L.Q. Jones

Acting • Born 1927-08-19 – Died 2022-07-09

Acting2Beaumont, Texas, USA

Biography

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

Filmography

160 credits

The Wild Bunch

Movie • 1969

T.C

A Boy and His Dog

Movie • 1975

Porn Stud

Hang 'em High

Movie • 1968

Loomis

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Movie • 1970

Taggart

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

Movie • 1982

Ben Potter

Hell Is for Heroes

Movie • 1962

Supply Sgt. Frazer

A Prairie Home Companion

Movie • 2006

Chuck Akers

The Mask of Zorro

Movie • 1998

Three-Fingered Jack

Ride the High Country

Movie • 1962

Sylvus Hammond

White Line Fever

Movie • 1975

Buck Wessle

The Brotherhood of Satan

Movie • 1971

Sheriff

Tornado!

Movie • 1996

Ephram Thorne

Buchanan Rides Alone

Movie • 1958

Pecos Hill

Men in War

Movie • 1957

Sgt. Davis

The Hunting Party

Movie • 1971

Hog Warren

The Jack Bull

Movie • 1999

Henry Ballard

River of Death

Movie • 1989

Hiller

Cimarron

Movie • 1960

Millis

Battle of the Coral Sea

Movie • 1959

Yeoman Halliday

Stay Away, Joe

Movie • 1968

Bronc Hoverty

Torpedo Run

Movie • 1958

'Hash' Benson

Battle Cry

Movie • 1955

Pvt. L.Q. Jones

The Legend Of Grizzly Adams

Movie • 1991

Reno

Route 666

Movie • 2001

Sheriff Bob Conaway

The McMasters

Movie • 1970

Russel

Manhunter

Movie • 1974

Charles 'Crutch' Shanks

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Movie • 1993

Self

Winterhawk

Movie • 1975

Gates

Target Zero

Movie • 1955

Pvt. Felix O'Hara

Sacred Ground

Movie • 1983

Tolbert Coleman

Santiago

Movie • 1956

Digger

The Bravos

Movie • 1972

Ben Lawler

Ten Who Dared

Movie • 1960

Billy Hawkins

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie • 2004

Self

Warlock

Movie • 1959

Fen Jiggs (uncredited)

An Annapolis Story

Movie • 1955

Watson

Lone Wolf McQuade

Movie • 1983

Dakota

The Counterfeit Killer

Movie • 1968

Hotel Clerk

Casino

Movie • 1995

Pat Webb

The Edge

Movie • 1997

Styles

The Beast Within

Movie • 1982

Sheriff Pool

Bulletproof

Movie • 1988

Sgt. O'Rourke

Toward the Unknown

Movie • 1956

2nd Lt. Sweeney

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Movie • 2005

Self

Standing Tall

Movie • 1978

Nate Rackley

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

Movie • 1974

Sheriff Berlinger

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Movie • 1973

Black Harris

Flaming Star

Movie • 1960

Tom Howard

Mother, Jugs & Speed

Movie • 1976

Davey

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Movie • 1979

Floyd

Lightning Jack

Movie • 1994

Sheriff

Gunsight Ridge

Movie • 1957

Lazy Heart Ranch Hand

The Young Lions

Movie • 1958

Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)

43: The Richard Petty Story

Movie • 1972

Ed Koler

Apache Rifles

Movie • 1964

Mike Greer

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

Movie • 2024

Self

Love Me Tender

Movie • 1956

Pardee Fleming (uncredited)

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

Movie • 1975

Roy Ralstop

The Naked and the Dead

Movie • 1958

Woodrow Wilson

The Patriot

Movie • 1998

Frank

Showdown

Movie • 1963

Foray

Between Heaven and Hell

Movie • 1956

Pvt. Kenny - Co. G

Hound-Dog Man

Movie • 1959

Dave Wilson

Noon Wine

Movie • 1966

Deputy

Iron Angel

Movie • 1964

Buttons

Major Dundee

Movie • 1965

Arthur Hadley

Mrs. Sundance

Movie • 1974

Charles Siringo

Operation Mad Ball

Movie • 1957

Ozark

Fireball Forward

Movie • 1972

Maj. Larkin

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Movie • 1996

Self

The Devil's Bedroom

Movie • 1964

(as Justus McQueen)

Colorado C.I.

Movie • 1978

Hoyt Gunnison

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

Movie • 1976

Sheriff Tadlock

Movin' On

TV • 1974

CHiPs

TV • 1977

Hoskins

Cheyenne

TV • 1955

Smitty Smith

The Incredible Hulk

TV • 1977

The F.B.I.

TV • 1965

Wesley Davis

Hawaii Five-O

TV • 1968

Col. Lew Cardell

Route 66

TV • 1960

Alias Smith and Jones

TV • 1971

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV • 1993

Billy Selkirk

Charlie's Angels

TV • 1976

Sgt. Billings

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Charles Barnaby

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Skinner

Lassie

TV • 1954

Cannon

TV • 1971

Voyagers!

TV • 1982

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

TV • 1966

Rawhide

TV • 1959

George Cornelius

Vega$

TV • 1978

The Yellow Rose

TV • 1983

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Cimarron Strip

TV • 1967

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Belden

Lancer

TV • 1968

McCloud

TV • 1970

Matt Houston

TV • 1982

The Big Valley

TV • 1965

Cort

Enos

TV • 1980

Hondo

TV • 1967

ABC Stage 67

TV • 1966

Deputy

Black Saddle

TV • 1959

Jack Shepherd

Branded

TV • 1965

Lock-Up

TV • 1959

The Rebel

TV • 1959

Otis Rumph

Ben Casey

TV • 1961

Laramie

TV • 1959

Wichita Town

Wagon Train

TV • 1957

Lenny

In Cold Blood

TV • 1996

Renegade

TV • 1992

Matt Helm

TV • 1975

The Magician

TV • 1973

TV • 1955

Gecko Ridley

The A-Team

TV • 1983

Chuck Danford

Assignment: Vienna

TV • 1972

Slim Warfield

The Rebel

TV • 1959

Roy Shandell

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Edward Lewis

Ironside

TV • 1967

Lt. Mark Cardiff

How the West Was Won

TV • 1977

Batlin

Charlie's Angels

TV • 1976

Dan Jarvis

The Fall Guy

TV • 1981

Sheriff Dwight LeClerc

Charlie's Angels

TV • 1976

Burdette

Charlie's Angels

TV • 1976

Sam Mason

Wild Times

TV • 1980

Wild Bill Hickock

Lawman

TV • 1958

Ollie Earnshaw

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV • 1963

Ernie Packer

Ironside

TV • 1967

Harry Ashton

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Bill Renn - Cowboy

Renegade

TV • 1992

Nathan Wayne

Annie Oakley

TV • 1954

Ned Blane

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Hector

Kung Fu

TV • 1972

Sgt. Straight

Kung Fu

TV • 1972

Maj. Clarke Bealson

Wagon Train

TV • 1957

Squirrel Charvanaugh

Riker

TV • 1981

Massey

Tightrope

TV • 1959

Earl Bell

Rafferty

TV • 1977

Delphi Bureau

TV • 1972

Cole