L.Q. Jones
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1927-08-19
Deathday 2022-07-09 (94 years old)
Place of Birth Beaumont, Texas, USA
Also Known As Justus McQueen, Justus E. McQueen, LQ Jones, Justus Ellis McQueen, Jr.
L.Q. Jones
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
Known For
Actor
as Chuck Akers
as Sheriff Bob Conaway
as Henry Ballard
as Three-Fingered Jack
as Frank
as Styles
as Ephram Thorne
as Pat Webb
as Sheriff
as Self
as Billy Selkirk
as Nathan Wayne
as Reno
as Hiller
as Sgt. O'Rourke
as Dakota
as Tolbert Coleman
as Chuck Danford
as Ben Potter
as Sheriff Pool
as Sheriff Dwight LeClerc
as Wild Bill Hickock
as Floyd
as Belden
as Hoyt Gunnison
as Nate Rackley
as Hoskins
as Batlin
as Davey
as Sheriff Tadlock
as Sgt. Billings
as Dan Jarvis
as Burdette
as Sam Mason
as Gates
as Buck Wessle
as Porn Stud
as Roy Ralstop
as Sheriff Berlinger
as Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
as Charles Siringo
as Black Harris
as Johnson
as Ed Koler
as Maj. Larkin
as Ben Lawler
as Sgt. Straight
as Slim Warfield
as Sheriff
as Hog Warren
as Gun Dealer
as Russel
as Taggart
as T.C
as Hotel Clerk
as Loomis
as Bronc Hoverty
as Col. Lew Cardell
as Ernie Packer
as Lt. Mark Cardiff
as Harry Ashton
as Deputy
as Deputy
as Arthur Hadley
as Wesley Davis
as Al Tanner
as Cort
as Curtis
as Hutch
as Earl Vaughn
as Gus Vandiver
as Mike Greer
as (as Justus McQueen)
as Buttons
as Foray
as Ernie Packer
as Supply Sgt. Frazer
as Sylvus Hammond
as Belden
as Andy
as Tom Howard
as Millis
as Billy Hawkins
as Dave Wilson
as Yeoman Halliday
as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
as Otis Rumph
as Roy Shandell
as Billy Boy Jethro
as Jack Shepherd
as George Cornelius
as Luke
as Pee Jay Peters
as 'Hash' Benson
as Woodrow Wilson
as Pecos Hill
as Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
as Ollie Earnshaw
as Burdette
as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
as Ozark
as Sgt. Davis
as Charles Barnaby
as Edward Lewis
as Lenny
as Bill Renn - Cowboy
as Hector
as Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
as Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
as 2nd Lt. Sweeney
as Digger
as Pvt. Felix O'Hara
as Watson
as Pvt. L.Q. Jones
as Smitty Smith
as Skinner
as Brady
as Wally
as Kittridge
as Nix
as Sumner Pendleton
as Gecko Ridley
as Ned Blane
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as Director
as Director
as Director
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as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
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as Screenplay
as Writer