L.Q. Jones
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 19, 1927
- Died
- July 9, 2022
- Birthplace
- Beaumont, Texas, USA
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
Filmography
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western 2024
as Self
A Prairie Home Companion 2006
as Chuck Akers
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah 2005
as Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004
as Self
Route 666 2001
as Sheriff Bob Conaway
The Jack Bull 1999
as Henry Ballard
The Mask of Zorro 1998
as Three-Fingered Jack
The Patriot 1998
as Frank
The Edge 1997
as Styles
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage 1996
as Self
Tornado! 1996
as Ephram Thorne
Casino 1995
as Pat Webb
Lightning Jack 1994
as Sheriff
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron 1993
as Self
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams 1991
as Reno
River of Death 1989
as Hiller
Bulletproof 1988
as Sgt. O'Rourke
Lone Wolf McQuade 1983
as Dakota
Sacred Ground 1983
as Tolbert Coleman
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann 1982
as Ben Potter
The Beast Within 1982
as Sheriff Pool
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider 1979
as Floyd
- Colorado C.I.
Colorado C.I. 1978
as Hoyt Gunnison
Standing Tall 1978
as Nate Rackley
Mother, Jugs & Speed 1976
as Davey
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free 1976
as Sheriff Tadlock
Winterhawk 1975
as Gates
White Line Fever 1975
as Buck Wessle
A Boy and His Dog 1975
as Porn Stud, Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence 1974
as Sheriff Berlinger
Manhunter 1974
as Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
Mrs. Sundance 1974
as Charles Siringo
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973
as Black Harris
43: The Richard Petty Story 1972
as Ed Koler
Fireball Forward 1972
as Maj. Larkin
The Bravos 1972
as Ben Lawler
The Brotherhood of Satan 1971
as Sheriff, Writer, Producer
The Hunting Party 1971
as Hog Warren
The McMasters 1970
as Russel
The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970
as Taggart
The Wild Bunch 1969
as T.C
The Naked Witch 1969
Executive Producer
The Counterfeit Killer 1968
as Hotel Clerk
Hang 'em High 1968
as Loomis
Stay Away, Joe 1968
as Bronc Hoverty
Noon Wine 1966
as Deputy
Major Dundee 1965
as Arthur Hadley
Apache Rifles 1964
as Mike Greer
The Devil's Bedroom 1964
as (as Justus McQueen), Director
Iron Angel 1964
as Buttons
Showdown 1963
as Foray
Hell Is for Heroes 1962
as Supply Sgt. Frazer
Ride the High Country 1962
as Sylvus Hammond
Flaming Star 1960
as Tom Howard
Cimarron 1960
as Millis
Ten Who Dared 1960
as Billy Hawkins
Hound-Dog Man 1959
as Dave Wilson
Battle of the Coral Sea 1959
as Yeoman Halliday
Warlock 1959
as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
Torpedo Run 1958
as 'Hash' Benson
The Naked and the Dead 1958
as Woodrow Wilson
Buchanan Rides Alone 1958
as Pecos Hill
The Young Lions 1958
as Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
Gunsight Ridge 1957
as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
Operation Mad Ball 1957
as Ozark
Men in War 1957
as Sgt. Davis
Love Me Tender 1956
as Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
Between Heaven and Hell 1956
as Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
Toward the Unknown 1956
as 2nd Lt. Sweeney
Santiago 1956
as Digger
Target Zero 1955
as Pvt. Felix O'Hara
An Annapolis Story 1955
as Watson
Battle Cry 1955
as Pvt. L.Q. Jones
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