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

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • The A-Team

    The A-Team

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • 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

  • Renegade

    Renegade

  • Renegade

    Renegade

  • Walker, Texas Ranger

    Walker, Texas Ranger

  • The Fall Guy

    The Fall Guy

  • The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Casino

    Casino

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • Laramie

    Laramie

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Mask of Zorro

    The Mask of Zorro

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Branded

    Branded

  • Johnny Ringo

    Johnny Ringo

  • Hang 'em High

    Hang 'em High

  • Sacred Ground

    Sacred Ground

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • Lock-Up

    Lock-Up

  • Voyagers!

    Voyagers!

  • Bulletproof

    Bulletproof

  • Flaming Star

    Flaming Star

  • Hondo

    Hondo

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • The Patriot

    The Patriot

  • Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

  • Movin' On

    Movin' On

  • Winterhawk

    Winterhawk

  • The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch

  • Major Dundee

    Major Dundee

  • Torpedo Run

    Torpedo Run

  • Noon Wine

    Noon Wine

  • The Edge

    The Edge

  • Matt Helm

    Matt Helm

  • The Magician

    The Magician

  • Tornado!

    Tornado!

  • Showdown

    Showdown

  • The McMasters

    The McMasters

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

  • Tightrope

    Tightrope

  • Warlock

    Warlock

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • The Bravos

    The Bravos

  • Target Zero

    Target Zero

  • Cimarron

    Cimarron

  • The Sacketts

    The Sacketts

  • Standing Tall

    Standing Tall

  • The Yellow Rose

    The Yellow Rose

  • Ride the High Country

    Ride the High Country

  • Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

    Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

  • Santiago

    Santiago

  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

  • The Eddie Capra Mysteries

    The Eddie Capra Mysteries

  • Battle Cry

    Battle Cry

  • Lone Wolf McQuade

    Lone Wolf McQuade

  • A Boy and His Dog

    A Boy and His Dog

  • The Jack Bull

    The Jack Bull

  • Ten Who Dared

    Ten Who Dared

  • Wichita Town

    Wichita Town

  • Rafferty

    Rafferty

  • White Line Fever

    White Line Fever

  • Lightning Jack

    Lightning Jack

  • Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

  • Enos

    Enos

  • The Young Lions

    The Young Lions

  • The Hunting Party

    The Hunting Party

  • A Prairie Home Companion

    A Prairie Home Companion

  • The Beast Within

    The Beast Within

  • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

  • In Cold Blood

    In Cold Blood

  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    The Ballad of Cable Hogue

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • Love Me Tender

    Love Me Tender

  • Operation Mad Ball

    Operation Mad Ball

  • The Runaways

    The Runaways

  • River of Death

    River of Death

  • Stay Away, Joe

    Stay Away, Joe

  • Buchanan Rides Alone

    Buchanan Rides Alone

  • Hound-Dog Man

    Hound-Dog Man

  • Mother, Jugs & Speed

    Mother, Jugs & Speed

  • Toward the Unknown

    Toward the Unknown

  • Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

    Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

  • Jefferson Drum

    Jefferson Drum

  • Hell Is for Heroes

    Hell Is for Heroes

  • Delphi Bureau

    Delphi Bureau

  • The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

    The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

  • The Counterfeit Killer

    The Counterfeit Killer

  • Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

    Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

  • Men in War

    Men in War

  • Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

    Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

  • The Brotherhood of Satan

    The Brotherhood of Satan

  • Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

    Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

  • Wild Times

    Wild Times

  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea

  • Assignment: Vienna

    Assignment: Vienna

  • Route 666

    Route 666

  • Apache Rifles

    Apache Rifles

  • Between Heaven and Hell

    Between Heaven and Hell

  • Riker

    Riker

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Mrs. Sundance

    Mrs. Sundance

  • Colorado C.I.

    Colorado C.I.

  • Fireball Forward

    Fireball Forward

  • Gunsight Ridge

    Gunsight Ridge

  • The Devil's Bedroom

    The Devil's Bedroom

  • The Legend Of Grizzly Adams

    The Legend Of Grizzly Adams

  • 43: The Richard Petty Story

    43: The Richard Petty Story

  • The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

    The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

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

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

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

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • An Annapolis Story

    An Annapolis Story

  • Iron Angel

    Iron Angel