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
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Credits
- 2024 · Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western as Self
- 2006 · A Prairie Home Companion as Chuck Akers
- 2005 · Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah as Self
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 2001 · Route 666 as Sheriff Bob Conaway
- 1999 · The Jack Bull as Henry Ballard
- 1998 · The Mask of Zorro as Three-Fingered Jack
- 1998 · The Patriot as Frank
- 1997 · The Edge as Styles
- 1996 · In Cold Blood as
- 1996 · The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage as Self
- 1996 · Tornado! as Ephram Thorne
- 1995 · Casino as Pat Webb
- 1994 · Lightning Jack as Sheriff
- 1993 · Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Billy Selkirk
- 1992 · Renegade as
- 1992 · Renegade as Nathan Wayne
- 1991 · The Legend Of Grizzly Adams as Reno
- 1989 · River of Death as Hiller
- 1988 · Bulletproof as Sgt. O'Rourke
- 1983 · The Yellow Rose as
- 1983 · Lone Wolf McQuade as Dakota
- 1983 · Sacred Ground as Tolbert Coleman
- 1983 · The A-Team as Chuck Danford
- 1982 · Voyagers! as
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann as Ben Potter
- 1982 · The Beast Within as Sheriff Pool
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as Sheriff Dwight LeClerc
- 1980 · Enos as
- 1980 · Wild Times as Wild Bill Hickock
- 1979 · The Sacketts as Belden
- 1979 · Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider as Floyd
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · The Eddie Capra Mysteries as
- 1978 · Colorado C.I. as Hoyt Gunnison
- 1978 · The Runaways as
- 1978 · Standing Tall as Nate Rackley
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as
- 1977 · CHiPs as Hoskins
- 1977 · How the West Was Won as Batlin
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Sgt. Billings
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Dan Jarvis
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Burdette
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Sam Mason
- 1976 · Mother, Jugs & Speed as Davey
- 1976 · Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free as Sheriff Tadlock
- 1975 · Winterhawk as Gates
- 1975 · Matt Helm as
- 1975 · White Line Fever as Buck Wessle
- 1975 · A Boy and His Dog as Porn Stud
- 1975 · Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Roy Ralstop
- 1974 · The Strange and Deadly Occurrence as Sheriff Berlinger
- 1974 · Movin' On as
- 1974 · Manhunter as Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
- 1974 · Mrs. Sundance as Charles Siringo
- 1973 · The Magician as Johnson
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Black Harris
- 1972 · 43: The Richard Petty Story as Ed Koler
- 1972 · Kung Fu as
- 1972 · Assignment: Vienna as Slim Warfield
- 1972 · Fireball Forward as Maj. Larkin
- 1972 · The Bravos as Ben Lawler
- 1971 · Columbo as Gun Dealer
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · The Brotherhood of Satan as Sheriff
- 1971 · The Hunting Party as Hog Warren
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · The McMasters as Russel
- 1970 · The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Taggart
- 1970 · McCloud as
- 1969 · The Wild Bunch as T.C
- 1968 · Lancer as
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Col. Lew Cardell
- 1968 · The Counterfeit Killer as Hotel Clerk
- 1968 · Hang 'em High as Loomis
- 1968 · Stay Away, Joe as Bronc Hoverty
- 1967 · Hondo as
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
- 1967 · Ironside as Lt. Mark Cardiff
- 1967 · Ironside as Harry Ashton
- 1967 · The Lady Is My Wife as Ernie Packer
- 1966 · Noon Wine as Deputy
- 1966 · Pistols 'n' Petticoats as
- 1966 · ABC Stage 67 as Deputy
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Wesley Davis
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Al Tanner
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Cort
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Curtis
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Earl Vaughn
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Hutch
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Gus Vandiver
- 1965 · Major Dundee as Arthur Hadley
- 1965 · Branded as
- 1964 · Apache Rifles as Mike Greer
- 1964 · The Devil's Bedroom as (as Justus McQueen)
- 1964 · Iron Angel as Buttons
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Ernie Packer
- 1963 · Showdown as Foray
- 1962 · The Virginian as Belden
- 1962 · The Virginian as Andy
- 1962 · Hell Is for Heroes as Supply Sgt. Frazer
- 1962 · Ride the High Country as Sylvus Hammond
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1960 · Flaming Star as Tom Howard
- 1960 · Cimarron as Millis
- 1960 · Ten Who Dared as Billy Hawkins
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1959 · Hound-Dog Man as Dave Wilson
- 1959 · Battle of the Coral Sea as Yeoman Halliday
- 1959 · The Detectives as
- 1959 · The Rebel as Otis Rumph
- 1959 · The Rebel as Roy Shandell
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Billy Boy Jethro
- 1959 · Wichita Town as
- 1959 · Lock-Up as
- 1959 · Laramie as
- 1959 · Tightrope as
- 1959 · Warlock as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
- 1959 · Black Saddle as Jack Shepherd
- 1959 · Rawhide as George Cornelius
- 1959 · Rawhide as Luke
- 1959 · Rawhide as Pee Jay Peters
- 1958 · Torpedo Run as 'Hash' Benson
- 1958 · Lawman as Ollie Earnshaw
- 1958 · The Naked and the Dead as Woodrow Wilson
- 1958 · Buchanan Rides Alone as Pecos Hill
- 1958 · Jefferson Drum as Burdette
- 1958 · The Young Lions as Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Charles Barnaby
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Edward Lewis
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Lenny
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Bill Renn - Cowboy
- 1957 · Gunsight Ridge as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
- 1957 · Operation Mad Ball as Ozark
- 1957 · Men in War as Sgt. Davis
- 1956 · Love Me Tender as Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
- 1956 · Between Heaven and Hell as Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
- 1956 · Toward the Unknown as 2nd Lt. Sweeney
- 1956 · Santiago as Digger
- 1955 · Target Zero as Pvt. Felix O'Hara
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Smitty Smith
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Skinner
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Brady
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Wally
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Kittridge
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Nix
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Sumner Pendleton
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Gecko Ridley
- 1955 · An Annapolis Story as Watson
- 1955 · Battle Cry as Pvt. L.Q. Jones
- 1954 · Lassie as
- 1954 · Annie Oakley as Ned Blane