
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.
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Acting (72 movies)

The Wild Bunch
1969

A Boy and His Dog
1975

Hang 'em High
1968

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982

Hell Is for Heroes
1962

A Prairie Home Companion
2006

The Mask of Zorro
1998

Ride the High Country
1962

White Line Fever
1975

The Brotherhood of Satan
1971

Tornado!
1996

Buchanan Rides Alone
1958

Men in War
1957

The Hunting Party
1971

The Jack Bull
1999

River of Death
1989

Cimarron
1960

Battle of the Coral Sea
1959

Stay Away, Joe
1968

Torpedo Run
1958

Battle Cry
1955

The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
1991

Route 666
2001

The McMasters
1970

Manhunter
1974

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993

Winterhawk
1975

Target Zero
1955

Sacred Ground
1983

Santiago
1956

The Bravos
1972

Ten Who Dared
1960

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004

Warlock
1959

An Annapolis Story
1955

Lone Wolf McQuade
1983

The Counterfeit Killer
1968

Casino
1995

The Edge
1997

The Beast Within
1982

Bulletproof
1988

Toward the Unknown
1956

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005

Standing Tall
1978

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973

Flaming Star
1960

Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979

Lightning Jack
1994

Gunsight Ridge
1957

The Young Lions
1958

43: The Richard Petty Story
1972

Apache Rifles
1964

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024

Love Me Tender
1956

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975

The Naked and the Dead
1958

The Patriot
1998

Showdown
1963

Between Heaven and Hell
1956

Hound-Dog Man
1959

Noon Wine
1966

Iron Angel
1964

Major Dundee
1965

Mrs. Sundance
1974

Operation Mad Ball
1957

Fireball Forward
1972

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996

The Devil's Bedroom
1964

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The Naked Witch | 1969 | Executive Producer | 
| The Brotherhood of Satan | 1971 | Writer | 
| The Brotherhood of Satan | 1971 | Producer | 
| A Boy and His Dog | 1975 | Screenplay | 
| A Boy and His Dog | 1975 | Producer |