"Noo-ku-lar combat toe to toe with the Russkies" Gotta love it!
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Slim Pickens, Revisited
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ParadiseRoad
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One of his great roles was the rube in the "Flim Flam man" with George C Scott, George had pulled a found wallet trick on him and fleeced him out of his money, a great film from about 1966. Jeff
Originally Peter Sellers was to play Maj. Kong as well, a 4th. role. But he broke his ankle and moving around the cockpit set would not work. That was when Slim was picked for the part.
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I don't know if it was the bone and muscle structure in his face or what, but to me he looked as if he just about always had a chaw of baccy in his cheek. Maybe just a pinch between his cheek and gum. Then again for all I know, he did.
And he did have that long-waisted cowboy look that some men have when they've spent a good deal of time on horseback.
And he did have that long-waisted cowboy look that some men have when they've spent a good deal of time on horseback.
Knowing it was a stage name, until this thread, I wasn't aware of and had never thought about his real name...
Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor. During much of his career, Pickens played mainly cowboy roles, and is perhaps best remembered today for his comic roles in Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles and 1941.
Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor. During much of his career, Pickens played mainly cowboy roles, and is perhaps best remembered today for his comic roles in Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles and 1941.
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I actually met Slim one time in the museum at Cody. He was, of course, immediately recognizable even though he wasn't in "old west" duds. I wouldn't normally have spoken to him but it was a social function where it was OK. We visited for a few minutes, just small talk, but you could tell he was one of those guys you would really like if you got to spend more time with him. Seemed like just a really decent, normal sorta fella.
how's this for full circle... the 2 bombs on Dr Strangelove were "Hi There" and "Dear John"... he was supposed to go down on Dear John, his beloved horse... but they messed up and he went down on Hi There...
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I agree a very sad scene, including the look in Garrett's eyes after he shot a man he used to ride with, but kristofferson wasn't in that scene and wasn't either of the 2 guys that shot slim.
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slim was a once in a lifetime talent and all around good guy, there won't be another slim pickens and there shouldn't be!
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I can't remember the movie or scene, but the quote "He's as dumb as a box of rocks!" stuck with me all these years.
Slim started in movies as a stunt rider and replacement for all those western heroes than hated horses and riding, and for those who couldn't ride. Then some director gave Him a line to speak and away He went. I would have loved to meet Him.
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He was in another great western: "One Eyed Jacks". Also had Karl Malden and Marlon Brando. I you haven't seen it, check it out.
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One-Eyed Jacks was kind of an unusual western if I remember right. It seems to hardly ever show up on TV now. I remember liking it. Don't remember Slim Pickens in it...I'll have to go back and look that up. The film was actually directed by Brando.
Oh, yeah...here's a shot of Slim with Brando. Now I remember...and the film had a bit of an S&M aspect to parts of it...that's what I remember as being a bit unusual for 1961. No telling what the film would've looked like if Kubrick had directed it as originally planned. One-Eyed Jacks with some Eyes Wide Shut thrown in for good measure maybe.
Ben Johnson was in it, too. Gonna have to find that film and watch it again.
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He could deliver a line perfectly.
I remember him in Tom Horn, playing the sheriff who went looking to arrest Horn (Steve McQueen) and found him in a saloon with a revolver tucked in his belt.
Sheriff: "Tom, you gonna give me that belly gun?"
Horn: "I guess we'll find out about that."
Horn sees a double barrel shotgun poke through an open window pointed right at him.
Sheriff: "I guess we will."
I remember him in Tom Horn, playing the sheriff who went looking to arrest Horn (Steve McQueen) and found him in a saloon with a revolver tucked in his belt.
Sheriff: "Tom, you gonna give me that belly gun?"
Horn: "I guess we'll find out about that."
Horn sees a double barrel shotgun poke through an open window pointed right at him.
Sheriff: "I guess we will."
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In "One-Eyed Jacks" Pickens played the thuggish deputy Lonnie Dedrick, who greeted Marlon Brando with a line sort of like, "If you're lookin' to get your back broke, I'm the guy you want." Nothing funny or engaging in this character. Pickens was just flat out scary in this role.
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The Groom Wore Spurs (NOT a Slim Pickens movie).
Ginger Rogers marries Jack Carson, a movie singing cowboy, who can't sing, can't handle a gun, can't ride, can't mount a horse (has to use a step ladder to get aboard) and is actually afraid of horses (when taking publicity shots, they need a Wrangler to hold the horse's head so it doesn't move when the great star is atop it).
