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Biography

Slim Pickens, born Louis Burton Lindley Jr. on June 29, 1919, in Kingsburg, California, was best known for his acting roles in Westerns. He…more

Born

6/29/1919, Kingsburg, California, USA

Died

12/8/1983

Birth Name

Louis Bert Lindley, Jr.

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- Filthy Rich
  Big Guy Beck (Pilot Only)
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Best Revenge is Stealing Your Ex-Husband's Second Wife's Fiance
    6/15/83
  - S 2: Ep 11 The First Heir
    6/8/83
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Blue and the Gray - For the Green
    2/14/83
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Treasure of Toad Hall
    1/31/83
  - S 2: Ep 8 A Beck Goes Back
    1/24/83
  - + 10 More Credits
- B.J. and the Bear
  Sgt. Beauregard Wiley
  - S 2: Ep 21 Friendly Double-Cross
    3/29/80
  - S 2: Ep 20 The 18-Wheel Rip-off
    3/22/80
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Girls on the Hollywood High
    2/23/80
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
    2/16/80
  - S 2: Ep 17 B.J. and the Witch
    2/9/80
  - + 16 More Credits
- Hee-Haw
  regular (1981-1983)
- Custer
  California Joe Milner
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Gauntlet
    12/20/67
  - S 1: Ep 14 Spirit Woman
    12/13/67
  - S 1: Ep 13 Dangerous Prey
    12/6/67
  - S 1: Ep 11 Death Hunt
    11/22/67
  - S 1: Ep 10 Under Fire
    11/15/67
  - + 8 More Credits
- Outlaws
  Slim (10-05-61)
  - S 2: Ep 24 All in a Day's Work
    5/10/62
  - S 2: Ep 23 Charge!
    3/22/62
  - S 2: Ep 22 Farewell Performance
    3/15/62
  - S 2: Ep 21 Ride the Man Down
    3/8/62
  - S 2: Ep 20 No More Horses
    3/1/62
  - + 42 More Credits
- Daniel Boone (1960)
  Captain Gass
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Promised Land
    3/19/61
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Wilderness Road
    3/12/61
  - S 1: Ep 2 And Chase The Buffalo
    12/11/60
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Warriors Path
    12/4/60
- Swamp Fox
  Plunkett
  - S 2: Ep 2 Horses for Greene
    1/15/61
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Woman's Courage
    1/8/61
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Case of Treason
    1/22/60
  - S 1: Ep 5 Redcoat Strategy
    1/15/60
  - S 1: Ep 4 Day of Reckoning
    1/8/60
  - + 3 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Hee-Haw
  regular (1981-1983)
  - S 15: Ep 2 Ray Stevens / Scatman Crothers / The Million Dollar Band
    9/18/82
- How the West Was Won
  Tap Henry
  - S 2: Ep 13 5/14/78
    5/14/78
  - S 2: Ep 12 5/7/78
    5/7/78
  - S 2: Ep 11 4/30/78
    4/30/78
  - S 2: Ep 10 4/23/78
    4/23/78
Guest Star (82)

