L. Q. Jones

L. Q. Jones
Born Justice Ellis McQueen, Jr.
(1927-08-19) August 19, 1927
Beaumont, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Actor, director
Years active 1955–2006
Spouse(s) Neta S. Lewis
(1950–1973; divorced)

L. Q. Jones (born Justis Ellis McQueen, Jr. on August 19, 1927) is an American actor and director, best known for his work in the films of Sam Peckinpah.[1][2]

Early life

Jones was born in Beaumont, Texas, the son of Jessie Paralee (née Stephens) and Justice Ellis McQueen, a railroad worker.[3] He attended the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

Jones made his film debut under his birth name in Battle Cry in 1955. His character was named L. Q. Jones, and when it was suggested to him by film producers that he change his screen name for future pictures, he decided that the name of his debut character would be a memorable one. He 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 in The Wild Bunch. He 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). He was cast in the military drama series Men of Annapolis, on the CBS western Johnny Ringo, and on the NBC western Jefferson Drum. He made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of con artist and murder victim Charles B. Barnaby in the 1958 episode "The Case of the Lonely Heiress". He also appeared in an episode of The A-Team entitled "Cowboy George" and two episodes of The Fall Guy as Sheriff Dwight Leclerc.

Jones directed, was the executive producer of, and adapted the screenplay for A Boy and His Dog (1975). Other films include Men in War (1957), The Naked and the Dead (1958), Flaming Star (1960), Cimarron (1960), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), Hang 'Em High (1968), Stay Away, Joe (1968), The Brotherhood of Satan (1971), which he co-produced and wrote, Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975) Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Casino (1995), The Edge (1997), The Mask of Zorro (1998), and A Prairie Home Companion (2006).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1955 Battle Cry Pvt. L.Q. Jones Credited as Justus McQueen
1955 An Annapolis Story Watson
1955 Target Zero Pvt. Felix O'Hara
1956 Santiago Digger
1956 Toward the Unknown 2nd Lt. Sweeney
1956 Between Heaven and Hell Pvt. Kenny Co. G
1956 Love Me Tender Pardee Fleming Uncredited
1957 Men in War Sgt. Davis
1957 Operation Mad Ball Ozark
1957 Gunsight Ridge Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
1958 The Young Lions Pvt. Donnelly Uncredited
1958 Buchanan Rides Alone Pecos Hill
1958 The Naked and the Dead Woodrow "Woody" Wilson
1958 Torpedo Run Hash Benson
1959 Warlock Fen Jiggs Uncredited
1959 Battle of the Coral Sea Yeoman Halliday
1959 Hound-Dog Man Dave Wilson
1960 Ten Who Dared Billy "Missouri" Hawkins
1960 Flaming Star Tom Howard
1960 Cimarron Millis
1962 Ride the High Country Sylvus Hammond
1962 Hell Is for Heroes Supply Sgt. Frazer
1963 Showdown Foray
1964 Iron Angel Buttons
1964 The Devil's Bedroom Credited as Justus McQueen
1964 Apache Rifles Mike Greer
1965 Major Dundee Arthur Hadley
1966 Nevada Smith Cowboy Uncredited
1968 Stay Away, Joe Bronc Hoverty
1968 The Counterfeit Killer Hotel Clerk Hanging Party
1968 Hang 'Em High Loomis
1969 The Witchmaker Uncredited
1969 The Wild Bunch T.C.
1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue Taggart
1970 The McMasters Russel
1971 The Hunting Party Hog Warren
1971 The Brotherhood of Satan Sheriff
1972 43: The Richard Petty Story Ed Koler
1972 The Bravos Ben Lawler
1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Black Harris
1975 A Boy and His Dog Actor in Porno Film Director
1975 White Line Fever Buck
1975 Winterhawk Gates
1976 Mother, Jugs & Speed Sheriff Davey
1979 Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider Floyd
1982 The Beast Within Sheriff Bill Pool
1982 Melanie Buford Uncredited
1982 Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann Ben Potter
1983 Sacred Ground Tolbert Coleman
1983 Lone Wolf McQuade Dakota
1988 Bulletproof Sgt. O'Rourke
1989 River of Death Hiller
1990 The Legend of Grizzly Adams Reno
1994 Lightning Jack Sheriff Tom
1995 The Friends of Harry Senator
1995 Casino Commissioner Pat Webb
1996 Tornado! Ephram Thorne
1997 The Edge Styles
1998 The Patriot Frank
1998 The Mask of Zorro Three-Fingered Jack
2001 Route 666 Sheriff Bob Conaway
2006 A Prairie Home Companion Chuck Akers

