L.Q. Jones
Known for Acting · 137 credits
- Born
- 1927-08-19
- Died
- 2022-07-09
- Place of birth
- Beaumont, Texas, USA
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (64)
Columbo
1971
as Gun Dealer
Perry Mason
1957
as Charles Barnaby / Edward Lewis
Lassie
1954
Ironside
1967
as Lt. Mark Cardiff / Harry Ashton
The A-Team
1983
as Chuck Danford
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Col. Lew Cardell
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Sgt. Billings / Dan Jarvis / Burdette / Sam Mason
Wagon Train
1957
as Lenny / Squirrel Charvanaugh
The Virginian
1962
as Belden / Andy
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Ernie Packer
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Bill Renn - Cowboy / Hector
Lawman
1958
as Ollie Earnshaw
Renegade
1992
as Nathan Wayne
Ben Casey
1961
Cannon
1971
Cheyenne
1955
as Smitty Smith
The F.B.I.
1965
as Wesley Davis / Al Tanner
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Rawhide
1959
as George Cornelius / Luke / Pee Jay Peters
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Billy Selkirk
The Big Valley
1965
as Cort / Curtis / Hutch / Earl Vaughn / Gus Vandiver
Route 66
1960
The Fall Guy
1981
as Sheriff Dwight LeClerc
Gunsmoke
1955
as Skinner / Brady / Wally / Kittridge / Nix / Sumner Pendleton / Gecko Ridley
The Rebel
1959
as Otis Rumph / Roy Shandell
Vega$
1978
McCloud
1970
Matt Houston
1982
CHiPs
1977
as Hoskins
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Detectives
1959
Lancer
1968
Laramie
1959
Black Saddle
1959
as Jack Shepherd
Branded
1965
Lock-Up
1959
Tightrope
1959
as Earl Bell
Annie Oakley
1954
as Ned Blane
How the West Was Won
1977
as Batlin
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Billy Boy Jethro
The Magician
1973
as Johnson
Cimarron Strip
1967
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Deputy
Voyagers!
1982
Matt Helm
1975
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
Hondo
1967
Enos
1980
Movin' On
1974
The Yellow Rose
1983
Wichita Town
1959
The Sacketts
1979
as Belden
Rafferty
1977
In Cold Blood
1996
The Runaways
1978
Wild Times
1980
as Wild Bill Hickock
On Trial
1956
as Jedediah 'Jed' Boone
Jefferson Drum
1958
as Burdette
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Delphi Bureau
1972
as Cole
Movies (73)
Casino
1995
as Pat Webb
The Mask of Zorro
1998
as Three-Fingered Jack
Hang 'em High
1968
as Loomis
The Edge
1997
as Styles
The Wild Bunch
1969
as T.C
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
as Dakota
Route 666
2001
as Sheriff Bob Conaway
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Black Harris
Flaming Star
1960
as Tom Howard
Cimarron
1960
as Millis
The Patriot
1998
as Frank
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
Battle Cry
1955
as Pvt. L.Q. Jones
Warlock
1959
as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
Ride the High Country
1962
as Sylvus Hammond
A Boy and His Dog
1975
as Porn Stud
The Jack Bull
1999
as Henry Ballard
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
as Chuck Akers
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Taggart
Major Dundee
1965
as Arthur Hadley
The Young Lions
1958
as Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
Love Me Tender
1956
as Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
The Hunting Party
1971
as Hog Warren
Iron Angel
1964
as Buttons
White Line Fever
1975
as Buck Wessle
Bulletproof
1988
as Sgt. O'Rourke
Santiago
1956
as Digger
Hell Is for Heroes
1962
as Supply Sgt. Frazer
River of Death
1989
as Hiller
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
as Davey
Lightning Jack
1994
as Sheriff
Torpedo Run
1958
as 'Hash' Benson
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958
as Pecos Hill
The McMasters
1970
as Russel
The Naked and the Dead
1958
as Woodrow Wilson
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
as Ben Potter
Toward the Unknown
1956
as 2nd Lt. Sweeney
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Roy Ralstop
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
as Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self
Tornado!
1996
as Ephram Thorne
Gunsight Ridge
1957
as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
Men in War
1957
as Sgt. Davis
The Beast Within
1982
as Sheriff Pool
Stay Away, Joe
1968
as Bronc Hoverty
Standing Tall
1978
as Nate Rackley
Winterhawk
1975
as Gates
Apache Rifles
1964
as Mike Greer
Mrs. Sundance
1974
as Charles Siringo
The Bravos
1972
as Ben Lawler
An Annapolis Story
1955
as Watson
Operation Mad Ball
1957
as Ozark
Showdown
1963
as Foray
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979
as Floyd
Sacred Ground
1983
as Tolbert Coleman
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996
as Self
Hound-Dog Man
1959
as Dave Wilson
Battle of the Coral Sea
1959
as Yeoman Halliday
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
as Hotel Clerk
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976
as Sheriff Tadlock
Manhunter
1974
as Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
Ten Who Dared
1960
as Billy Hawkins
Fireball Forward
1972
as Maj. Larkin
Target Zero
1955
as Pvt. Felix O'Hara
Noon Wine
1966
as Deputy
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
as Sheriff Berlinger
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971
as Sheriff
Colorado C.I.
1978
as Hoyt Gunnison
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
as Self
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024
as Self
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972
as Ed Koler
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
1991
as Reno
The Devil's Bedroom
1964
as (as Justus McQueen)
About L.Q. Jones
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… With 137 credits spanning from 1954 to 2024, L.Q. Jones has appeared in 73 films and 64 TV shows.
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- Casino (1995) — as Pat Webb
- The Mask of Zorro (1998) — as Three-Fingered Jack
- Hang 'em High (1968) — as Loomis
- The Edge (1997) — as Styles
- The Wild Bunch (1969) — as T.C
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