Slim Pickens was born on June 29,1919 in Kingsburg, California. Slim's birth name was Louis Bert Lindley Jr. Slim Pickens passed away on December 8, 1983 in Modesto, California from a brain tumor.

At the age of 31, Slim Pickens was given a role in a western film, Rocky Mountain (1950). Before becoming an actor, Slim was riding on the rodeo circuit. Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1982. Inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society in 1986.

Slim Pickens' other notable credits include...

PINK MOTEL (1982)

THE HOWLING (1981)

HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (1980)

B.J. AND THE BEAR (1979-1980)

SMOKEY AND THE GOOD TIME OUTLAWS (1978)

THE WHITE BUFFALO (1977)

BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

THE COWBOYS (1972)

DR. STRANGELOVE (1962)

Slim Pickens (left) in BLAZING SADDLES

Pickens in 1941 (1979)

Slim Pickens in DR. STRANGELOVE

Slim Pickens in THE GETAWAY (1972)