L.Q. Jones

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

160

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-08-19

Day of death

2022-07-09 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Beaumont, Texas, USA

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

  • Columbo

    Columbo

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The A-Team

    The A-Team

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • Renegade

    Renegade

  • Renegade

    Renegade

  • The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Walker, Texas Ranger

    Walker, Texas Ranger

  • The Fall Guy

    The Fall Guy

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Laramie

    Laramie

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • Branded

    Branded

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Johnny Ringo

    Johnny Ringo

  • Lock-Up

    Lock-Up

  • Casino

    Casino

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • The Mask of Zorro

    The Mask of Zorro

  • The Yellow Rose

    The Yellow Rose

  • Voyagers!

    Voyagers!

  • Tightrope

    Tightrope

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • The Magician

    The Magician

  • Hondo

    Hondo

  • Movin' On

    Movin' On

  • Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

    Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

  • The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch

  • Matt Helm

    Matt Helm

  • The Beast Within

    The Beast Within

  • Between Heaven and Hell

    Between Heaven and Hell

  • The Jack Bull

    The Jack Bull

  • The Hunting Party

    The Hunting Party

  • Toward the Unknown

    Toward the Unknown

  • Mother, Jugs & Speed

    Mother, Jugs & Speed

  • Enos

    Enos

  • Mrs. Sundance

    Mrs. Sundance

  • Gunsight Ridge

    Gunsight Ridge

  • Wichita Town

    Wichita Town

  • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

  • Hang 'em High

    Hang 'em High

  • Major Dundee

    Major Dundee

  • Noon Wine

    Noon Wine

  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

  • Fireball Forward

    Fireball Forward

  • The Eddie Capra Mysteries

    The Eddie Capra Mysteries

  • Apache Rifles

    Apache Rifles

  • Flaming Star

    Flaming Star

  • Bulletproof

    Bulletproof

  • Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

    Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    The Ballad of Cable Hogue

  • Standing Tall

    Standing Tall

  • Showdown

    Showdown

  • The Edge

    The Edge

  • Winterhawk

    Winterhawk

  • The Sacketts

    The Sacketts

  • Torpedo Run

    Torpedo Run

  • The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

    The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

  • The Patriot

    The Patriot

  • Lone Wolf McQuade

    Lone Wolf McQuade

  • Tornado!

    Tornado!

  • White Line Fever

    White Line Fever

  • Jefferson Drum

    Jefferson Drum

  • Warlock

    Warlock

  • Cimarron

    Cimarron

  • Operation Mad Ball

    Operation Mad Ball

  • Hell Is for Heroes

    Hell Is for Heroes

  • Sacred Ground

    Sacred Ground

  • Ten Who Dared

    Ten Who Dared

  • In Cold Blood

    In Cold Blood

  • Love Me Tender

    Love Me Tender

  • The Bravos

    The Bravos

  • Ride the High Country

    Ride the High Country

  • The Runaways

    The Runaways

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

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • Rafferty

    Rafferty

  • Buchanan Rides Alone

    Buchanan Rides Alone

  • Assignment: Vienna

    Assignment: Vienna

  • The McMasters

    The McMasters

  • Target Zero

    Target Zero

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

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

  • A Boy and His Dog

    A Boy and His Dog

  • Lightning Jack

    Lightning Jack

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

  • Stay Away, Joe

    Stay Away, Joe

  • Delphi Bureau

    Delphi Bureau

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea

  • Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

    Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

  • A Prairie Home Companion

    A Prairie Home Companion

  • Santiago

    Santiago

  • Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

    Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

  • Wild Times

    Wild Times

  • Iron Angel

    Iron Angel

  • Battle Cry

    Battle Cry

  • The Young Lions

    The Young Lions

  • Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

  • Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

    Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

  • Riker

    Riker

  • Men in War

    Men in War

  • Hound-Dog Man

    Hound-Dog Man

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • The Brotherhood of Satan

    The Brotherhood of Satan

  • Colorado C.I.

    Colorado C.I.

  • Route 666

    Route 666

  • The Counterfeit Killer

    The Counterfeit Killer

  • The Legend Of Grizzly Adams

    The Legend Of Grizzly Adams

  • River of Death

    River of Death

  • An Annapolis Story

    An Annapolis Story

  • The Devil's Bedroom

    The Devil's Bedroom

  • 43: The Richard Petty Story

    43: The Richard Petty Story

  • The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

    The Strange and Deadly Occurrence