
L.Q. Jones
L. Q. Jones (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 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
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- 2024Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western (Self)
- 2006A Prairie Home Companion (Chuck Akers)
- 2005Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (Self)
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (Self)
- 2001Route 666 (Sheriff Bob Conaway)
- 1999The Jack Bull (Henry Ballard)
- 1998Zorro mask (Three-Fingered Jack)
- 1998The Patriot (Frank)
- 1997The Edge (Styles)
- 1996In Cold Blood
- 1996The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (Self)
- 1996Tornado! (Ephram Thorne)
- 1995Kasiino (Pat Webb)
- 1994Lightning Jack (Sheriff)
- 1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (Self)
- 1993Walker, Texas Ranger (Billy Selkirk)
- 1992Renegade
- 1992Renegade (Nathan Wayne)
- 1991The Legend Of Grizzly Adams (Reno)
- 1989River of Death (Hiller)
- 1988Bulletproof (Sgt. O'Rourke)
- 1983The Yellow Rose
- 1983Lone Wolf McQuade (Dakota)
- 1983Sacred Ground (Tolbert Coleman)
- 1983A-Rühm (Chuck Danford)
- 1982Voyagers!
- 1982Matt Houston
- 1982Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (Ben Potter)
- 1982The Beast Within (Sheriff Pool)
- 1981The Fall Guy (Sheriff Dwight LeClerc)
- 1981Riker (Massey)
- 1980Enos
- 1980Wild Times (Wild Bill Hickock)
- 1979The Sacketts (Belden)
- 1979Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (Floyd)
- 1978Vega$
- 1978The Eddie Capra Mysteries
- 1978Colorado C.I. (Hoyt Gunnison)
- 1978The Runaways
- 1978Standing Tall (Nate Rackley)
- 1977The Incredible Hulk
- 1977CHiPs (Hoskins)
- 1977Rafferty
- 1977How the West Was Won (Batlin)
- 1976Charlie's Angels (Sgt. Billings)
- 1976Charlie's Angels (Dan Jarvis)
- 1976Charlie's Angels (Burdette)
- 1976Charlie's Angels (Sam Mason)
- 1976Mother, Jugs & Speed (Davey)
- 1976Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (Sheriff Tadlock)
- 1975Winterhawk (Gates)
- 1975Matt Helm
- 1975White Line Fever (Buck Wessle)
- 1975A Boy and His Dog (Porn Stud)
- 1975Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (Roy Ralstop)
- 1975Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (Roy Ralstop)
- 1974The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (Sheriff Berlinger)
- 1974Movin' On
- 1974Manhunter (Charles 'Crutch' Shanks)
- 1974Mrs. Sundance (Charles Siringo)
- 1973The Magician (Johnson)
- 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Black Harris)
- 197243: The Richard Petty Story (Ed Koler)
- 1972Kung Fu (Sgt. Straight)
- 1972Kung Fu (Maj. Clarke Bealson)
- 1972The Delphi Bureau (Cole)
- 1972Assignment: Vienna (Slim Warfield)
- 1972Fireball Forward (Maj. Larkin)
- 1972The Bravos (Ben Lawler)
- 1971Columbo (Gun Dealer)
- 1971Cannon
- 1971The Brotherhood of Satan (Sheriff)
- 1971The Hunting Party (Hog Warren)
- 1971Alias Smith and Jones
- 1970The McMasters (Russel)
- 1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue (Taggart)
- 1970McCloud
- 1969The Wild Bunch (T.C)
- 1968Lancer
- 1968Hawaii Five-O (Col. Lew Cardell)
- 1968The Counterfeit Killer (Hotel Clerk)
- 1968Lintšitud (Loomis)
- 1968Stay Away, Joe (Bronc Hoverty)
- 1967Hondo
- 1967Cimarron Strip
- 1967Ironside (Lt. Mark Cardiff)
- 1967Ironside (Harry Ashton)
- 1966Noon Wine (Deputy)
- 1966Pistols 'n' Petticoats
- 1966ABC Stage 67 (Deputy)
- 1965The F.B.I. (Wesley Davis)
- 1965The F.B.I. (Al Tanner)
- 1965The Big Valley (Cort)
- 1965The Big Valley (Curtis)
- 1965The Big Valley (Earl Vaughn)
- 1965The Big Valley (Hutch)
- 1965The Big Valley (Gus Vandiver)
- 1965Major Dundee (Arthur Hadley)
- 1965Branded
- 1964Apache Rifles (Mike Greer)
- 1964The Devil's Bedroom ((as Justus McQueen))
- 1964Iron Angel (Buttons)
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (Ernie Packer)
- 1963Showdown (Foray)
- 1962The Virginian (Belden)
- 1962The Virginian (Andy)
- 1962Hell Is for Heroes (Supply Sgt. Frazer)
- 1962Ride the High Country (Sylvus Hammond)
- 1961Ben Casey
- 1960Flaming Star (Tom Howard)
- 1960Cimarron (Millis)
- 1960Ten Who Dared (Billy Hawkins)
- 1960Route 66
- 1959Hound-Dog Man (Dave Wilson)
- 1959Battle of the Coral Sea (Yeoman Halliday)
- 1959The Detectives
- 1959The Rebel (Otis Rumph)
- 1959The Rebel (Roy Shandell)
- 1959Johnny Ringo (Billy Boy Jethro)
- 1959Wichita Town
- 1959Lock-Up
- 1959Laramie
- 1959Tightrope (Earl Bell)
- 1959Warlock (Fen Jiggs (uncredited))
- 1959Black Saddle (Jack Shepherd)
- 1959Rawhide (George Cornelius)
- 1959Rawhide (Luke)
- 1959Rawhide (Pee Jay Peters)
- 1958Torpedo Run ('Hash' Benson)
- 1958Lawman (Ollie Earnshaw)
- 1958The Naked and the Dead (Woodrow Wilson)
- 1958Buchanan Rides Alone (Pecos Hill)
- 1958Jefferson Drum (Burdette)
- 1958The Young Lions (Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited))
- 1957Perry Mason (Charles Barnaby)
- 1957Perry Mason (Edward Lewis)
- 1957Wagon Train (Lenny)
- 1957Wagon Train (Squirrel Charvanaugh)
- 1957Have Gun, Will Travel
- 1957Have Gun, Will Travel (Bill Renn - Cowboy)
- 1957Have Gun, Will Travel (Hector)
- 1957Gunsight Ridge (Lazy Heart Ranch Hand)
- 1957Operation Mad Ball (Ozark)
- 1957Men in War (Sgt. Davis)
- 1956Love Me Tender (Pardee Fleming (uncredited))
- 1956Between Heaven and Hell (Pvt. Kenny - Co. G)
- 1956Toward the Unknown (2nd Lt. Sweeney)
- 1956On Trial (Jedediah 'Jed' Boone)
- 1956Santiago (Digger)
- 1955Target Zero (Pvt. Felix O'Hara)
- 1955Cheyenne (Smitty Smith)
- 1955Gunsmoke (Skinner)
- 1955Gunsmoke (Brady)
- 1955Gunsmoke (Wally)
- 1955Gunsmoke (Kittridge)
- 1955Gunsmoke (Nix)
- 1955Gunsmoke (Sumner Pendleton)
- 1955Gunsmoke (Gecko Ridley)
- 1955An Annapolis Story (Watson)
- 1955Battle Cry (Pvt. L.Q. Jones)
- 1954Lassie
- 1954Annie Oakley (Ned Blane)