Originally posted by Ripsnort
Alittle out of character for this list of names above, but one I truly miss is Slim Pickens. A man with a very very big heart off screen, and quite an actor on screen. A pure-bred California boy, he quit school at age 15 to become a full-time equestrian and bull wrangler, eventually becoming the highest-paid rodeo clown in show business. Appeared in pictures beginning in the 1950's...I'll always remember him as pilot "King" Kong in the movie Dr. Strangelove, riding that nuke out of the bomb bay of a B52. Died quite young, age 64.
Slim pickens was priceless. Just recently watched "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" with Coburn, Pickens, Elam . . .what a fantatstic film!
I have a soft spot for Sam Elliot as a good tough guy, and Willem Dafoe in "Flight of the Intruder" was, I thought, terrific.
Sakai
