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Slim Pickens. Actor: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Slim Pickens spent the early part of his career as a real cowboy and the latter part playing cowboys, and he is best remembered for a single "cowboy" image: that of bomber pilot Maj. "King" Kong waving his cowboy hat rodeo-style as he rides a nuclear bomb ...
- January 1, 1
- Kingsburg, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Modesto, California, USA
Kubrick's biographer John Baxter explained, in the documentary Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove: As it turns out, Slim Pickens had never left the United States. He had to hurry and get his first passport.
- Stanley Kubrick
- Laurie Johnson
- January 29, 1964
Dr. Strangelove. Pickens played B-52 pilot Major T. J. "King" Kong in 1964's Dr. Strangelove. Stanley Kubrick cast Pickens after Peter Sellers, who played three other roles in the film, sprained his ankle and was unable to perform in the role due to having to work in the cramped cockpit set.
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Slim Pickens. Actor: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Slim Pickens spent the early part of his career as a real cowboy and the latter part playing cowboys, and he is best remembered for a single "cowboy" image: that of bomber pilot Maj. "King" Kong waving his cowboy hat rodeo-style as he rides a nuclear bomb ...
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Slim Pickens as Maj. 'King' Kong - IMDb.
