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Slim Pickens Net Worth



Slim Pickens net worth is
$18 Million

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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. 
Full NameSlim Pickens
Net Worth$18 Million
Date Of BirthJune 29, 1919
DiedDecember 8, 1983, Modesto, California, United States
Place Of BirthKingsburg, California, USA
Height1.91 m
ProfessionActor, Rodeo clown, Rodeo performer
NationalityAmerican
SpouseMargaret Elizabeth Harmon
ChildrenMargaret Lou Pickens, Thom Pickens
ParentsLouis Bert Lindley, Sr., Sally Mosher Lindley
SiblingsEasy Pickens
NicknamesSlim Pickens, Pickens, Slim
IMDB
MoviesDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Blazing Saddles, One-Eyed Jacks, Major Dundee, 1941, The Cowboys, The Howling, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Getaway, Will Penny, In Harm's Way, White Line Fever, Tom Horn, ...
TV ShowsFilthy Rich, B. J. and the Bear, Custer, The Wide Country, Outlaws, The Sacketts, The Swamp Fox, The B.J./Lobo Show
Star SignCancer
#Trademark
1His loud, proud and somewhat crude Southern characters
2Tall, paunchy frame almost invariably in a cowboy hat and rodeo-style clothes
3Often acted in post-modern Westerns or parodies of Westerns
#Fact
1Peter Sellers was originally going to ride the atom bomb in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Slim got a phone call late one evening from Stanley Kubrick: "Peter has fallen and broken his hip, I need you for a day's shoot--I need you bad and I need you now. How soon can you get on a plane and make it to London?". Slim obliged and in his haste forgot that he didn't have a passport because he had never traveled outside the US before. His entrance was delayed while he had to go through the process of getting one before he was allowed to leave the airport.
2Although he was known for his heavy Southern drawl, leading many to believe he was from Texas or Oklahoma, he was actually born not far from Fresno, California, and raised in California's San Joaquin Valley.
3Inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall Of Fame (2005).
4Inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1986.
5Bareback bronc rider; saddle bronc rider; rodeo clown and bullfighter.
6When he showed up on the set of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) fully dressed as a cowboy and speaking in a thick Southern accent, the British crew thought he was "Method" acting, not knowing that this was how he always dressed and acted.
7Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1982.
8Was Stanley Kubrick's first choice to play the role of Dick Hollaran in the film The Shining (1980). Pickens declined, saying that after enduring Kubrick's notorious style of multiple retakes in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), he had no desire to work for Kubrick again. Subsequently, the role of Hollaran went to Scatman Crothers.
9Well, there was this big, lanky, fourteen-year-old California ranch kid, and he went into the rodeo manager's office and said, "Mister, I want to sign up for the calf-roping but my paw says I ain't allowed to. So I can't use my right name." And the manager said, "Son, no matter what name you use, it'll be slim pickin's out there today." So the boy said, "That's as good a name as any, I reckon-put me down as Slim Pickin's." The manager spelled it "Pickens," and the boy won $400 that afternoon. (As told to Ed Zern)
10Dedicatee of Howard Waldrop's story "Night of the Cooters," whose protagonist is Sheriff Bert Lindley.
11Brother of Easy Pickens.
12Before becoming an actor, Slim was riding on the rodeo circuit. Someone told him that he should take up another line of work because all he would ever get in the rodeo was "Slim Pickin's."
13Ever remembered as the Air Force major from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), it is interesting that Pickens' nephew, Jim "Slim" Pickens, became a career officer in the US Navy.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sawyer and Finn1983TV Movie
Pink Motel1982Roy
Filthy Rich1982TV SeriesBig Guy Beck
The Nashville Grab1981TV MovieRoss Common
