L.Q. Jones
Born August 19, 1927 (Age: 98)
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Beaumont, Texas, USA
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
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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Filmography
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
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as Chuck Akers
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Age: 78
The Mask of Zorro
1998
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as Three-Fingered Jack
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Age: 70
The Edge
1997
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as Styles
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Age: 70
Casino
1995
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as Pat Webb
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Age: 68
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
1991
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as Reno
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Age: 64
Bulletproof
1988
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as Sgt. O'Rourke
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Age: 60
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
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as Dakota
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Age: 55
The Beast Within
1982
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as Sheriff Pool
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Age: 54
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979
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as Floyd
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Age: 51
No Image
Colorado C.I.
1978
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as Hoyt Gunnison
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Age: 50
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
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as Davey
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Age: 48
A Boy and His Dog
1975
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as Porn Stud
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Age: 47
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
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as Black Harris
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Age: 45
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
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as Taggart
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Age: 42
The Wild Bunch
1969
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as T.C
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Age: 41
Hang 'em High
1968
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as Loomis
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Age: 40
Major Dundee
1965
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as Arthur Hadley
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Age: 37
Flaming Star
1960
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as Tom Howard
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Age: 33
Cimarron
1960
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as Millis
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Age: 33
Hound-Dog Man
1959
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as Dave Wilson
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Age: 32
Battle of the Coral Sea
1959
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as Yeoman Halliday
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Age: 32
Warlock
1959
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as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
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Age: 31
Love Me Tender
1956
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as Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
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Age: 29
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
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as Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
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Age: 29
Target Zero
1955
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as Pvt. Felix O'Hara
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Age: 28
An Annapolis Story
1955
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as Watson
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Age: 27