
Slim Pickens
Actor · Died December 8, 1983, aged 64 · Kingsburg, California, USA
Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), known professionally as Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens transitioned to acting and appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows. For much of his career Pickens played mainly cowboy roles. he is perhaps best remembered today for his comic roles in Dr. Strangelove (1964), Blazing Saddles (1972) and 1941 (1979), and his villainous turn in One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Description above from the Wikipedia article Slim Pickens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 29, 1919
- December 8, 1983 (aged 64)
- Kingsburg, California, USA
- Actor
- 80 on MovieCove · 162 credits in all
Known for
What are Slim Pickens' films like?
Across their 49 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 46
A split, not a type: Light 19 · Serious 15 · Dark 15
A split, not a type: Grounded 30 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 2
Gentle 9 · Charged 28 · Intense 12
Steady 17 · Shifting 27 · Whiplash 5
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 8
Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 4
Casual 26 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 19 · Affecting 23 · Heavy 7
Resolved 44 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 10 of 23 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Joshua Slim Pickens in Colorado Sundown (1952)
- Allyas Cowboy in The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960)
- Threshold guardianas Deputy Lon Dedrick in One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
- Tricksteras Trooper Erschick in A Thunder of Drums (1961)
- Tricksteras Maj. 'King' Kong in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- Mentoras Sgt. James Gregory in The Glory Guys (1965)
- Shadowas Ike Slant in An Eye for an Eye (1966)
- Allyas Buck - Stagecoach Driver in Stagecoach (1966)
- Allyas Three-Finger Jack in The Desperate Mission (1969)
- Allyas Tattinger in The Devil's Backbone (1970)
- Threshold guardianas Stoney in The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)
- Threshold guardianas Cowboy in The Getaway (1972)
- Allyas Clete in The Honkers (1972)
- Allyas Billy One-Eye in The Gun and the Pulpit (1974)
- Threshold guardianas Taggart in Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Mentoras Sheriff in Ginger in the Morning (1974)
- Allyas Duane Haller in White Line Fever (1975)
- Shadowas Sheriff Orville in Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
- Mentoras Henry Beige in Rancho Deluxe (1975)
- Allyas Duane Hawkins in Mr. Billion (1977)
- Mentoras Garland Ramsey in Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
- Mentoras Murf in Christmas Mountain (1981)
- Allyas Slim Pickens in Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Moods and endings
- Happy19
- Bittersweet21
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Slim Pickens' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 45 of their 80 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (23).
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) · actor · free
- The Big Country (1958) · stunts · free
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- One-Eyed Jacks (1961) · actor · free
- Tom Horn (1980) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- Christmas Mountain (1981) · actor · free
- The Howling (1981) · actor · free
- Rancho Deluxe (1975) · actor · free
- The Devil's Backbone (1970) · actor · free
- The Glory Guys (1965) · actor · free
- +11 more
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor · free
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- One-Eyed Jacks (1961) · actor · free
- The Westerner (1960) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- Christmas Mountain (1981) · actor · free
- McMillan & Wife (1971) · actor · free
- Annie Oakley (1954) · actor · free
- An Eye for an Eye (1966) · actor · free
- The White Buffalo (1977) · actor · free
- White Line Fever (1975) · actor · free
- +8 more
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor
- One-Eyed Jacks (1961) · actor · free
- The Westerner (1960) · actor
- Route 66 (1960) · actor
- Mannix (1967) · actor
- Christmas Mountain (1981) · actor · free
- McMillan & Wife (1971) · actor
- Gunsight Ridge (1957) · actor
- Stagecoach (1966) · actor
- Escort West (1959) · actor · free
- Lassie (1954) · actor
- +3 more
- Howdy, show their 6 titles on Howdy
- ScreenPix, show their 5 titles on ScreenPix
- Best Westerns Ever, show their 4 titles on Best Westerns Ever
- Shout! TV, show their 3 titles on Shout! TV
- Cineverse, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
- Dove Channel, show their 2 titles on Dove Channel
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 2 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- Best TV Ever, show their title on Best TV Ever
- BFI Player, show their title on BFI Player
- IndieFlix, show their title on IndieFlix
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- Sony Pictures Core, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
Subscription and free streaming for Slim Pickens' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
162 credits, 80 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

La classe américaine(1993)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Pink Motel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Filthy Rich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

The Nashville Palace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Nashville Grab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
This House Possessed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

The Howling(1981)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Christmas Mountain(1981)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Honeysuckle Rose(1980)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Tom Horn(1980)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Swan Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

The Black Hole(1979)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
1941(1979)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Undercover with the KKK(1979)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Sacketts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Sweet Creek County War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Spirit of the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Vega$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Swarm(1978)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
The Shadow of Chikara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Babe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The White Buffalo(1977)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Mr. Billion(1977)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Grizzly Adams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Pony Express Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Hawmps! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

White Line Fever(1975)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Apple Dumpling Gang(1975)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Poor Pretty Eddie(1975)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Rancho Deluxe(1975)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Baretta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Runaway on the Rogue River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Legend of Earl Durand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Bootleggers(1974)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Gun and the Pulpit(1974)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Twice in a Lifetime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Ginger in the Morning(1974)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Blazing Saddles(1974)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Hitched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Getaway(1972)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Kung Fu(1972)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Rolling Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Honkers(1972)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
J.C. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Cowboys(1972)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Flim Flam Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Devil and Miss Sarah(1971)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
McMillan & Wife(1971)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Alias Smith and Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Wild Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Devil's Backbone(1970)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
The Partridge Family(1970)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Operation Snafu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

