Friend, February 1, 1964 Written by Les Crutchfield, Directed by Andrew McLaglen, Guest Cast: Slim Pickens, Elizabeth MacRae, Roy Barcroft, Ken Tobey, John Hudson, William Bryant

Nowhere To Run, January 16, 1968 Written by Ron Honthaner, Story by Robert Totten, Directed by Vincent McEveety, Guest Cast: Slim Pickens, J. Robert Porter, Bob Random, Ilka Windish, Mark Lenard, Dan Ferrone, Michael Burns

The Scavengers, November 16, 1970 Written by Jack Miller, Directed by Bernard McEveery, Guest Cast: Yaphet Kotto, Slim Pickens, Cicely Tyson, Roy Jenson, Link Wyler, Steve Patmes, Eddie Little Sky

The River (Part One), September 11, 1972 Written by Jack Miller, Directed by Herb Wallerstein, Guest Cast: Jack Elam, Miriam Colon, Slim Pickens, Patti Cohoon, Clay O'Brien, Roger Torrey, Jerry Gatlin, Red Morgan, Pete Kellett, Gene Tyburn, Jack Perkins, Maudie Prickett

The River (Part Two), September 18, 1972 Written by Jack Miller, Directed by Herb Wallerstein, Guest Cast: Jack Elam, Miriam Colon, Slim Pickens, Patti Cohoon, Clay O'Brien, Roger Torrey, Jerry Gatlin, Red Morgan, Pete Kellett, Gene Tyburn, Jack Perkins, Maudie Prickett

Everybody remembers the scene of Slim riding an atomic bomb, like a bucking bronco, down on the USSR in "Dr. Strangelove." He was a true American cowboy, although I was shocked to learn he wasn't born in Texas or Oklahoma. Tall, stocky and wide-eyed, with a round face and raspy tenor voice, he was an original. Born Louis Bert Lindley, Jr. on June 29, 1919 in Kingsburg, California, he was riding a horse at age 3 and as a teenager ran away from home to join a rodeo. He became one of the top rodeo performers ever and it was there that he chose his stage name as a friend told him that in the rodeo it would be "slim pickings." He was asked in 1945 to do a bit part in the film "Smoky" with Fred MacMurray for $25. He made his actual film debut in "Rocky Mountain" with Errol Flynn in 1950 as Plank. Among his other film credits were: "The Story of Will Rogers" (1952) as Dusty Donovan; "Shadows of Tombstone" (1953) as Slim; "The Sun Shines Bright" (1953) as Mink Sterling; "The Outcast" (1954) as Boone Polsen; "The Boy From Oklahoma" (1954) as Shorty; "Santa Fe Passage" (1955) as Sam Beekman; "The Last Command" (1955) as Abe; "The Great Locomotive Chase" (1956) as Pete Bracken; "Tonka" (1958) as Ace; "A Thunder of Drums" (1961) as Trooper Erschick; "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961) with Marlon Brando, as Deputy Lon Dedrick; "Savage Sam" (1963) as Willy Krup; "Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964) as Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong; "In Harm's Way" (1965) as Chief Petty Officer Culpepper; "Major Dundee" (1965) with Charlton Heston, as Wiley; "Rough Night in Jericho" (1967) as Yarbrough; "The Flim-Flam Man" (1967) as Jarvis Bates; "Will Penny" (1968) as Ike Walterstein; "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" (1970) as Ben Fairchild; "The Cowboys" (1972) with John Wayne, as Anse; "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973) as Sheriff Baker; Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" (1974) as Taggart; "The White Buffalo" (1977) as Abel Pickney; "Tom Horn" (1979) as Sam Creedmore and "Pink Motel" (1983) as Roy, his last film. On TV he was quite busy as a regular on "The Outlaws" (1961-62) as Slim; "Custer" (1967) as California Joe Milner; "B.J. and the Bear" (1979) as Sgt. Beauregard Wiley; "Filthy Rich" (1982) as Big Guy Beck and he was also a regular on "The Nashville Palace" (1981-82) and "Hee Haw" (1981-83). he guest starred on such shows as: "The Fugitive"; "Alias Smith and Jones"; "Gunsmoke"; "Hawaii 5-0" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" where he played Wild Jack Monroe owner of the WJM television station. He was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1983. He died of a brain tumor on December 8, 1983 in Modesto, California at age 64.