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