L.Q. Jones
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 19, 1927
- Died
- July 9, 2022 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Beaumont, Texas, USA
Biography
L. Q. Jones (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022) was an American character actor and film director, known for his work in the films of Sam Peckinpah. Jones was born in Beaumont in southeastern Texas, the son of Jessie Paralee (née Stephens) and Justus Ellis McQueen Sr., a railroad worker. After serving in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946, Jones attended Lamar Junior College (now Lamar University) and then studied law at the University of Texas at Austin from 1950 to 1951. He worked as a stand-up comic, briefly played professional baseball and football, and even tried ranching in Nicaragua before turning to acting after corresponding with his former college roommate, Fess Parker. At the time, in 1954, Parker was already in Hollywood working in films and on television. Jones is a practicing Methodist and a registered Republican. Jones made his film debut in 1955 in Battle Cry, credited under his birth name Justus McQueen. His character's name in that film, however, was "L. Q. Jones", a name he liked and decided to adopt as his stage name for all of his future roles as an actor. In 1955, he was cast as "Smitty Smith" in three episodes of Clint Walker's ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne, the first hour-long western on network television. Jones appeared in numerous films in the 1960s and 1970s. He became a member of Sam Peckinpah's stock company of actors, appearing in his Klondike series (1960–1961), Ride the High Country (1962), Major Dundee (1965), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (1973). Jones was frequently cast alongside his close friend Strother Martin, most memorably as the posse member and bounty hunter "T. C." in The Wild Bunch. Jones also appeared as recurring characters on such western series as Cheyenne (1955), Gunsmoke (1955), Laramie, Two Faces West (1960–1961), and as ranch hand Andy Belden in The Virginian (1962). That same year (1962) Jones appeared as Ollie Earnshaw, a rich rancher looking for a bride on Lawman in the episode titled The Bride. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia CLR
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Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Movie · as Self
A Prairie Home Companion
Movie · as Chuck Akers
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Movie · as Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie · as Self
Route 666
Movie · as Sheriff Bob Conaway
The Jack Bull
Movie · as Henry Ballard
The Mask of Zorro
Movie · as Three-Fingered Jack
The Patriot
Movie · as Frank
The Edge
Movie · as Styles
Tornado!
Movie · as Ephram Thorne
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Movie · as Self
In Cold Blood
TV · 2 eps
Casino
Movie · as Pat Webb
Lightning Jack
Movie · as Sheriff
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Movie · as Self
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Billy Selkirk · 2 eps
Renegade
TV · as Nathan Wayne · 1 ep
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
Movie · as Reno
River of Death
Movie · as Hiller
Bulletproof
Movie · as Sgt. O'Rourke
Sacred Ground
Movie · as Tolbert Coleman
Lone Wolf McQuade
Movie · as Dakota
The Yellow Rose
TV · 1 ep
The A-Team
TV · as Chuck Danford · 1 ep
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Movie · as Ben Potter
The Beast Within
Movie · as Sheriff Pool
Voyagers!
TV · 1 ep
Matt Houston
TV · 1 ep
The Fall Guy
TV · as Sheriff Dwight LeClerc · 1 ep
Riker
TV · as Massey · 1 ep
Enos
TV · 1 ep
Wild Times
TV · as Wild Bill Hickock · 2 eps
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Movie · as Floyd
The Sacketts
TV · as Belden · 2 eps
Standing Tall
Movie · as Nate Rackley
Colorado C.I.
