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Slim Pickens was an American actor and rodeo performer. He was best known for his roles in films such as Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles, and 1941. He was born on June 29, 1919 in Kingsburg, California. Pickens began his career as a rodeo performer in the 1940s. He made his film debut in the 1951 western The Duel at Silver Creek. He went on to appear in numerous westerns, including The Wild Bunch, The Cowboys, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. In 1964, Pickens appeared in Stanley Kubrick's classic Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove, playing the role of Major "King" Kong. The role earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Pickens also appeared in the Mel Brooks comedies Blazing Saddles and Silent Movie. He also had a recurring role on the television series Dallas. Pickens died on December 8, 1983 at the age of 64. He was survived by his wife, Margaret, and their four children.

Popular As Louis Berton Lindley Jr.
Occupation actor,soundtrack,writer
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 29 June, 1919
Birthday 29 June
Birthplace Kingsburg, California, USA
Date of death 8 December, 1983
Died Place Modesto, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Slim Pickens Height, Weight & Measurements

At 64 years old, Slim Pickens height is 6' 3" (1.91 m) .

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Who Is Slim Pickens's Wife?

His wife is Margaret Elizabeth Harmon (22 March 1950 - 8 December 1983) ( his death) ( 3 children)

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Wife Margaret Elizabeth Harmon (22 March 1950 - 8 December 1983) ( his death) ( 3 children)
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Slim Pickens Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Slim Pickens worth at the age of 64 years old? Slim Pickens’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Slim Pickens's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1986

Inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1986.

1982

Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1982.

1980

Was Stanley Kubrick's first choice to play the role of Dick Hollaran in 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 him again. Subsequently, the role of Hollaran went to Scatman Crothers.

1964

Slim Pickens spent the early part of his career as a real cowboy and the latter part playing cowboys, and he is best remembered for a single "cowboy" image: that of bomber pilot Maj. "King" Kong waving his cowboy hat rodeo-style as he rides a nuclear bomb onto its target in the great black comedy Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964). Born in Kingsburg, near Fresno in California's Central Valley, he spent much of his boyhood in nearby Hanford, where he began rodeoing at the age of 12. Over the next two decades he toured the country on the rodeo circuit, becoming a highly-paid and well-respected rodeo clown, a job that entailed enormous danger.

1961

He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: One Eyed Jacks - Marlon Brando's Western Classic (1961), Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964) and Blazing Saddles (1974).

1950

In 1950, at the age of 31, Slim married Margaret Elizabeth Harmon and that same year he was given a role in a western, Rocky Mountain (1950). He quickly found a niche in both comic and villainous roles in that genre. With his hoarse voice and pronounced western twang, he was not always easy to cast outside the genre, but when he was, as in "Dr. Strangelove", the results were often memorable.

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