Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (1919 - 1983)

Born 29 Jun 1919 in Kingsburg, Fresno, California, United States

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Died 8 Dec 1983 at age 64 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States

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Biography

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.

Slim Pickens: A Cowboy Turned Actor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRMadOBOlZI

The Getaway 1972 with Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWN6R0G1HyY

After nearly 20 years' rodeo work, Pickens's wide eyes, moon face, strong physical presence, and distinctive country drawl gained him a role in the Western Rocky Mountain (1950), which starred Errol Flynn. He appeared in many more Westerns, playing both villains and comic sidekicks to actors such as Rex Allen.

Hollywood made good use of Pickens' rodeo background. He did not need a stand-in for horseback scenes, and he was able to gallop his own Appaloosa horses across the desert, or drive a stagecoach pulled by a six-horse team. In a large number of films and TV shows, he wore his own hats and boots, and rode his own horses and mules.

Descended (5 generations) from Naphthali Lindsley

No relation to David Lindley!

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Pickens

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2VX-9WZ

"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG3M-G8N : 27 November 2014), Louis B Lindley, 29 Jun 1919; citing Fresno, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH3R-64Z : accessed 13 September 2019), Louis B Lindley in household of Bert Lindley, Township 9, Fresno, California, United States; citing ED 67, sheet 5B, line 61, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 98; FHL microfilm 1,820,098.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCXB-PSB : accessed 13 September 2019), Louis B Lindley Jr. in household of L Burt Lindley, Township 09, Fresno, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 99, sheet 6B, line 88, family 154, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 115; FHL microfilm 2,339,850.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K96N-DRF : 27 July 2019), Louis Lindley in household of L B Lindley, Dinuba Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-13, sheet 9B, line 57, family 183, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 357.

California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPZX-CN5 : 26 November 2014), Slim Pickens, 08 Dec 1983; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7L-YCCR : accessed 13 September 2019), Louis Bert Or Slim Lindley Pickens Jr, Pennsylvania, United States, 09 Dec 1983; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Philadelphia Daily News, born-digital text.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8343106/slim-pickens