Best of the West1981TV SeriesSheriff Ben Lattimer
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase1981TV MovieBen Khlover
This House Possessed1981TV MovieArthur Keene
The Howling1981Sam Newfield
B.J. and the Bear1979-1981TV SeriesSgt. Beauregard Wiley Sergeant Beauregard Wiley Sgt. Wiley ...
Christmas Mountain1981
The Nashville Palace1980TV SeriesRegular (1981-82)
Honeysuckle Rose1980Garland Ramsey
Tom Horn1980Sheriff Sam Creedmore
Swan Song1980TV MovieGeorge
The Love Boat1980TV SeriesGrandpa Luke Shoenfield
The Black Hole1979B.O.B. (voice, uncredited)
Spirit of the Wind1979Obie
19411979Hollis P. Wood
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo1979TV SeriesWiley Sergeant Wiley
Undercover with the KKK1979TV MovieYancey Hicks
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure1979Dewey 'Tex' Hopkins
The Sacketts1979TV Mini-SeriesJack Bigelow
The Sweet Creek County War1979Jitters Pippen
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws1978Sheriff Ledy
Vega$1978TV SeriesBen Handler
The Swarm1978Jud Hawkins
The Busters1978TV MovieKane
How the West Was Won1978TV SeriesTap Henry
ABC Weekend Specials1977TV SeriesUncle Coot
The Shadow of Chikara1977Virgil Cane
The White Buffalo1977Abel Pickney (Stage Driver)
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams1977TV Series
Baretta1975-1977TV SeriesCharlie / Mazurski
Mr. Billion1977Duane Hawkins
Switch1977TV SeriesBruno Restig
Pony Express Rider1976Bob Jay
Hawmps!1976Naman Tucker
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free1976TV MovieLijah Tuttle
McMillan & Wife1976TV SeriesWilliam Halstead
Babe1975TV MovieColonel M.J. McCombs
White Line Fever1975Duane Haller
The Apple Dumpling Gang1975Frank Stillwell
Poor Pretty Eddie1975Sheriff Orville
Rancho Deluxe1975Henry Beige
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1957-1974TV SeriesOld Bill Williams / Plunkett / Newt Pribble / ...
Runaway on Rogue River1974TV MovieBucky Steele
The Legend of Earl Durand1974Phil Chumley
Ginger in the Morning1974Sheriff
Bootleggers1974Grandpa Pruitt
The Gun and the Pulpit1974TV MovieBilly One-Eye
Twice in a Lifetime1974TV MoviePete Lazich
Blazing Saddles1974Taggart
Kung Fu1974TV SeriesBart Fisher
Hawaii Five-O1973TV SeriesSam
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973Sheriff Baker
Night Gallery1973TV SeriesSheriff Ned Harlow
The Getaway1972Cowboy
The Partridge Family1972TV SeriesWill Fowler
Alias Smith and Jones1971-1972TV SeriesSheriff Sam / Sheriff Whittaker / Sheriff Benton / ...
Rolling Man1972TV MovieChuck
Gunsmoke1964-1972TV SeriesCharlie Utter / Colley / Pony Beal / ...
The Honkers1972Clete
J.C.1972Grady Caldwell
The Cowboys1972Anse
The Devil and Miss Sarah1971TV MovieStoney
The Wild Season1971Lucky
Hitched1971TV MovieSam / Bart Dawson
The Devil's Backbone1971Tattinger - American Scout
Mary Tyler Moore1971TV SeriesWild Jack Monroe
The Virginian1963-1971TV SeriesSheriff / Hogy / Slim
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?1971TV MovieKilpatrick
The Name of the Game1970TV SeriesJoe Cutter
Bonanza1963-1970TV SeriesBig Jim Leyton / Sheriff / Sheriff Gant
The Ballad of Cable Hogue1970Ben Fairchild
Medical Center1970TV SeriesSmokey Bradville
Rosolino Paternò, soldato...1970General Maxwell
80 Steps to Jonah1969Scott
The Desperate Mission1969TV MovieThree-Finger Jack
That Girl1969TV SeriesMajor Culpepper
Ironside1969TV SeriesSheriff Metcalf
Mannix1969TV SeriesMike Ray
Skidoo1968The Switchboard Operator
The Outcasts1968TV SeriesSergeant
The Legend of Custer1968California Joe Milner
Never a Dull Moment1968Cowboy Schaeffer
Gentle Ben1968TV SeriesLloyd Larkin
Cimarron Strip1968TV SeriesMalachi Grimes
Will Penny1967Ike Walterstein
The Flim-Flam Man1967Jarvis Bates
Rough Night in Jericho1967Yarbrough
Run for Your Life1967TV SeriesSheriff Hoag
Un tipo dificil de matar1967
Custer1967TV SeriesCalifornia Joe Milner
The Young Rounders1966
Daniel Boone1966TV SeriesCletus Mott / Simon Harman
An Eye for an Eye1966Ike Slant
The Legend of Jesse James1966TV SeriesSheriff Homer Brinks
Stagecoach1966Buck - Stagecoach Driver
The Glory Guys1965Sgt. James Gregory
Up from the Beach1965Artillery Colonel
In Harm's Way1965C.P.O. Culpepper
