1927-08-19 ( 97 years old ) in Beaumont, Texas, USA
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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Movies
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024-07-02
A Prairie Home Companion
2006-06-01
Route 666
2001-10-30
The Jack Bull
1999-04-17
The Mask of Zorro
1998-07-16
The Patriot
1998-07-10
The Edge
1997-09-06
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996-11-01
Tornado!
1996-05-06
Casino
1995-11-22
Lightning Jack
1994-03-11
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993-06-29
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
1991-11-17
River of Death
1989-09-29
Bulletproof
1988-04-20
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983-04-15
Sacred Ground
1983-03-11
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982-08-27
The Beast Within
1982-02-12
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979-05-01
Colorado C.I.
1978-05-26
Standing Tall
1978-01-21
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976-05-26
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976-05-03
Winterhawk
1975-11-05
White Line Fever
1975-07-16
A Boy and His Dog
1975-03-23
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974-09-24
Manhunter
1974-02-26
Mrs. Sundance
1974-01-15
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973-05-23
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972-11-01
Fireball Forward
1972-03-05
The Bravos
1972-01-09
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971-08-06
The Hunting Party
1971-07-16
The McMasters
1970-04-23
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970-03-18
The Wild Bunch
1969-06-19
The Counterfeit Killer
1968-05-01
Hang 'em High
1968-04-12
Stay Away, Joe
1968-03-08
Noon Wine
1966-11-23
Major Dundee
1965-03-15
Apache Rifles
1964-11-26
The Devil's Bedroom
1964-09-01
Iron Angel
1964-02-01
Showdown
1963-05-03
Hell Is for Heroes
1962-06-26
Ride the High Country
1962-06-20
Flaming Star
1960-12-20
Cimarron
1960-12-01
Ten Who Dared
1960-11-01
Hound-Dog Man
1959-11-11
Battle of the Coral Sea
1959-11-01
Warlock
1959-05-15
Torpedo Run
1958-10-24
The Naked and the Dead
1958-08-06
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958-08-01
The Young Lions
1958-04-02
Gunsight Ridge
1957-09-01
Operation Mad Ball
1957-08-17
Men in War
1957-05-03
Love Me Tender
1956-11-15
Between Heaven and Hell
1956-10-11
Toward the Unknown
1956-09-27
Santiago
1956-07-13
Target Zero
1955-11-15
An Annapolis Story
1955-04-10
Battle Cry
1955-02-02
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