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