Major Dundee1965Wiley
Profiles in Courage1964TV SeriesRogers
Rawhide1964TV SeriesSheriff McKay
The Fugitive1964TV SeriesCorbin
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964TV SeriesClint Spinner
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1964TV SeriesClem Carter
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964Maj. 'King' Kong
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters1963TV SeriesBly
Savage Sam1963Willy Crup
Wide Country1962-1963TV SeriesSlim Walker Slim
Our Man Higgins1963TV SeriesZeke
Wagon Train1958-1962TV SeriesGrubstake Malloy / Rafe Jeffers
Outlaws1961-1962TV SeriesSlim
The Tall Man1962TV SeriesStarr
Route 661962TV SeriesJud
Bronco1961TV Series1st Stage Driver
A Thunder of Drums1961Trooper Erschick
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1961TV SeriesBradshaw
Lawman1960-1961TV SeriesBarney / Calvin
The Americans1961TV SeriesJohnson
Coronado 91961TV SeriesSherIff Harry Fife
Maverick1958-1961TV SeriesRoscoe / Stage Coach Driver / Jed
One-Eyed Jacks1961Deputy Lon Dedrick
Surfside 61961TV SeriesMuskrat George
Chartroose Caboose1960Pete Harmon
The Horse with the Flying Tail1960DocumentaryCowboy (uncredited)
The Westerner1960TV SeriesOscar Hudson
Riverboat1960TV SeriesPorter Slagle / Trapper
Sugarfoot1957-1960TV SeriesMark / Harry / Shorty
Overland Trail1960TV SeriesVince Allard
Pony Express1960TV SeriesEf Haddlebird
Stump Run1959Babe Gaskin
Frontier Doctor1959TV SeriesSlim
Tonka1958Ace
Escort West1958Corporal Wheeler
Death Valley Days1957-1958TV SeriesWall Kennedy / Drinking cow poke
The Sheepman1958Marshal
Gunsight Ridge1957Hank Moss
Cheyenne1957TV SeriesGary Owen
Lassie1957TV SeriesEddie
Fury1956TV SeriesSlim Perkins
Annie Oakley1956TV SeriesGarner / Ed Morgan / Slim / ...
Circus Boy1956TV SeriesCurly
The Lone Ranger1956TV SeriesEd Jones / Joe Boley
Gun Brothers1956Moose MacLain
Buffalo Bill, Jr.1956TV SeriesDude Simpson / Henchman Kansas
The Great Locomotive Chase1956Pete Bracken
Stranger at My Door1956Ben Silas
When Gangland Strikes1956Slim Pickett
Cow Dog1956ShortCowhand
The Last Command1955Abe
Santa Fe Passage1955Sam Beekman
Stories of the Century1954-1955TV SeriesDriver Billy Hilton / The Smiling Kid
The Outcast1954Boone Polsen
The Boy from Oklahoma1954Shorty
Phantom Stallion1954Slim
Red River Shore1953Deputy Slim Pickens
Shadows of Tombstone1953Slim
Down Laredo Way1953Slim
Iron Mountain Trail1953Slim Pickens
The Sun Shines Bright1953Sterling, Lanky Backwoodsman
Old Overland Trail1953Slim Pickens
Thunderbirds1952Pvt. Wes Shelby
South Pacific Trail1952Slim Pickens
Old Oklahoma Plains1952Slim
The Story of Will Rogers1952Dusty Donovan
Border Saddlemates1952Slim Pickens
The Last Musketeer1952Slim Pickens
Colorado Sundown1952Joshua Slim Pickens / Ma Pickens
Rocky Mountain1950Plank (CSA)
Smoky1946Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
19411979performer: "Over There" - uncredited
The Honkers1972performer: "I'm a Rodeo Cowboy" / writer: "I'm a Rodeo Cowboy"
Skidoo1968performer: "Home on the Range", uncredited

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Wide CountryTV Series based on a story by - 1 episode, 1963 story - 1 episode, 1963

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Charlie Rose1999TV SeriesMaj. T.J. 'King' Kong
Hee Haw1981-1983TV SeriesHimself
The Nashville Palace1980TV SeriesHimself
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion1979TV Movie documentaryHimself
Behind the Scenes: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure1979TV MovieHimself
Outdoor Rambling1972Himself
The Merv Griffin Show1970TV SeriesHimself
The Joey Bishop Show1968TV SeriesHimself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1964TV SeriesHimself - Guest

Archive Footage

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1983Golden BootGolden Boot Awards

Known for movies

Maj. 'King' Kong

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
as Maj. 'King' Kong

Taggart

Blazing Saddles (1974)
as Taggart

Cowboy

The Getaway (1972)
as Cowboy

Deputy Lon Dedrick

One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
as Deputy Lon Dedrick

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