Slim Pickens Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Slim Pickens Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 â€" December 8, 1983), better

known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer

and film and television actor. For much of his career Pickens played

mainly cowboy roles; he is perhaps best remembered today for his comic

roles in Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles and 1941.Louis Burton

Lindley Jr. was born in Kingsburg, California, the son of Sally Mosher

(née Turk) and Louis Bert Lindley Sr., a Texas-born dairy farmer.

Young Lindley was an excellent horse rider from an early age. Known as

"Burt" to his family and friends, he grew bored with dairy farming and

began to make a few dollars by riding broncos and roping steers in his

early teens. His father found out and forbade this activity, but

Lindley took no notice, went to compete in a rodeo, and was told by

the doubtful rodeo manager that there would be "slim pickin's" (i.e.

little chance of any prize money) for him.To prevent his father from

discovering that he had competed, he entered his name as Slim Pickens,

and won $400 that afternoon. Lindley graduated from Hanford High

School, Hanford, California, and was a member of the Future Farmers of

America. He joined the rodeo, billed as Slim Pickens, and eventually

became a well-known rodeo clown.During World War II, he enlisted in

the United States Army. Reportedly when the recruiter asked him his

profession, he responded "Rodeo". This was misread on a form as

"radio", and he spent his entire enlistment at a radio station in the

American Midwest.
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