Acting · 1919 to 1983
Slim Pickens
Best rated: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (8.3)
- Films
- 40
- Avg rating
- 6.43
- Peak run
- 1967’74
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Slim by the numbers
Average
6.43
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.51
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.86
rating spread
Career
32y
1950 to 1981
Total votes
908K
across every film
Best
8.3
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Worst
4.5
The Swarm
Newest first
Filmography
| 1981 |  The Howling | Sam Newfield | 6.5 | 45,493 |
| 1980 | Tom Horn | Sheriff Sam Creedmore | 6.8 | 6,850 |
| 1980 | Honeysuckle Rose | Garland Ramsey | 6.3 | 2,112 |
| 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Tex | 4.7 | 6,646 |
| 1978 | The Swarm | Jud Hawkins | 4.5 | 9,516 |
| 1977 | Mr. Billion | Duane Hawkins | 5.4 | 1,650 |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo | Abel Pickney | 6.2 | 6,221 |
| 1977 | The Shadow of Chikara | Virgil Cane | · | 539 |
| 1976 | Hawmps! | Sergeant Naman Tucker | · | 394 |
| 1975 | Poor Pretty Eddie | Sheriff Orville | 5.5 | 1,032 |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | Frank Stillwell | 6.4 | 7,310 |
| 1975 | Rancho Deluxe | Henry Beige | 6.3 | 2,485 |
| 1975 | White Line Fever | Duane Haller | 6.1 | 2,692 |
| 1974 | Ginger in the Morning | Sheriff | · | 533 |
| 1974 |  Blazing Saddles | Taggart | 7.7 | 167K |
| 1972 |  The Getaway | Cowboy | 7.3 | 37,951 |
| 1972 | The Honkers | Clete | · | 423 |
| 1970 |  The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Ben Fairchild | 7.2 | 11,514 |
| 1970 | The Devil's Backbone | Tattinger - American Scout | · | 588 |
| 1969 | 80 Steps to Jonah | Scott | · | 275 |
Better together?
Slim Pickens's regulars
- Sam PeckinpahDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.25 avg▲+0.58
- Arnold LavenDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.25 avg▼−0.09
- Jonathan KaplanDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.75 avg▼−0.65
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Slim Pickens
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