80 Steps to Jonah(1969)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Desperate Mission(1969)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Hawaii Five-O(1968)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Skidoo(1968)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Outcasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Never a Dull Moment(1968)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Legend of Custer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Will Penny(1967)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Mannix(1967)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Cimarron Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Custer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Flim-Flam Man(1967)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Rough Night in Jericho(1967)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Hard Breed to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

That Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Magnificent Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

An Eye for an Eye(1966)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Stagecoach(1966)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Young Rounders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Run for Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Legend of Jesse James (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Glory Guys(1965)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Up from the Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

In Harm's Way(1965)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Major Dundee(1965)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all filmsProfiles in Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Bristle Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Savage Sam(1963)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Stampede at Bitter Creek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Our Man Higgins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Wide Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

A Thunder of Drums(1961)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

One-Eyed Jacks(1961)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Americans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Chartroose Caboose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Route 66(1960)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Surfside 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Westerner(1960)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Tall Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Coronado 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Stump Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Swamp Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Riverboat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Escort West(1959)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Tonka(1958)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Big Country(1958)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Sheepman(1958)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Maverick(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Sugarfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Gunsight Ridge(1957)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all filmsCow Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Gun Brothers(1956)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Stranger at My Door(1956)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
When Gangland Strikes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Cheyenne(1955)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Last Command(1955)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Santa Fe Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Buffalo Bill Jr. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Lassie(1954)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
The Outcast(1954)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Boy from Oklahoma(1954)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Phantom Stallion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Annie Oakley(1954)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Red River Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Shadows of Tombstone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Down Laredo Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Iron Mountain Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Sun Shines Bright(1953)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Old Overland Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Thunderbirds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

South Pacific Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Death Valley Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Old Oklahoma Plains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The Story of Will Rogers(1952)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Border Saddlemates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The Last Musketeer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Colorado Sundown(1952)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Rocky Mountain(1950)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Smoky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Monarch of the Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 161 titles, 160 of them dated from 1946 to 1993; peak year 1974.

Biggest box office
Blazing Saddles (1974)

Highest rated
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Most popular right now
The Howling (1981)
Film career
Peak 1974 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1953Screen debut· The Sun Shines Bright
- 1974Career best· Blazing Saddles
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Slim Pickens' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 63; across their 49 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up22
- 50th to 74th25
- 25th to 49th24
- Below 25th9
Shape of the crowd
34 of their 80 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved10
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser34
- Broadly Agreed11
- Mixed22
Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 45 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Slim Pickens' work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Slim Pickens work with?
People who share at least 2 of Slim Pickens' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sam Peckinpah shares the most, 4.
Directors
- William WitneyShared titles: Stranger at My Door (1956), The Outcast (1954), Colorado Sundown (1952)See all 3 shared titles with William Witney

- Sam PeckinpahShared titles: The Getaway (1972), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), The Glory Guys (1965), One-Eyed Jacks (1961)See all 4 shared titles with Sam Peckinpah

- Arnold LavenShared titles: The Honkers (1972), Rough Night in Jericho (1967), The Glory Guys (1965)See all 3 shared titles with Arnold Laven

- Irwin AllenShared titles: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), The Swarm (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Irwin Allen

Writers
- Mark MillerShared titles: Christmas Mountain (1981), Ginger in the Morning (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Miller

- Thomas McGuaneShared titles: Tom Horn (1980), Rancho Deluxe (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas McGuane
- Ken FriedmanShared titles: Mr. Billion (1977), White Line Fever (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Ken Friedman
- William BowersShared titles: The Gun and the Pulpit (1974), The Sheepman (1958)See all 2 shared titles with William Bowers

Actors
- Ben JohnsonShared titles: The Swarm (1978), The Getaway (1972), Will Penny (1967), One-Eyed Jacks (1961)See all 4 shared titles with Ben Johnson

- R.G. ArmstrongShared titles: Mr. Billion (1977), White Line Fever (1975), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), 80 Steps to Jonah (1969)See all 4 shared titles with R.G. Armstrong

- Albert SalmiShared titles: Undercover with the KKK (1979), The Devil's Backbone (1970), The Flim-Flam Man (1967)See all 3 shared titles with Albert Salmi

- Clifton JamesShared titles: Undercover with the KKK (1979), Rancho Deluxe (1975), Will Penny (1967)See all 3 shared titles with Clifton James

Composers and cinematographers
- Jerry GoldsmithShared titles: The Swarm (1978), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), The Flim-Flam Man (1967), Stagecoach (1966)See all 4 shared titles with Jerry Goldsmith

- Lucien BallardShared titles: The Getaway (1972), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), Will Penny (1967), An Eye for an Eye (1966)See all 4 shared titles with Lucien Ballard

- R. Dale ButtsShared titles: Stranger at My Door (1956), The Outcast (1954), Colorado Sundown (1952)See all 3 shared titles with R. Dale Butts
- Frank V. PhillipsShared titles: The Black Hole (1979), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Frank V. Phillips
Producers
- Clark L. PaylowShared titles: Christmas Mountain (1981), Ginger in the Morning (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Clark L. Paylow
- Ron MillerShared titles: The Black Hole (1979), Never a Dull Moment (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Ron Miller

- Dino De LaurentiisShared titles: The White Buffalo (1977), The Devil's Backbone (1970)See all 2 shared titles with Dino De Laurentiis

- Sheldon SchragerShared titles: Mr. Billion (1977), White Line Fever (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Sheldon Schrager

