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

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • The A-Team

    The A-Team

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • 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 F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Renegade

    Renegade

  • Renegade

    Renegade

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Walker, Texas Ranger

    Walker, Texas Ranger

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • 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

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

  • Laramie

    Laramie

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • The Fall Guy

    The Fall Guy

  • Casino

    Casino

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Winterhawk

    Winterhawk

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • Bulletproof

    Bulletproof

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • Johnny Ringo

    Johnny Ringo

  • Warlock

    Warlock

  • Lightning Jack

    Lightning Jack

  • The McMasters

    The McMasters

  • Cimarron

    Cimarron

  • Lock-Up

    Lock-Up

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Matt Helm

    Matt Helm

  • Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

  • Tightrope

    Tightrope

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Battle Cry

    Battle Cry

  • The Mask of Zorro

    The Mask of Zorro

  • Santiago

    Santiago

  • Branded

    Branded

  • Movin' On

    Movin' On

  • Love Me Tender

    Love Me Tender

  • Voyagers!

    Voyagers!

  • The Eddie Capra Mysteries

    The Eddie Capra Mysteries

  • Hondo

    Hondo

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • Hound-Dog Man

    Hound-Dog Man

  • Stay Away, Joe

    Stay Away, Joe

  • Torpedo Run

    Torpedo Run

  • The Magician

    The Magician

  • The Edge

    The Edge

  • Wichita Town

    Wichita Town

  • The Patriot

    The Patriot

  • Hang 'em High

    Hang 'em High

  • Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

    Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • Sacred Ground

    Sacred Ground

  • The Sacketts

    The Sacketts

  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea

  • The Yellow Rose

    The Yellow Rose

  • Delphi Bureau

    Delphi Bureau

  • River of Death

    River of Death

  • Iron Angel

    Iron Angel

  • Jefferson Drum

    Jefferson Drum

  • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

  • Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

    Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

  • Ten Who Dared

    Ten Who Dared

  • Enos

    Enos

  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

  • Lone Wolf McQuade

    Lone Wolf McQuade

  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    The Ballad of Cable Hogue

  • Colorado C.I.

    Colorado C.I.

  • A Prairie Home Companion

    A Prairie Home Companion

  • Ride the High Country

    Ride the High Country

  • In Cold Blood

    In Cold Blood

  • The Runaways

    The Runaways

  • A Boy and His Dog

    A Boy and His Dog

  • Rafferty

    Rafferty

  • The Jack Bull

    The Jack Bull

  • The Young Lions

    The Young Lions

  • The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

    The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

  • Major Dundee

    Major Dundee

  • Wild Times

    Wild Times

  • Riker

    Riker

  • White Line Fever

    White Line Fever

  • Buchanan Rides Alone

    Buchanan Rides Alone

  • The Hunting Party

    The Hunting Party

  • Flaming Star

    Flaming Star

  • Assignment: Vienna

    Assignment: Vienna

  • Hell Is for Heroes

    Hell Is for Heroes

  • Operation Mad Ball

    Operation Mad Ball

  • Route 666

    Route 666

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Tornado!

    Tornado!

  • The Beast Within

    The Beast Within

  • The Devil's Bedroom

    The Devil's Bedroom

  • The Counterfeit Killer

    The Counterfeit Killer

  • Apache Rifles

    Apache Rifles

  • Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

    Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

  • Between Heaven and Hell

    Between Heaven and Hell

  • Noon Wine

    Noon Wine

  • Showdown

    Showdown

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

  • Toward the Unknown

    Toward the Unknown

  • Men in War

    Men in War

  • The Bravos

    The Bravos

  • Mother, Jugs & Speed

    Mother, Jugs & Speed

  • Gunsight Ridge

    Gunsight Ridge

  • Mrs. Sundance

    Mrs. Sundance

  • Fireball Forward

    Fireball Forward

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

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

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

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

  • Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

    Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

  • 43: The Richard Petty Story

    43: The Richard Petty Story

  • Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

    Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

  • The Brotherhood of Satan

    The Brotherhood of Satan

  • Standing Tall

    Standing Tall

  • Target Zero

    Target Zero

  • An Annapolis Story

    An Annapolis Story

  • The Legend Of Grizzly Adams

    The Legend Of Grizzly Adams

  • The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

    The Strange and Deadly Occurrence