L.Q. Jones

L.Q. Jones

L. Q. Jones (born August 19, 1927, died July 9th 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

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