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[[Image:Howling7602.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Slim Pickens (1919-1983) with a [[Remington Model 760/7600 Rifle|Remington Model 760]] as "Sam Newfield" in ''[[Howling, The|The Howling]]''.]]
[[Image:Howling7602.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Slim Pickens (1919-1983) with a [[Remington Model 760/7600 Rifle|Remington Model 760]] as Sam Newfield in ''[[Howling, The|The Howling]]''.]]


Slim Pickens (born Louis Burton Lindley Jr.) was a former rodeo rider and rodeo clown turned actor. He specialized in playing cowboys in comedic roles, although his breakout performance was that of bomb-riding USAF pilot Major "King" Kong in Stanley Kubrick's ''[[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''. He was inducted into both the Western Performers Hall of Fame and Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Slim Pickens (born Louis Burton Lindley Jr.) was a former rodeo rider and rodeo clown turned actor. He specialized in playing cowboys in comedic roles, although his breakout performance was that of bomb-riding USAF pilot Major "King" Kong in Stanley Kubrick's ''[[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''. He was inducted into both the Western Performers Hall of Fame and Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.

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Slim Pickens (1919-1983) with a Remington Model 760 as Sam Newfield in The Howling.

Slim Pickens (born Louis Burton Lindley Jr.) was a former rodeo rider and rodeo clown turned actor. He specialized in playing cowboys in comedic roles, although his breakout performance was that of bomb-riding USAF pilot Major "King" Kong in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. He was inducted into both the Western Performers Hall of Fame and Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Slim Pickens can be seen with the following firearms in the following films and television shows:

Film

Gun Character Title Note Date
M1911A1 Maj. 'King' Kong Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
Single Action Army Taggart Blazing Saddles 1974
Remington Model 760 Sam Newfield The Howling 1981
Parker-Hale 1200 Rifle Sam Newfield The Howling Continuity error 1981