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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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia CLR
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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July 2nd, 2024 | Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western | Self | TBD | |
June 1st, 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Chuck Akers | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 2005 | Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self | 7.6 | |
July 25th, 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self | 8 | |
October 30th, 2001 | Route 666 | Sheriff Bob Conaway | 5 | |
April 17th, 1999 | The Jack Bull | Henry Ballard | 6.4 | |
July 16th, 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | Three-Fingered Jack | 6.6 | |
July 10th, 1998 | The Patriot | Frank | 5.6 | |
September 6th, 1997 | The Edge | Styles | 6.9 | |
November 1st, 1996 | The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage | Self | 7.2 | |
May 6th, 1996 | Tornado! | Ephram Thorne | 5.7 | |
November 22nd, 1995 | Casino | Pat Webb | 8 | |
March 11th, 1994 | Lightning Jack | Sheriff | 5.6 | |
June 29th, 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Self | 7.1 | |
November 17th, 1991 | The Legend Of Grizzly Adams | Reno | 5.5 | |
September 29th, 1989 | River of Death | Hiller | 5.1 | |
April 20th, 1988 | Bulletproof | Sgt. O'Rourke | 5.1 | |
April 15th, 1983 | Lone Wolf McQuade | Dakota | 6.5 | |
March 11th, 1983 | Sacred Ground | Tolbert Coleman | 6.5 | |
August 27th, 1982 | Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | Ben Potter | 5.4 | |
February 12th, 1982 | The Beast Within | Sheriff Pool | 5.5 | |
May 1st, 1979 | Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider | Floyd | 5.5 | |
May 26th, 1978 | Colorado C.I. | Hoyt Gunnison | 7 | |
January 21st, 1978 | Standing Tall | Nate Rackley | 6 | |
May 26th, 1976 | Mother, Jugs & Speed | Davey | 5.4 | |
May 3rd, 1976 | Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free | Sheriff Tadlock | 7 | |
November 5th, 1975 | Winterhawk | Gates | 6.6 | |
July 16th, 1975 | White Line Fever | Buck Wessle | 6 | |
March 23rd, 1975 | A Boy and His Dog | Porn Stud | 6.3 | |
February 20th, 1975 | Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Roy Ralstop | 7.5 | |
September 24th, 1974 | The Strange and Deadly Occurrence | Sheriff Berlinger | 5.8 | |
February 26th, 1974 | Manhunter | Charles 'Crutch' Shanks | 6.7 | |
January 15th, 1974 | Mrs. Sundance | Charles Siringo | 7.7 | |
May 23rd, 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Black Harris | 7.2 | |
November 1st, 1972 | 43: The Richard Petty Story | Ed Koler | 6.7 | |
March 5th, 1972 | Fireball Forward | Maj. Larkin | 6.5 | |
January 9th, 1972 | The Bravos | Ben Lawler | 6.5 | |
August 6th, 1971 | The Brotherhood of Satan | Sheriff | 5.8 | |
July 16th, 1971 | The Hunting Party | Hog Warren | 6.1 | |
April 23rd, 1970 | The McMasters | Russel | 4.6 | |
March 18th, 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Taggart | 7 | |
June 19th, 1969 | The Wild Bunch | T.C | 7.6 | |
May 1st, 1968 | The Counterfeit Killer | Hotel Clerk | 8 | |
April 12th, 1968 | Hang 'em High | Loomis | 6.8 | |
March 8th, 1968 | Stay Away, Joe | Bronc Hoverty | 5.5 | |
November 23rd, 1966 | Noon Wine | Deputy | 7 | |
March 15th, 1965 | Major Dundee | Arthur Hadley | 6.7 | |
November 26th, 1964 | Apache Rifles | Mike Greer | 5.9 | |
September 1st, 1964 | The Devil's Bedroom | (as Justus McQueen) | 7.5 | |
February 1st, 1964 | Iron Angel | Buttons | 7.5 | |
May 3rd, 1963 | Showdown | Foray | 6.1 | |
June 26th, 1962 | Hell Is for Heroes | Supply Sgt. Frazer | 6.5 | |
May 9th, 1962 | Ride the High Country | Sylvus Hammond | 7.1 | |
December 20th, 1960 | Flaming Star | Tom Howard | 6.5 | |
December 1st, 1960 | Cimarron | Millis | 6.1 | |
November 1st, 1960 | Ten Who Dared | Billy Hawkins | 6 | |
November 11th, 1959 | Hound-Dog Man | Dave Wilson | 4.7 | |
November 1st, 1959 | Battle of the Coral Sea | Yeoman Halliday | 5.8 | |
May 15th, 1959 | Warlock | Fen Jiggs (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
October 24th, 1958 | Torpedo Run | 'Hash' Benson | 6.1 | |
August 6th, 1958 | The Naked and the Dead | Woodrow Wilson | 5.8 | |
August 1st, 1958 | Buchanan Rides Alone | Pecos Hill | 6.6 | |
April 2nd, 1958 | The Young Lions | Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
September 1st, 1957 | Gunsight Ridge | Lazy Heart Ranch Hand | 6 | |
August 17th, 1957 | Operation Mad Ball | Ozark | 6.8 | |
May 3rd, 1957 | Men in War | Sgt. Davis | 6.7 | |
November 15th, 1956 | Love Me Tender | Pardee Fleming (uncredited) | 6.2 | |
October 11th, 1956 | Between Heaven and Hell | Pvt. Kenny - Co. G | 6.2 | |
September 27th, 1956 | Toward the Unknown | 2nd Lt. Sweeney | 5.9 | |
July 13th, 1956 | Santiago | Digger | 5.8 | |
November 15th, 1955 | Target Zero | Pvt. Felix O'Hara | 5.9 | |
April 10th, 1955 | An Annapolis Story | Watson | 4.3 | |
February 2nd, 1955 | Battle Cry | Pvt. L.Q. Jones | 5.7 |