Slim Pickens TV Schedule
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Slim Pickens on TV This Week
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Sat 25
The Cowboys — Slim Pickens
When his regular crew abandons him and sets out to strike gold, a veteran rancher attempts a 400-mile cattle drive with a crew of inexperienced schoolboys.
Air Time & Details for Slim Pickens, Sat 25, 10:00 pm -
Sun 26
The Sacketts: Part 2 — Slim Pickens
Conclusion. Orrin and Ty (Jeff Osterhage) try to keep peace between the Americans and the Mexicans, while Tell seeks his fortune in gold. Rountree: Ben Johnson. Tom Sunday: Glenn Ford. Ira Bigelow: Jack Elam. Jack Bigelow: Slim Pickens. Ma Sackett: Mercedes McCambridge.
Air Time & Details for Slim Pickens, Sun 26, 12:30 pm -
Tue 28
Maverick: Benefit of the Doubt — Slim Pickens
In typical Maverick tradition, cousin Brent (Robert Colbert) gets involved with two beautiful sisters---one of whom is planning to do him in. Mavis: Randy Stuart. Emily: Elizabeth MacRae. McGaven: Mort Mills. Bert: Trevor Bardette. Zindler: John Alderson.
Air Time & Details for Slim Pickens, Tue 28, 7:00 am -
Fri 31
The Sheepman — Slim Pickens
A sheep-farmer battles a cattle baron as they each fall in love with the same woman.
Air Time & Details for Slim Pickens, Fri 31, 2:00 am -
Fri 31
The Cowboys — Slim Pickens
When his regular crew abandons him and sets out to strike gold, a veteran rancher attempts a 400-mile cattle drive with a crew of inexperienced schoolboys.
Air Time & Details for Slim Pickens, Fri 31, 1:30 pm -
Sun 2
Filmography
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Biography
About Slim Pickens
Though he spoke most of his movie dialogue in a slow Western drawl, actor Slim Pickens was a pure-bred California boy. An expert rider from the age of four, Pickens was performing in rodeos at 12. Three years later, he quit school to become a full-time equestrian and bull wrangler, eventually becoming the highest-paid rodeo clown in show business.
In films since 1950's Rocky Mountain, Pickens specialized in Westerns (what a surprise), appearing as the comic sidekick of Republic cowboy star Rex Allen. By the end of the 1950s, Pickens had gained so much extra poundage that he practically grew out of his nickname. Generally cast in boisterous comedy roles, Pickens was also an effectively odious villain in 1966's An Eye for an Eye, starting the film off with a jolt by shooting a baby in its crib.
In 1963, director Stanley Kubrick handed Pickens his greatest role: honcho bomber pilot "King" Kong in Dr. Strangelove. One of the most unforgettable of all cinematic images is the sight of Pickens straddling a nuclear bomb and "riding" it to its target, whooping and hollering all the way down. Almost as good was Pickens' performance as Harvey Korman's henchman in Mel Brooks' bawdy Western spoof Blazing Saddles (1974).
Slim Pickens was also kept busy on television, with numerous guest shots and regular roles in the TV series The Legend of Custer, B.J. and the Bear, and Filthy Rich.