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