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