Role
- Best of the West
  Sheriff
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Prisoner
    9/17/81
- The Love Boat
  Lucius Schofield
  - S 3: Ep 18 Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (1)
    1/19/80
  - S 3: Ep 19 Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (2)
    1/19/80
- Vegas
  Ben Handler
  - S 1: Ep 5 Yes, My Darling Daughter
    10/25/78
- The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
  Findhope
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Unholy Beast
    4/20/77
- Baretta
  Charlie
  - S 3: Ep 22 Big Bad Charlie
    3/30/77
- Switch
  character name
  - S 2: Ep 17 Butterfly Mourning
    2/6/77
- McMillan & Wife
  William Halsted
  - S 5: Ep 6 Greed
    2/15/76
- Baretta
  Harry Mazurski
  - S 2: Ep 10 When Dues Come Down
    11/12/75
- Disneyland
  Bucky Steele
  - S 21: Ep 9 Runaway on the Rogue River
    12/1/74
- Kung Fu
  Bart Fisher
  - S 2: Ep 13 Empty Pages of a Dead Book
    1/10/74
- Hawaii Five-O
  Sam Ferguson
  - S 6: Ep 4 One Big Happy Family
    10/2/73
- The Partridge Family
  Will Fowler
  - S 3: Ep 12 Nag, Nag, Nag
    12/8/72
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Sheriff
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Strange Fate of Conrad Meyer Zulick
    12/2/72
- Gunsmoke
  Charlie Utter
  - S 18: Ep 1 The River (1)
    9/11/72
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Sheriff Whittaker
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (90 min.)
    9/16/71
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Sheriff Benton
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Man Who Murdered Himself
    3/18/71
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  Wild Jack Munroe
  - S 1: Ep 24 The 45-Year-Old Man
    3/6/71
- The Virginian
  Sheriff
  - S 9: Ep 18 The Angus Killer
    2/10/71
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Mike
  - S 1: Ep 3 Exit from Wickenburg
    1/28/71
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 53 November 26, 1970
    11/26/70
- Gunsmoke
  Colley
  - S 16: Ep 10 The Scavengers
    11/16/70
- The Name of the Game
  Joe Cutter
  - S 3: Ep 8 Little Bear Died Running
    11/6/70
- Bonanza
  Sheriff
  - S 11: Ep 27 What Are Pardners For?
    4/12/70
- Medical Center
  Smokey Bradville
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Professional
    3/11/70
- Night Gallery
  Sheriff Ned Harlow
  - S 3: Ep 18 Die Now, Pay Later
- That Girl (1966)
  Major Culpepper
  - S 4: Ep 4 Nobody Here But Us Chickens
    10/9/69
- Ironside
  Sheriff Bud Metcalfe
  - S 3: Ep 3 Goodbye to Yesterday (2)
    9/25/69
- Mannix
  Mike Ray
  - S 2: Ep 15 Only Giants Can Play
    1/18/69
- Bonanza
  Sheriff Gant
  - S 10: Ep 7 Catch as Catch Can
    10/27/68
- The Outcasts
  Sergeant
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Outcasts
    9/23/68
- Gentle Ben
  Lloyd Larkin
  - S 1: Ep 28 Ol' Joe's Gotta Go
    3/24/68
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 124 March 12, 1968
    3/12/68
  - S 2: Ep 115 February 28, 1968
    2/28/68
- Cimarron Strip
  Malachi Grimes
  - S 1: Ep 16 Fool's Gold
    1/11/68
- Run for Your Life
  Sheriff Hoag
  - S 2: Ep 25 A Very Small Injustice
    3/13/67
- Daniel Boone
  Cletus Mott
  - S 3: Ep 1 Dan'l Boone Shot a B'ar
    9/15/66
- Daniel Boone
  Simon Harman
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Deserter
    1/20/66
- Gunsmoke
  Pony Beal
  - S 11: Ep 17 Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs
    1/15/66
- Profiles in Courage
  Rogers
  - S 1: Ep 5 Sam Houston
    12/13/64
- Rawhide
  Sheriff McKay
  - S 7: Ep 9 Backshooter
    11/27/64
- The Virginian
  Hogy
  - S 3: Ep 7 Big Image . . . Little Man
    10/28/64
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Hank Corbin
  - S 2: Ep 5 Nemesis
    10/13/64
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Clint Spinner
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Iowa Scuba Affair
    9/29/64
- Bonanza
  Big Jim Leyton
  - S 5: Ep 21 King of the Mountain
    2/23/64
  - S 4: Ep 18 Half a Rogue
    1/27/63
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Clem Carter
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Jar
