L.Q. Jones
Known for: Acting
L. Q. Jones (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 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
Filmography
Series
Perry Mason
Charles Barnaby
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Edward Lewis
1957
Series
Columbo
Gun Dealer
1971
Series
Lassie
1954
Series
The A-Team
Chuck Danford
1983
Series
Ironside
Lt. Mark Cardiff
1967
Series
Ironside
Harry Ashton
1967
Series
Wagon Train
Lenny
1957
Series
Wagon Train
Squirrel Charvanaugh
1957
Series
Charlie's Angels
Sgt. Billings
1976
Series
Charlie's Angels
Dan Jarvis
1976
Series
Charlie's Angels
Burdette
1976
Series
Charlie's Angels
Sam Mason
1976
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Col. Lew Cardell
1968
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Ernie Packer
1963
Series
The Virginian
Belden
1962
Series
The Virginian
Andy
1962
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Bill Renn - Cowboy
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Hector
1957
Series
Cheyenne
Smitty Smith
1955
Series
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Series
Rawhide
George Cornelius
1959
Series
Rawhide
Luke
1959
Series
Rawhide
Pee Jay Peters
1959
Series
Renegade
1992
Series
Renegade
Nathan Wayne
1992
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
Lawman
Ollie Earnshaw
1958
Series
The Big Valley
Cort
1965
Series
The Big Valley
Curtis
1965
Series
The Big Valley
Earl Vaughn
1965
Series
The Big Valley
Hutch
1965
Series
The Big Valley
Gus Vandiver
1965
Series
The Fall Guy
Sheriff Dwight LeClerc
1981
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Billy Selkirk
1993
Series
Route 66
1960
Series
The F.B.I.
Wesley Davis
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
Al Tanner
1965
Series
Ben Casey
1961
Series
Gunsmoke
Skinner
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Brady
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Wally
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Kittridge
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Nix
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Sumner Pendleton
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Gecko Ridley
1955
Series
Laramie
1959
Series
Vega$
1978
Series
McCloud
1970
Series
Matt Houston
1982
Film
The Mask of Zorro
Three-Fingered Jack
1998
Series
The Rebel
Otis Rumph
1959
Series
The Rebel
Roy Shandell
1959
Series
The Detectives
1959
Series
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Film
Casino
Pat Webb
1995
Series
Branded
1965
Series
How the West Was Won
Batlin
1977
Series
Lancer
1968
Series
Annie Oakley
Ned Blane
1954
Series
Lock-Up
1959
Series
CHiPs
Hoskins
1977
Series
Black Saddle
Jack Shepherd
1959
Series
Cimarron Strip
1967
Series
Johnny Ringo
Billy Boy Jethro
1959
Series
Voyagers!
1982
Series
The Magician
Johnson
1973
Film
Hang 'em High
Loomis
1968
Film
The Edge
Styles
1997
Series
Tightrope
Earl Bell
1959
Series
ABC Stage 67
Deputy
1966
Series
Hondo
1967
Film
The Wild Bunch
T.C
1969
Series
Movin' On
1974
Series
Matt Helm
1975
Series
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
Series
The Yellow Rose
1983
Film
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Black Harris
1973
Series
Wichita Town
1959
Film
Lone Wolf McQuade
Dakota
1983
Film
Major Dundee
Arthur Hadley
1965
Jefferson Drum
Burdette
1958
Series
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Series
Enos
1980
Film
A Boy and His Dog
Porn Stud
1975
Film
Flaming Star
Tom Howard
1960
Series
The Sacketts
Belden
1979
Film
The Jack Bull
Henry Ballard
1999
Film
Warlock
Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
1959
Film
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Taggart
1970
Series
In Cold Blood
1996
Film
The Hunting Party
Hog Warren
1971
On Trial
Jedediah 'Jed' Boone
1956
Series
Delphi Bureau
Cole
1972
Film
The Young Lions
Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
1958
Film
Ride the High Country
Sylvus Hammond
1962
Series
The Runaways
1978
Film
Lightning Jack
Sheriff
1994
Series
Rafferty
1977
Series
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Roy Ralstop
1975
Film
Cimarron
Millis
1960
Film
Battle Cry
Pvt. L.Q. Jones
1955
Film
The Patriot
Frank
1998
Film
A Prairie Home Companion
Chuck Akers
2006
Film
Route 666
Sheriff Bob Conaway
2001
Film
Hell Is for Heroes
Supply Sgt. Frazer
1962
Series
Wild Times
Wild Bill Hickock
1980
Series
Assignment: Vienna
Slim Warfield
1972
Film
River of Death
Hiller
1989
Film
Love Me Tender
Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
1956
Film
Buchanan Rides Alone
Pecos Hill
1958
Film
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Davey
1976
Film
Santiago
Digger
1956
Film
Between Heaven and Hell
Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
1956
Film
The Beast Within
Sheriff Pool
1982
Film
Torpedo Run
'Hash' Benson
1958
Film
Manhunter
Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
1974
Film
White Line Fever
Buck Wessle
1975
Film
Stay Away, Joe
Bronc Hoverty
1968
Film
Apache Rifles
Mike Greer
1964
Film
Men in War
Sgt. Davis
1957
Film
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Ben Potter
1982
Film
Standing Tall
Nate Rackley
1978
Film
The Naked and the Dead
Woodrow Wilson
1958
Series
Riker
Massey
1981
Film
Toward the Unknown
2nd Lt. Sweeney
1956
Film
Operation Mad Ball
Ozark
1957
Film
The Counterfeit Killer
Hotel Clerk
1968
Film
The McMasters
Russel
1970
Film
Gunsight Ridge
Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
1957
Film
Tornado!
Ephram Thorne
1996
Film
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
2004
Film
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Sheriff Tadlock
1976
Film
Battle of the Coral Sea
Yeoman Halliday
1959
Film
The Brotherhood of Satan
Sheriff
1971
Film
Hound-Dog Man
Dave Wilson
1959
Film
Showdown
Foray
1963
Film
Bulletproof
Sgt. O'Rourke
1988
Film
Mrs. Sundance
Charles Siringo
1974
Film
Ten Who Dared
Billy Hawkins
1960
Film
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Floyd
1979
Film
The Bravos
Ben Lawler
1972
Film
Fireball Forward
Maj. Larkin
1972
Film
Iron Angel
Buttons
1964
Film
Winterhawk
Gates
1975
Series
Kung Fu
Sgt. Straight
1972
Series
Kung Fu
Maj. Clarke Bealson
1972
Film
An Annapolis Story
Watson
1955
Film
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Roy Ralstop
1975
Film
Sacred Ground
Tolbert Coleman
1983
Film
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Self
1996
Film
Target Zero
Pvt. Felix O'Hara
1955
Film
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Self
2005
Film
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Sheriff Berlinger
1974
Film
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
1993
Film
Noon Wine
Deputy
1966
Film
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Self
2024
Colorado C.I.
Hoyt Gunnison
1978
Film
43: The Richard Petty Story
Ed Koler
1972
Film
The Devil's Bedroom
(as Justus McQueen)
1964
Film
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
Reno
1991