LJ
L.Q. Jones
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Born August 19, 1927Died July 9, 2022 (94 years)
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.
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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.
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| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion · as Chuck Akers |
| 2004 | Dr. Vegas (TV Series) · as Hondo |
| 2001 | Route 666 · as Sheriff Bob Conaway |
| 1999 | The Jack Bull · as Henry Ballard |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro · as Three-Fingered Jack |
| 1998 | The Patriot · as Frank |
| 1997 | The Edge · as Styles |
| 1996 | In Cold Blood (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Tornado! · as Ephram Thorne |
| 1995 | Casino · as Pat Webb |
| 1994 | Lightning Jack · as Sheriff |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Billy Selkirk |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | The Legend of Grizzly Adams · as Reno |
| 1990 | The New Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Mr. Weaver |
| 1989 | River of Death · as Hiller |
| 1988 | Red River · as Sims |
| 1987 | Bulletproof · as Sgt. O'rourke |
| 1983 | The Yellow Rose (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Lone Wolf McQuade · as Dakota |
| 1983 | Sacred Ground · as Tolbert Coleman |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · as Chuck Danford |
| 1982 | Voyagers! (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Matt Houston (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann · as Ben Potter |
| 1982 | The Beast Within · as Sheriff Pool |
| 1982 | Melanie · as Buford |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) · as Sheriff Dwight Leclerc |
| 1981 | Walking Tall (TV Series) · as John Whitter |
| 1980 | Enos (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Wild Times (TV Series) · as Wild Bill Hickock |
| 1979 | The Sacketts (TV Series) · as Belden |
| 1979 | Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider · as Floyd |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Morton |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Vega$ (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Standing Tall · as Nate Rackley |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) |
| 1977 | CHiPs (TV Series) · as Hoskins |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Dan Jarvis |
| 1976 | Mother, Jugs & Speed · as Davey |
| 1976 | Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free · as Sheriff Tadlock |
| 1976 | How the West Was Won (TV Series) · as Batlin |
| 1975 | A Boy and His Dog · as Porn Stud |
| 1975 | Winterhawk · as Gates |
| 1975 | White Line Fever · as Buck Wessle |
| 1975 | Matt Helm (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan · as Roy Ralstop |
| 1974 | The Strange and Deadly Occurrence · as Sheriff Berlinger |
| 1974 | Movin' On (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Manhunter · as Charles 'crutch' Shanks |
| 1974 | Manhunter (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1974 | Mrs. Sundance · as Charles Siringo |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid · as Black Harris |
| 1973 | The Magician (TV Series) · as Johnson |
| 1972 | 43: The Richard Petty Story · as Ed Koler |
| 1972 | The Delphi Bureau (TV Series) · as Cole |
| 1972 | Fireball Forward · as Maj. Larkin |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) · as Sgt. Straight |
| 1972 | The Bravos · as Ben Lawler |
| 1971 | Cade's County (TV Series) · as Grover Curtis |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Gun Dealer |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The Hunting Party · as Hog Warren |
| 1971 | The Brotherhood of Satan · as Sheriff |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The McMasters · as Russel |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue · as Taggart |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Backtrack! · as Belden |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) · as Dr. Dietrich |
| 1969 | The Wild Bunch · as T.c |
| 1969 | The Witchmaker · as Cast |
| 1968 | Lancer (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Col. Lew Cardell |
| 1968 | The Counterfeit Killer · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1968 | Hang 'Em High · as Loomis |
| 1968 | Stay Away, Joe · as Bronc Hoverty |
| 1967 | Hondo (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Harry Ashton |
| 1966 | Noon Wine · as Deputy |
| 1966 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats (TV Series) |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Deputy |
| 1966 | The Jean Arthur Show (TV Series) · as Officer Simpson |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith · as Cowboy |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Al Tanner |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Earl Vaughn |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Ben Lloyd |
| 1965 | Major Dundee · as Arthur Hadley |
| 1965 | Branded (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Apache Rifles · as Mike Greer |
| 1964 | Slattery's People (TV Series) · as Kelly Simpson |
| 1964 | Iron Angel · as Buttons |
| 1963 | My Favorite Martian (TV Series) · as Frank James |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Ernie Packer |
| 1963 | Showdown · as Foray |
| 1962 | Empire (TV Series) · as L.q. |
| 1962 | The Wide Country (TV Series) · as Whicker |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Belden |
| 1962 | Hell Is for Heroes · as Supply Sgt. Frazer |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country · as Sylvus Hammond |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Americans (TV Series) · as Yonts |
| 1960 | Flaming Star · as Tom Howard |
| 1960 | Cimarron · as Millis |
| 1960 | Ten Who Dared · as Billy Hawkins |
| 1960 | Klondike (TV Series) · as Joe Teel |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | Hound-Dog Man · as Dave Wilson |
| 1959 | Battle of the Coral Sea · as Yeoman Halliday |
| 1959 | The Detectives (1959) (TV Series) |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo (TV Series) · as Billy Boy Jethro |
| 1959 | Wichita Town (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Tightrope (TV Series) |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Black Saddle (TV Series) · as Jack Shepherd |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Pee Jay Peters |
| 1958 | Flight (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | The Naked and the Dead · as Woodrow Wilson |
| 1958 | Torpedo Run · as 'hash' Benson |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Ollie Earnshaw |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Charley Breen |
| 1958 | Buchanan Rides Alone · as Pecos Hill |
| 1958 | The Young Lions · as Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Charles Barnaby |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Lenny |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Bill Renn - Cowboy |
| 1957 | Gunsight Ridge · as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand |
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball · as Ozark |
| 1957 | The Silent Service (TV Series) · as Electrician's Mate Jack Potter |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Striker |
| 1957 | Men in War · as Sgt. Davis |
| 1956 | Love Me Tender · as Pardee Fleming (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Between Heaven and Hell · as Pvt. Kenny - Co. G |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown · as 2nd Lt. Sweeney |
| 1956 | Santiago · as Digger |
| 1955 | Target Zero · as Pvt. Felix O'hara |
| 1955 | The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) · as Jedediah 'jed' Boone |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Smitty Smith |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Nix |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Tex |
| 1955 | An Annapolis Story · as Watson |
| 1955 | Battle Cry · as Pvt. L.q. Jones |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) · as Clem Crawford |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Annie Oakley (TV Series) · as Ned Blane |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Billy Madson |