1965)
• Stagecoach (1966)
• An Eye for an Eye (1966)
• Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
• The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
• Will Penny (1968)
• Never a Dull Moment (1968)
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
• The Deserter (1971)
• The Cowboys (1972)
• The Getaway (1972)
• The Honkers (1972)
• Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Rancho Deluxe (1975)
• The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
• White Line Fever (1975)
• Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
• Hawmps! (1976)
• Mr. Billion (1977)
• The Shadow of Chikara (1977)
• The White Buffalo (1977)
• The Swarm (1978)
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1979)
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
• The Sacketts (Jack Bigelow) (1979)
• 1941 (1979)
• The Black Hole (1979) (voice)
• Tom Horn (1980)
• Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
• Christmas Mountain (1981)
• The Howling (1981)

See also

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