L.Q. Jones

L.Q. Jones

Birthday: 1927-08-19

Deathday: 2022-07-09

Place of birth: Beaumont, Texas, USA

Also known as: Justus McQueen, Justus E. McQueen, LQ Jones, Justus Ellis McQueen, Jr.

imdb_id: nm0428618

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

Played in movies:

Casino

Score: 8.0

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Score: 7.8

The Wild Bunch

Score: 7.6

Mrs. Sundance

Score: 7.5

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Score: 7.2

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Score: 7.0

Noon Wine

Score: 7.0

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Score: 7.0

Ride the High Country

Score: 7.0

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Score: 7.0

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Score: 6.9

Hang 'em High

Score: 6.8

The Edge

Score: 6.8

The Young Lions

Score: 6.8

Warlock

Score: 6.7

Major Dundee

Score: 6.6

Men in War

Score: 6.6

The Mask of Zorro

Score: 6.6

Operation Mad Ball

Score: 6.6

Winterhawk

Score: 6.5

Buchanan Rides Alone

Score: 6.5

Lone Wolf McQuade

Score: 6.5

43: The Richard Petty Story

Score: 6.5

Flaming Star

Score: 6.5

Manhunter

Score: 6.5

Hell Is for Heroes

Score: 6.5

The Jack Bull

Score: 6.3

A Boy and His Dog

Score: 6.3

A Prairie Home Companion

Score: 6.3

The Hunting Party

Score: 6.2

Love Me Tender

Score: 6.1

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

Score: 6.1

Cimarron

Score: 6.1

The Devil's Bedroom

Score: 6.0

Iron Angel

Score: 6.0

Gunsight Ridge

Score: 6.0

Sacred Ground

Score: 6.0

White Line Fever

Score: 6.0

Showdown

Score: 5.9

Between Heaven and Hell

Score: 5.9

The Naked and the Dead

Score: 5.9

Ten Who Dared

Score: 5.9

Torpedo Run

Score: 5.9

Tornado!

Score: 5.8

The Brotherhood of Satan

Score: 5.8

Apache Rifles

Score: 5.7

The Bravos

Score: 5.7

Battle Cry

Score: 5.7

The Patriot

Score: 5.6

Toward the Unknown

Score: 5.6

Battle of the Coral Sea

Score: 5.6

Lightning Jack

Score: 5.6

The Beast Within

Score: 5.5

Mother, Jugs & Speed

Score: 5.4

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

Score: 5.3

Target Zero

Score: 5.3

Stay Away, Joe

Score: 5.3

Santiago

Score: 5.3

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Score: 5.1

Route 666

Score: 5.1

Fireball Forward

Score: 5.0

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

Score: 5.0

Bulletproof

Score: 5.0

River of Death

Score: 4.9

Hound-Dog Man

Score: 4.4

The McMasters

Score: 4.4

Standing Tall

Score: 4.0

An Annapolis Story

Score: 3.3

The Legend Of Grizzly Adams

Score: 3.0

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

Score: 0.0

Colorado C.I.

Score: 0.0

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

Score: 0.0

The Counterfeit Killer

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Columbo

Score: 8.1

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Kung Fu

Score: 7.7

Kung Fu

Score: 7.7

The Fall Guy

Score: 7.6

Voyagers!

Score: 7.5

The A-Team

Score: 7.5

The Sacketts

Score: 7.5

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Score: 7.5

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Matt Helm

Score: 7.4

The Incredible Hulk

Score: 7.2

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

McCloud

Score: 7.1

Vega$

Score: 7.0

Walker, Texas Ranger

Score: 7.0

How the West Was Won

Score: 6.9

Alias Smith and Jones

Score: 6.9

Ironside

Score: 6.8

Ironside

Score: 6.8

CHiPs

Score: 6.8

Charlie's Angels

Score: 6.7

Charlie's Angels

Score: 6.7

Charlie's Angels

Score: 6.7

The Magician

Score: 6.7

Charlie's Angels

Score: 6.7

Renegade

Score: 6.7

Renegade

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Hondo

Score: 6.5

Cannon

Score: 6.5

Branded

Score: 6.4

Laramie

Score: 6.4

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Route 66

Score: 6.3

Lock-Up

Score: 6.2

ABC Stage 67

Score: 6.2

Matt Houston

Score: 6.2

Lassie

Score: 6.1

The Big Valley

Score: 6.1

The Big Valley

Score: 6.1

The Big Valley

Score: 6.1

The Big Valley

Score: 6.1

The Big Valley

Score: 6.1

In Cold Blood

Score: 6.0

Wild Times

Score: 6.0

Black Saddle

Score: 6.0

Enos

Score: 6.0

The Yellow Rose

Score: 6.0

Cheyenne

Score: 5.8

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Score: 5.7

Johnny Ringo

Score: 5.7

Lawman

Score: 5.6

The Detectives

Score: 5.6

Ben Casey

Score: 5.6

Tightrope

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

Annie Oakley

Score: 5.2

Movin' On

Score: 5.2

The Rebel

Score: 5.1

The Rebel

Score: 5.1

Riker

Score: 5.0

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Score: 5.0

The Runaways

Score: 5.0

Cimarron Strip

Score: 5.0

Lancer

Score: 4.7

Jefferson Drum

Score: 4.5

Wichita Town

Score: 4.2

Assignment: Vienna

Score: 0.0