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.
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Filmography (137)
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Route 666
2001
The Jack Bull
1999
The Mask of Zorro
1998
The Patriot
1998
The Edge
1997
Tornado!
1996
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996
In Cold Blood
1996
Casino
1995
Lightning Jack
1994
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Renegade
1992
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
1991
River of Death
1989
Bulletproof
1988
Sacred Ground
1983
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
The Yellow Rose
1983
The A-Team
1983
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
The Beast Within
1982
Voyagers!
1982
Matt Houston
1982
The Fall Guy
1981
Riker
1981
Enos
1980
Wild Times
1980
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979
The Sacketts
1979
Standing Tall
1978
Colorado C.I.
1978
Vega$
1978
The Runaways
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
CHiPs
1977
The Incredible Hulk
1977
How the West Was Won
1977
Rafferty
1977
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976
A Boy and His Dog
1975
White Line Fever
1975
Winterhawk
1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
Matt Helm
1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
Manhunter
1974
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
Mrs. Sundance
1974
Movin' On
1974
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
The Magician
1973
The Bravos
1972
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972
Fireball Forward
1972
Assignment: Vienna
1972
Kung Fu
1972
Delphi Bureau
1972
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971
The Hunting Party
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Cannon
1971
Columbo
1971
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
The McMasters
1970
McCloud
1970
The Wild Bunch
1969
Hang 'em High
1968
Stay Away, Joe
1968
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Lancer
1968
Cimarron Strip
1967
Hondo
1967
Ironside
1967
Noon Wine
1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
ABC Stage 67
1966
Major Dundee
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The Big Valley
1965
Branded
1965
Apache Rifles
1964
Iron Angel
1964
The Devil's Bedroom
1964
Showdown
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Hell Is for Heroes
1962
Ride the High Country
1962
The Virginian
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Cimarron
1960
Ten Who Dared
1960
Flaming Star
1960
Route 66
1960
Battle of the Coral Sea
1959
Warlock
1959
Hound-Dog Man
1959
Rawhide
1959
Black Saddle
1959
Lock-Up
1959
The Rebel
1959
Laramie
1959
Wichita Town
1959
The Detectives
1959
Johnny Ringo
1959
Tightrope
1959
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958
Torpedo Run
1958
The Young Lions
1958
The Naked and the Dead
1958
Jefferson Drum
1958
Lawman
1958
Men in War
1957
Gunsight Ridge
1957
Operation Mad Ball
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Santiago
1956
Toward the Unknown
1956
Love Me Tender
1956
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
On Trial
1956
Battle Cry
1955
Target Zero
1955
An Annapolis Story
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Lassie
1954
Annie Oakley
1954
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