L.Q. Jones
Acting
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
TV Shows(62)
In Cold Blood
1996
Walker, Texas Ranger
Billy Selkirk
1993
Renegade
1992
The Yellow Rose
1983
The A-Team
Chuck Danford
1983
Voyagers!
1982
Matt Houston
1982
The Fall Guy
Sheriff Dwight LeClerc
1981
Riker
Massey
1981
Enos
1980
Wild Times
Wild Bill Hickock
1980
The Sacketts
Belden
1979
Vega$
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
The Runaways
1978
The Incredible Hulk
1977
CHiPs
Hoskins
1977
Rafferty
1977
How the West Was Won
Batlin
1977
Charlie's Angels
Sgt. Billings
1976
Matt Helm
1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Roy Ralstop
1975
Movin' On
1974
The Magician
Johnson
1973
Kung Fu
Sgt. Straight
1972
Delphi Bureau
Cole
1972
Assignment: Vienna
Slim Warfield
1972
Columbo
Gun Dealer
1971
Cannon
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
McCloud
1970
Lancer
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Col. Lew Cardell
1968
Hondo
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Ironside
Lt. Mark Cardiff
1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
ABC Stage 67
Deputy
1966
The F.B.I.
Wesley Davis
1965
Branded
1965
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Ernie Packer
1963
The Virginian
Belden
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Route 66
1960
The Detectives
1959
The Rebel
Otis Rumph
1959
Johnny Ringo
Billy Boy Jethro
1959
Wichita Town
1959
Lock-Up
1959
Laramie
1959
Tightrope
Earl Bell
1959
Black Saddle
Jack Shepherd
1959
Rawhide
George Cornelius
1959
Lawman
Ollie Earnshaw
1958
Jefferson Drum
Burdette
1958
Perry Mason
Charles Barnaby
1957
Wagon Train
Lenny
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Cheyenne
Smitty Smith
1955
Gunsmoke
Skinner
1955
Lassie
1954
Annie Oakley
Ned Blane
1954
Movies(73)
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Self
2024
A Prairie Home Companion
Chuck Akers
2006
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Self
2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
2004
Route 666
Sheriff Bob Conaway
2001
The Jack Bull
Henry Ballard
1999
The Mask of Zorro
Three-Fingered Jack
1998
The Patriot
Frank
1998
The Edge
Styles
1997
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Self
1996
Tornado!
Ephram Thorne
1996
Casino
Pat Webb
1995
Lightning Jack
Sheriff
1994
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
1993
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
Reno
1991
River of Death
Hiller
1989
Bulletproof
Sgt. O'Rourke
1988
Lone Wolf McQuade
Dakota
1983
Sacred Ground
Tolbert Coleman
1983
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Ben Potter
1982
The Beast Within
Sheriff Pool
1982
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Floyd
1979
Colorado C.I.
Hoyt Gunnison
1978
Standing Tall
Nate Rackley
1978
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Davey
1976
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Sheriff Tadlock
1976
Winterhawk
Gates
1975
White Line Fever
Buck Wessle
1975
A Boy and His Dog
Porn Stud
1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Roy Ralstop
1975
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Sheriff Berlinger
1974
Manhunter
Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
1974
Mrs. Sundance
Charles Siringo
1974
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Black Harris
1973
43: The Richard Petty Story
Ed Koler
1972
Fireball Forward
Maj. Larkin
1972
The Bravos
Ben Lawler
1972
The Brotherhood of Satan
Sheriff
1971
The Hunting Party
Hog Warren
1971
The McMasters
Russel
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Taggart
1970
The Wild Bunch
T.C
1969
The Counterfeit Killer
Hotel Clerk
1968
Hang 'em High
Loomis
1968
Stay Away, Joe
Bronc Hoverty
1968
Noon Wine
Deputy
1966
Major Dundee
Arthur Hadley
1965
Apache Rifles
Mike Greer
1964
The Devil's Bedroom
(as Justus McQueen)
1964
Iron Angel
Buttons
1964
Showdown
Foray
1963
Hell Is for Heroes
Supply Sgt. Frazer
1962
Ride the High Country
Sylvus Hammond
1962
Flaming Star
Tom Howard
1960
Cimarron
Millis
1960
Ten Who Dared
Billy Hawkins
1960
Hound-Dog Man
Dave Wilson
1959
Battle of the Coral Sea
Yeoman Halliday
1959
Warlock
Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
1959
Torpedo Run
'Hash' Benson
1958
The Naked and the Dead
Woodrow Wilson
1958
Buchanan Rides Alone
Pecos Hill
1958
The Young Lions
Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
1958
Gunsight Ridge
Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
1957
Operation Mad Ball
Ozark
1957
Men in War
Sgt. Davis
1957
Love Me Tender
Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
1956
Between Heaven and Hell
Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
1956
Toward the Unknown
2nd Lt. Sweeney
1956
Santiago
Digger
1956
Target Zero
Pvt. Felix O'Hara
1955
An Annapolis Story
Watson
1955
Battle Cry
Pvt. L.Q. Jones
1955