    2/14/64
- Gunsmoke
  Bucko
  - S 9: Ep 18 Once a Haggen
    2/1/64
- Disneyland
  Newt Pribble
  - S 10: Ep 15 Bristle Face (1)
    1/26/64
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
  Bly
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Day Of The Homeless
    12/8/63
- The Virginian
  Slim
  - S 2: Ep 9 Run Quiet
    11/13/63
- Wide Country
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Girl From Nob Hill
    3/28/63
- Wide Country
  Slim
  - S 1: Ep 18 Speckle Bird
    1/31/63
- Wide Country
  Slim Walker
  - S 1: Ep 10 Tears On A Painted Face
    11/29/62
- The Tall Man
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 35 The Black Robe
    5/5/62
- Route 66
  Jud
  - S 2: Ep 15 A Long Piece of Mischief
    1/19/62
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Bradshaw
  - S 6: Ep 36 Final Arrangements
    6/20/61
- Lawman (1958)
  Barney
  - S 3: Ep 34 The Trial
    5/7/61
- The Americans
  Johnson
  - S 1: Ep 15 The War Between The States
    5/1/61
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Escape
    3/13/61
- Coronado 9
  Fife
  - S 1: Ep 33 Gone Goose
    4/18/61
- Maverick
  Roscoe
  - S 4: Ep 30 Benefit Of The Doubt
    4/9/61
- SurfSide 6
  Muskrat George
  - S 1: Ep 23 Ghost of a Chance
    3/6/61
- Maverick
  Stagecoach Driver
  - S 4: Ep 16 A State Of Siege
    1/1/61
- The Westerner
  Hudson
  - S 1: Ep 10 Line Camp
    12/9/60
- Riverboat
  Porter Slagle
  - S 2: Ep 4 River Champion
    10/10/60
- The Overland Trail
  Vince Allard
  - S 1: Ep 13 Sour Annie
    5/8/60
- Lawman (1958)
  Calvin (Cal)
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Lady Belle
    5/1/60
- Disneyland
  Plunkett
  - S 6: Ep 13 Tory Vengeance
    1/1/60
- Texas John Slaughter
  Buck
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Slaughter Trail
    3/20/59
- Maverick
  Jed
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Spanish Dancer
    12/28/58
- Wagon Train
  Rafe
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Tent City Story
    12/10/58
- Sugarfoot
  Harry
  - S 1: Ep 18 Short Range
    5/13/58
- Sugarfoot
  Shorty
  - S 1: Ep 1 Brannigan's Boots
    9/17/57
- Cheyenne
  Gary Owen
  - S 2: Ep 14 Big Ghost Basin
    3/12/57
- Lassie
  Eddie
  - S 3: Ep 23 Chimp
    2/3/57
- Fury
  Slim
  - S 2: Ep 10 Boy's Day
    12/22/56
- Annie Oakley
  Garner
  - S 3: Ep 29 Grubstake Bank
    12/16/56
- Annie Oakley
  Ed Morgan
  - S 3: Ep 26 Annie Rings the Bell
    11/25/56
- Circus Boy
  Curly
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Proud Pagliacci
    11/18/56
- The Lone Ranger
  Ed Jones
  - S 5: Ep 10 The Letter Bride
    11/15/56
- Annie Oakley
  Slim
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Waco Kid
    10/28/56
- The Lone Ranger
  Joe Boley
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Sheriff of Smoke Tree
    9/20/56
- Annie Oakley
  Sundown
  - S 3: Ep 14 Annie and the Leprechauns
    9/2/56
- Stories of the Century
  Driver Billy Hilton
  - S 2: Ep 4 Kate Bender
    1/23/55
- Stories of the Century
  The Smiling Kid
  - S 1: Ep 20 Wild Bunch Of Wyoming
    6/3/54
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Ironside
  Sheriff Bud Metcalfe
  - S 3: Ep 2 Goodbye to Yesterday (1)
    9/25/69

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Trivia
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- Slim wore custom made boots by Texas boot designer Charlie Dunn, that cost up to $3000 a pair.
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- Slim was a featured performer in the Calgary Stampede, the world's largest annual rodeo in Alberta, Canada, during the 1950s.
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- Slim sang and recorded the country song "Desperadoes Waiting On A Train", as well as singing backing vocals for the soundtrack album of Honeysuckle Rose (1980), which he also acted in.
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Quotes
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- Slim Pickens: After "Dr. Strangelove," the roles, the dressing rooms, and the checks all started gettin' bigger.
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