About Slim Pickens
Louis Burton Lindley, better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens took up acting, and appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows. For much of his career, Pickens played cowboy roles. He played comic roles in Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles, 1941, and his villainous role in One-Eyed Jacks with Marlon Brando. To prevent his father from discovering that he had competed, he entered his name as Slim Pickens, and won $400 that afternoon. He joined the rodeo, billed as Slim Pickens, and eventually became a well-known rodeo clown. In 1977, he released the self-titled country album, Slim Pickens, on Blue Canyon Records. The record jacket featured a photograph of the actor in his signature role in Dr.
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