L.Q. Jones

Also Known As: Justus McQueen, Justus E. McQueen, LQ Jones, Justus Ellis McQueen, Jr.

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

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Beaumont, Texas, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: August 19, 1927

Age: 97 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: July 09, 2022

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Known For:

The Wild Bunch
A Boy and His Dog
Hang 'em High
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Hell Is for Heroes
A Prairie Home Companion
The Mask of Zorro
Ride the High Country
White Line Fever
The Brotherhood of Satan
Tornado!
Buchanan Rides Alone
Men in War
The Hunting Party
The Jack Bull
River of Death
Cimarron
Battle of the Coral Sea
Stay Away, Joe
Torpedo Run
Battle Cry
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
Route 666
The McMasters
Manhunter
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Winterhawk
Target Zero
Sacred Ground
Santiago
The Bravos
Ten Who Dared
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Warlock
An Annapolis Story
Lone Wolf McQuade
The Counterfeit Killer
Casino
The Edge
The Beast Within
Bulletproof
Toward the Unknown
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Standing Tall
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Flaming Star
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Lightning Jack
Gunsight Ridge
The Young Lions
43: The Richard Petty Story
Apache Rifles
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Love Me Tender
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
The Naked and the Dead
The Patriot
Showdown
Between Heaven and Hell
Hound-Dog Man
Noon Wine
Iron Angel
Major Dundee
Mrs. Sundance
Operation Mad Ball
Fireball Forward
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
The Devil's Bedroom
Colorado C.I.
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free