Movie · as Hoyt Gunnison
Vega$
TV · 1 ep
The Runaways
TV · 1 ep
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
TV · 1 ep
CHiPs
TV · as Hoskins · 1 ep
The Incredible Hulk
TV · 1 ep
How the West Was Won
TV · as Batlin · 1 ep
Rafferty
TV · 1 ep
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Movie · as Davey
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Movie · as Sheriff Tadlock
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Sgt. Billings, Dan Jarvis, Burdette, Sam Mason · 1 ep
A Boy and His Dog
Movie · as Porn Stud
White Line Fever
Movie · as Buck Wessle
Winterhawk
Movie · as Gates
Matt Helm
TV · 1 ep
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
TV · as Roy Ralstop · 2 eps
Manhunter
Movie · as Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Movie · as Sheriff Berlinger
Mrs. Sundance
Movie · as Charles Siringo
Movin' On
TV · 1 ep
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Movie · as Black Harris
The Magician
TV · as Johnson · 2 eps
The Bravos
Movie · as Ben Lawler
43: The Richard Petty Story
Movie · as Ed Koler
Fireball Forward
Movie · as Maj. Larkin
Assignment: Vienna
TV · as Slim Warfield · 1 ep
Kung Fu
TV · as Sgt. Straight, Maj. Clarke Bealson · 1 ep
Delphi Bureau
TV · as Cole · 1 ep
The Brotherhood of Satan
Movie · as Sheriff
The Hunting Party
Movie · as Hog Warren
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 2 eps
Cannon
TV · 2 eps
Columbo
TV · as Gun Dealer · 1 ep
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Movie · as Taggart
The McMasters
Movie · as Russel
McCloud
TV · 1 ep
The Wild Bunch
Movie · as T.C
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Col. Lew Cardell · 1 ep
Hang 'em High
Movie · as Loomis
Stay Away, Joe
Movie · as Bronc Hoverty
The Counterfeit Killer
Movie · as Hotel Clerk
Lancer
TV · 1 ep
Cimarron Strip
TV · 2 eps
Hondo
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Lt. Mark Cardiff, Harry Ashton · 1 ep
Noon Wine
Movie · as Deputy
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
TV · 1 ep
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Deputy · 1 ep
Major Dundee
Movie · as Arthur Hadley
The F.B.I.
TV · as Wesley Davis, Al Tanner · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Cort, Curtis, Earl Vaughn, Hutch, Gus Vandiver · 1 ep
Branded
TV · 1 ep
Apache Rifles
Movie · as Mike Greer
Iron Angel
Movie · as Buttons
The Devil's Bedroom
Movie · as (as Justus McQueen)
Showdown
Movie · as Foray
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Ernie Packer · 1 ep
Hell Is for Heroes
Movie · as Supply Sgt. Frazer
Ride the High Country
Movie · as Sylvus Hammond
The Virginian
TV · as Belden, Andy · 12 eps
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
Cimarron
Movie · as Millis
Ten Who Dared
Movie · as Billy Hawkins
Flaming Star
Movie · as Tom Howard
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
Battle of the Coral Sea
Movie · as Yeoman Halliday
Warlock
Movie · as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
Hound-Dog Man
Movie · as Dave Wilson
Rawhide
TV · as George Cornelius, Luke, Pee Jay Peters · 1 ep
Black Saddle
TV · as Jack Shepherd · 1 ep
Lock-Up
TV · 1 ep
The Rebel
TV · as Otis Rumph, Roy Shandell · 1 ep
Laramie
TV · 2 eps
Wichita Town
TV · 1 ep
The Detectives
TV · 1 ep
Johnny Ringo
TV · as Billy Boy Jethro · 1 ep
Tightrope
TV · as Earl Bell · 1 ep
Buchanan Rides Alone
Movie · as Pecos Hill
Torpedo Run
Movie · as 'Hash' Benson
The Young Lions
Movie · as Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
The Naked and the Dead
Movie · as Woodrow Wilson
Jefferson Drum
TV · as Burdette · 1 ep
Lawman
TV · as Ollie Earnshaw · 1 ep
Men in War
Movie · as Sgt. Davis
Gunsight Ridge
Movie · as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
Operation Mad Ball
Movie · as Ozark
Perry Mason
TV · as Charles Barnaby, Edward Lewis · 1 ep
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Bill Renn - Cowboy, Hector · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Lenny, Squirrel Charvanaugh, Pvt. James Jones · 1 ep
Santiago
Movie · as Digger
Toward the Unknown
Movie · as 2nd Lt. Sweeney
Love Me Tender
Movie · as Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
Between Heaven and Hell
Movie · as Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
On Trial
TV · as Jedediah 'Jed' Boone · 1 ep
Battle Cry
Movie · as Pvt. L.Q. Jones
Target Zero
Movie · as Pvt. Felix O'Hara
An Annapolis Story
Movie · as Watson
Cheyenne
TV · as Smitty Smith · 3 eps
Gunsmoke
TV · as Skinner, Brady, Wally, Kittridge, Nix, Sumner Pendleton, Gecko Ridley · 1 ep
Lassie
TV · 2 eps
Annie Oakley
TV · as Ned Blane · 1 ep