Acting · Beaumont, Texas, USA · Born August 19, 1927
L. Q. Jones (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 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
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as Self
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2006
as Chuck Akers
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2005
as Self
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2004
as Self
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2001
as Sheriff Bob Conaway
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1999
as Henry Ballard
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1998
as Three-Fingered Jack
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1998
as Frank
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1997
as Styles
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1996
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1996
as Self
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1996
as Ephram Thorne
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1995
as Pat Webb
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1994
as Sheriff
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1993
as Self
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1993
as Billy Selkirk
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1992
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1991
as Reno
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1989
as Hiller
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1988
as Sgt. O'Rourke
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1983
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1983
as Dakota
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1983
as Tolbert Coleman
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1983
as Chuck Danford
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1982
TVMatt Houston
1982
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1982
as Ben Potter
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1982
as Sheriff Pool
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1981
as Sheriff Dwight LeClerc
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1981
as Massey
TVEnos
1980
TVWild Times
1980
as Wild Bill Hickock
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1979
as Belden
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1979
as Floyd
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1978
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1978
Colorado C.I.
1978
as Hoyt Gunnison
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1978
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1978
as Nate Rackley
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1977
TVCHiPs
1977
as Hoskins
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1977
TVHow the West Was Won
1977
as Batlin
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1976
as Sgt. Billings
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1976
as Davey
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1976
as Sheriff Tadlock
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1975
as Gates
TVMatt Helm
1975
MovieWhite Line Fever
1975
as Buck Wessle
MovieA Boy and His Dog
1975
as Porn Stud
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1975
as Roy Ralstop
TVAttack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Roy Ralstop
MovieThe Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
as Sheriff Berlinger
TVMovin' On
1974
MovieManhunter
1974
as Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
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1974
as Charles Siringo
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1973
as Johnson
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1973
as Black Harris
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1972
as Ed Koler
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1972
as Sgt. Straight
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1972
as Cole
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1972
as Slim Warfield
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1972
as Maj. Larkin
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1972
as Ben Lawler
TVColumbo
1971
as Gun Dealer
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1971
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1971
as Sheriff
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1971
as Hog Warren
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
MovieThe McMasters
1970
as Russel
MovieThe Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Taggart
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1970
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1969
as T.C
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1968
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Col. Lew Cardell
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1968
as Hotel Clerk
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1968
as Loomis
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1968
as Bronc Hoverty
TVHondo
1967
TVCimarron Strip
1967
TVIronside
1967
as Lt. Mark Cardiff
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1966
as Deputy
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1966
TVABC Stage 67
1966
as Deputy
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Wesley Davis
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1965
as Cort
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1965
as Arthur Hadley
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1965
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1964
as Mike Greer
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1964
as (as Justus McQueen)
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1964
as Buttons
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Ernie Packer
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1963
as Foray
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Belden
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1962
as Supply Sgt. Frazer
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1962
as Sylvus Hammond
TVBen Casey
1961
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1960
as Tom Howard
MovieCimarron
1960
as Millis
MovieTen Who Dared
1960
as Billy Hawkins
TVRoute 66
1960
MovieHound-Dog Man
1959
as Dave Wilson
MovieBattle of the Coral Sea
1959
as Yeoman Halliday
TVThe Detectives
1959
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Otis Rumph
TVJohnny Ringo
1959
as Billy Boy Jethro
TVWichita Town
1959
TVLock-Up
1959
TVLaramie
1959
TVTightrope
1959
as Earl Bell
MovieWarlock
1959
as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Jack Shepherd
TVRawhide
1959
as George Cornelius
MovieTorpedo Run
1958
as 'Hash' Benson
TVLawman
1958
as Ollie Earnshaw
MovieThe Naked and the Dead
1958
as Woodrow Wilson
MovieBuchanan Rides Alone
1958
as Pecos Hill
Jefferson Drum
1958
as Burdette
MovieThe Young Lions
1958
as Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Charles Barnaby
TVWagon Train
1957
as Lenny
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieGunsight Ridge
1957
as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
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1957
as Ozark
MovieMen in War
1957
as Sgt. Davis
MovieLove Me Tender
1956
as Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
MovieBetween Heaven and Hell
1956
as Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
MovieToward the Unknown
1956
as 2nd Lt. Sweeney
On Trial
1956
as Jedediah 'Jed' Boone
MovieSantiago
1956
as Digger
MovieTarget Zero
1955
as Pvt. Felix O'Hara
TVCheyenne
1955
as Smitty Smith
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Skinner
MovieAn Annapolis Story
1955
as Watson
MovieBattle Cry
1955
as Pvt. L.Q. Jones
TVLassie
1954
TVAnnie Oakley
1954
as Ned Blane
