Actually, Slim Pickens had been in 34 movies (by my count) before Dr.
Stangelove. You must not be as old as me.
http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:56691~C

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Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"cjcampbell" wrote in message
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Jim Macklin wrote:
Wasn't Slim Pickens great, and was that James Earl Jones'
first movie?


"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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| Dr. Strangelove

Yeah, I think that was. And Slim Pickens' first role, too. The story,
as I understand it, was that Peter Sellers was originally going to play
the bomber pilot, but he fell on the set and was injured just before
shooting of the B-52 scenes was to start. Slim Pickens was a stage hand
and Stanley Kubrik heard him talking. His thought was, "That guy
wouldn't even have to act!"