Slim Pickens

IMDB profile

Add to favorites

Edit page

Search at Amazon

Stats

Birth Name: Louis Burton Lindley Jr.

Born: 29 June 1919 Died: 8 December 1983

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 3"

Lists

16 votes

Directed by Steven Spielberg (311 items)
list by diabolical dr voodoo

Published 16 years ago

1 comment

13 votes

Directed by Stanley Kubrick (133 items)
list by diabolical dr voodoo

Published 15 years, 5 months ago

1 comment

10 votes

AFI's Male Legends Nominations (252 items)
list by garfield2710

Published 13 years, 6 months ago

1 comment

5 votes

Directed by Sam Peckinpah (160 items)
list by diabolical dr voodoo

Published 14 years, 4 months ago

1 comment

3 votes

Famous Bonanza Guest Stars (307 items)
list by Brian G

Published 8 years, 3 months ago

1 comment

View all Slim Pickens lists

Photos

1 vote

View all Slim Pickens pictures

Description: Pickens was born Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. in Kingsburg, California, the son of Sally Mosher (née Turk) and Louis Bert Lindley, Sr. He was an excellent rider from age 4. He graduated from Hanford High school, Hanford Calif and was a member of the FFA. After graduating school he joined the rodeo. He was told that working in the rodeo would be "slim pickings" (very little money), giving him his name, but he did well and eventually became a well-known rodeo clown. After twenty years on the rodeo circuit, his distinctive Oklahoma-Texas drawl (even though he was a lifelong Californian), his wide eyes and moon face and s ... (more)