Television
Pickens appeared in numerous television guest shots, including three episodes of NBC's The Wide Country (1962) with Earl Holliman and Andrew Prine and one appearance on ABC's The Legend of Jesse James, The Fugitive and a first-season episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. He was a credited semi-regular in the second season of the show Outlaws as "Slim". He appeared in a few episodes of Alias Smith and Jones, The Lone Ranger, Daniel Boone, The Virginian, Bonanza and Kung Fu. He starred in regular roles in The Legend of Custer, Bonanza, Hee Haw, B. J. and the Bear with Greg Evigan, and Filthy Rich. He played the owner of station WJM, Wild Jack Monroe, on the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
One of Pickens' most memorable television roles was an episode of Hawaii Five-O where he played the patriarch of a family of serial killers.
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—Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)
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—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)