What is Slim Pickens?
{{Infobox person | image = Slim Pickens 1972.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Slim Pickens in 1972 | birth_name = Louis Burton Lindley Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|6|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Kingsburg, California|Kingsburg]], California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1983|12|8|1919|6|29}} | death_place = [[Modesto, California|Modesto]], California, U.S. | death_cause = Problems caused by [[brain cancer]] [[surgery]] | spouse = Margaret (née Harmon) Lindley (1950–1983 (his death))<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001620/bio|title=Slim Pickens}}</ref> | yearsactive = 1946–1983 | children = 3 }} '''Louis Burton Lindley Jr.''' (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Slim Pickens''', was an American actor and [[rodeo]] performer.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |last1=Krebs |first1=Albin |title=SLIM PICKENS, KNOWN FOR COWBOY ROLES, DIES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/10/obituaries/slim-pickens-known-for-cowboy-roles-dies.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 10, 1983}}</ref> He is best known for his roles in ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'', ''[[1941 (movie)|1941]]'', and ''[[One-Eyed Jacks]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickens, Slim}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:1983 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from surgical complications]] [[Category:Deaths from brain cancer]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Actors from California]] {{US-bio-stub}}