L.Q. Jones
Acting
Born: August 19, 1927 · Beaumont, Texas, USA
Died: July 9, 2022 (aged 94)
Highest Rated
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
Known for
Casino
1995
The Mask of Zorro
1998
The Wild Bunch
1969
The Edge
1997
The A-Team
1983
Hang 'em High
1968
Columbo
1971
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
The Patriot
1998
Photos (6)
Movies (66)
The Mask of Zorro
Three-Fingered Jack
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Black Harris
Casino
Pat Webb
Hang 'em High
Loomis
The Wild Bunch
T.C
Lone Wolf McQuade
Dakota
A Prairie Home Companion
Chuck Akers
The Edge
Styles
Flaming Star
Tom Howard
Major Dundee
Arthur Hadley
The Young Lions
Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
Hell Is for Heroes
Supply Sgt. Frazer
A Boy and His Dog
Porn Stud
White Line Fever
Buck Wessle
The Hunting Party
Hog Warren
Ride the High Country
Sylvus Hammond
The Jack Bull
Henry Ballard
Love Me Tender
Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
Apache Rifles
Mike Greer
Between Heaven and Hell
Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
The McMasters
Russel
Warlock
Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Taggart
Lightning Jack
Sheriff
River of Death
Hiller
The Beast Within
Sheriff Pool
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Ben Potter
Battle Cry
Pvt. L.Q. Jones
The Patriot
Frank
Torpedo Run
'Hash' Benson
Route 666
Sheriff Bob Conaway
Stay Away, Joe
Bronc Hoverty
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Sheriff Berlinger
Cimarron
Millis
Men in War
Sgt. Davis
Tornado!
Ephram Thorne
Buchanan Rides Alone
Pecos Hill
Bulletproof
Sgt. O'Rourke
The Naked and the Dead
Woodrow Wilson
Ten Who Dared
Billy Hawkins
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Davey
Winterhawk
Gates
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Sheriff Tadlock
The Brotherhood of Satan
Sheriff
An Annapolis Story
Watson
Operation Mad Ball
Ozark
Showdown
Foray
Santiago
Digger
Gunsight Ridge
Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
Mrs. Sundance
Charles Siringo
Manhunter
Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Floyd
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
Reno
Iron Angel
Buttons
Battle of the Coral Sea
Yeoman Halliday
Sacred Ground
Tolbert Coleman
Toward the Unknown
2nd Lt. Sweeney
43: The Richard Petty Story
Ed Koler
Hound-Dog Man
Dave Wilson
Fireball Forward
Maj. Larkin
The Devil's Bedroom
(as Justus McQueen)
The Bravos
Ben Lawler
The Counterfeit Killer
Hotel Clerk
Standing Tall
Nate Rackley
Target Zero
Pvt. Felix O'Hara
Noon Wine
Deputy
TV Shows (87)
Columbo
Gun Dealer · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Charles Barnaby · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Edward Lewis · 1 eps
Ironside
Lt. Mark Cardiff · 1 eps
Ironside
Harry Ashton · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Sgt. Billings · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Dan Jarvis · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Burdette · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Sam Mason · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Lenny · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Squirrel Charvanaugh · 1 eps
The A-Team
Chuck Danford · 1 eps
The Virginian
Belden · 12 eps
The Virginian
Andy · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Col. Lew Cardell · 1 eps
Lassie
2 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Bill Renn - Cowboy · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Hector · 1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
1 eps
The F.B.I.
Wesley Davis · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Al Tanner · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Cort · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Curtis · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Earl Vaughn · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Hutch · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Gus Vandiver · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Smitty Smith · 3 eps
Cannon
2 eps
Renegade
1 eps
Renegade
Nathan Wayne · 2 eps
Route 66
1 eps
Rawhide
George Cornelius · 1 eps
Rawhide
Luke · 1 eps
Rawhide
Pee Jay Peters · 2 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Billy Selkirk · 2 eps
The Fall Guy
Sheriff Dwight LeClerc · 1 eps
Lawman
Ollie Earnshaw · 1 eps
McCloud
1 eps
Gunsmoke
Skinner · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Brady · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Wally · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Kittridge · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Nix · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Sumner Pendleton · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Gecko Ridley · 1 eps
Matt Houston
1 eps
Laramie
2 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
2 eps
Vega$
1 eps
The Rebel
Otis Rumph · 1 eps
The Rebel
Roy Shandell · 1 eps
The Detectives
1 eps
Lancer
1 eps
Branded
1 eps
Black Saddle
Jack Shepherd · 1 eps
CHiPs
Hoskins · 1 eps
Lock-Up
1 eps
How the West Was Won
Batlin · 1 eps
Annie Oakley
Ned Blane · 1 eps
Tightrope
Earl Bell · 1 eps
Voyagers!
1 eps
Johnny Ringo
Billy Boy Jethro · 1 eps
The Magician
Johnson · 2 eps
Cimarron Strip
2 eps
ABC Stage 67
Deputy · 1 eps
Matt Helm
1 eps
Movin' On
1 eps
Hondo
1 eps
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1 eps
In Cold Blood
2 eps
Enos
1 eps
Wichita Town
1 eps
The Yellow Rose
1 eps
The Sacketts
Belden · 2 eps
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1 eps
Rafferty
1 eps
Jefferson Drum
Burdette · 1 eps
The Runaways
1 eps
Delphi Bureau
Cole · 1 eps
Wild Times
Wild Bill Hickock · 2 eps
Assignment: Vienna
Slim Warfield · 1 eps
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Roy Ralstop · 2 eps
Riker
Massey · 1 eps
Kung Fu
Sgt. Straight · 1 eps
Kung Fu
Maj. Clarke Bealson · 1 eps
