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 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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 16.224 |
| Birthday | 1927-08-19 |
| Place of Birth | Beaumont, Texas, USA |
| Also Known As | Justus McQueen, Justus E. McQueen, LQ Jones, Justus Ellis McQueen, Jr., |
1969
The Wild Bunch
7.594/1176
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6.8/748
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1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
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Hell Is for Heroes
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The Mask of Zorro
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Ride the High Country
7.002/211
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1975
White Line Fever
6.1/42
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The Brotherhood of Satan
5.8/37
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Tornado!
5.8/41
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1958
Buchanan Rides Alone
6.4/70
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1957
Men in War
6.8/57
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The Hunting Party
6.2/62
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The Jack Bull
6.4/83
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River of Death
4.9/34
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1960
Cimarron
6.1/60
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1959
Battle of the Coral Sea
5.7/19
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1968
Stay Away, Joe
5.3/21
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1958
Torpedo Run
5.9/24
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1955
Battle Cry
5.6/21
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The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
3/1
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Route 666
5.043/70
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The McMasters
4.4/8
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Manhunter
7/1
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Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
6.8/5
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Winterhawk
6.6/24
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1955
Target Zero
5.3/6
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Sacred Ground
6/5
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1956
Santiago
5.1/7
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1972
The Bravos
5.7/3
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Ten Who Dared
6/6
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2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
7.3/6
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1959
Warlock
6.691/149
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1955
An Annapolis Story
3.3/3
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The Lady Is My Wife
0/0
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1983
Lone Wolf McQuade
6.506/360
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The Counterfeit Killer
0/0
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Casino
8/5785
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The Edge
6.845/1152
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1982
The Beast Within
5.5/105
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1988
Bulletproof
5.2/32
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1956
Toward the Unknown
5.6/11
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2005
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
7/7
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1974
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
6.1/13
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1978
Standing Tall
4/1
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1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
7.188/394
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1960
Flaming Star
6.4/89
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Flaming Star
1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed
5.5/39
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1979
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
5.1/9
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1994
Lightning Jack
5.6/123
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1957
Gunsight Ridge
6/11
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1958
The Young Lions
6.756/131
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1972
43: The Richard Petty Story
6.5/6
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1964
Apache Rifles
5.5/13
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2024
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
0/0
A documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's last western, "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973).
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1956
Love Me Tender
6.1/83
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1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
5/1
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1958
The Naked and the Dead
5.9/32
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The Naked and the Dead
1998
The Patriot
5.652/365
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The Patriot
1963
Showdown
5.9/18
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Showdown
1956
Between Heaven and Hell
5.9/31
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Between Heaven and Hell
1959
Hound-Dog Man
4.7/6
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Hound-Dog Man
1966
Noon Wine
6.8/4
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1964
Iron Angel
6/1
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Iron Angel
1965
Major Dundee
6.656/154
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Major Dundee
1974
Mrs. Sundance
7.5/2
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Mrs. Sundance
1957
Operation Mad Ball
6.4/15
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Operation Mad Ball
1972
Fireball Forward
5/1
A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.
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Fireball Forward
1996
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
6.9/7
Oscar nominated "Making of" documentary about Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.
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1964
The Devil's Bedroom
6/1
Misunderstanding and small town prejudice lead to the tragic persecution of an ordinary local man who is a "loner".
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1978
Colorado C.I.
0/0
Mark and Pete Gunnison, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Colorado State Police, seek to crack a multi-million dollar real estate swin...
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Colorado C.I.
1976
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
0/0
A traveling horse trader and his young nephew travel the west in search of the boy's prize Arabian horse, who has been stolen by a bounty hunter.
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