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1955 Cheyenne Smitty 3 episodes
1956 Annie Oakley Cal Upton and Ned Blane 2 episodes
1957 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial Jedediah "Jed" Boone Episode: "Dog vs. Biddeford"
1957 The Silent Service Episode: "The Final War Patrol"
1958 Flight Episode: "Window in the Sky"
1958 Men of Annapolis Episode: "Mister Fireball"
1958 Jefferson Drum Burdette Episode: "The Keeney Gang"
1958 Perry Mason Charles Barnaby "The Case of the Lonely Heiress"
1958–62 Lassie Attorney Blake 3 episodes
1959 Black Saddle Jack Shepherd Episode: "Client: Banks"
1959 Tightrope Earl Bell Episode: "The Frame"
1959 Wichita Town Walter Episode: "Drifting"
1959 Laramie John MacLean Episode: "Dark Verdict"
1959 Wagon Train Squirrel Charvanaugh Episode: "The Old Man Charvanaugh Story"
1959–61 Tales of Wells Fargo Striker 2 episodes
1960 Johnny Ringo Billy Boy Jethro Episode: "Four Came Quietly"
1960 Lock Up Tex Episode: "Death and Taxes"
1960 The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio Rodeo Rider
1960 Buick-Electra Playhouse Rodeo Rider Episode: "The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio"
1960 Klondike Joe Teel 3 episodes
1960 The Rebel Otis Rumpf 2 episodes
1960 Two Faces West Episode: "The Last Man"
1960 Laramie Actor Episode: "The Dark Trail"
1961 The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor Betty Merriwether Episode: "Kinfolk"
1961 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Tex Episode: "Casey and the Clowns"
1961 The Americans Yonts Episode: "The Coward"
1961 Two Faces West Episode: "The Noose"
1961 Laramie Homer Episode: "Cactus Lady"
1961 Laramie Truk Episode: "Siege at Jubilee"
1961 Wagon Train Lenny Episode: "The Christopher Hale Story"
1962 Lawman Ollie Earnshaw Episode: "The Bride"
1962 The Rifleman Charley Breen Episode: "Day of Reckoning"
1962 The Wide Country Whicker Episode: "Straightjacket for an Indian"
1962 Ben Casey Stan Galloway Episode: "The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits"
1962 Have Gun - Will Travel Little Fontana Episode: "Lazarus"
1962 Have Gun – Will Travel Bill Renn – Drifting Cowboy Episode: "The Waiting Room"
1962 Laramie Johnny Duncan Episode: "The Replacement"
1962 Laramie Neeley Episode: "Among the Missing"
1962 Laramie Frank Keefer Episode: "Shadow of the Past"
1963 Have Gun – Will Travel Hector Mackenby Episode: "Debutante"
1963 Route 66 Babe Episode: "Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King"
1963 Laramie Sergeant Episode: "The Stranger"
1963 Empire L.Q. Episode: "The Convention"
1963 Perry Mason Lewis Episode: "The Case of the Badgered Brother"
1963 Wagon Train Esdras Episode: "Charlie Wooster—Outlaw"
1963 Wagon Train Ike Truman Episode: "The Robert Harrison Clarke Story"
1963 Rawhide George Cornelius Episode: "Incident at El Crucero"
1963–71 The Virginian Andy Belden 25 episodes
1964 Wagon Train Pvt. James Jones Episode: "The Duncan McIvor Story"
1964 Rawhide Cpl. Wayne Episode: "Incident at Gila Flats"
1964 Rawhide Luke Episode: "The Race"
1965 Rawhide Pee Jay Peters 2 episodes
1965 My Favorite Martian Frank James Episode: "The Time Machine Is Waking Up That Old Gang of Mine"
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah Ben Lloyd Episode: "Rope's End"
1966 Pistols 'n' Petticoats 1st Gunman Episode: "Sir Richard of Wretched"
1966 ABC Stage 67 Deputy Episode: "Noon Wine"
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Hotel Clerk Episode: "The Faceless Man"
1966 The Big Valley Cort Episode: "By Force and Violence"
1967 The Big Valley Curtis Episode: "Court Martial"
1967 The Big Valley Earl Vaughan Episode: "Showdown in Limbo"
1967 The Big Valley Hutch Episode: "Ambush"
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Ernie Packer Episode: "The Lady is My Wife"
1967 The F.B.I. Wesley Davis Episode: "The Gold Card"
1967 Cimarron Strip Barnes Episode: "The Battleground"
1967 Cimarron Strip Lummy Episode: "The Search"
1967 Hondo Allie Episode: "Hondo and the Death Drive"
1968 The Big Valley Gus Vandiver Episode: "Fall of a Hero"
1969 Gunsmoke Kittridge Episode: "The Good Samaritans"
1969 Hawaii Five-O Colonel Lew Cardell Episode: "King of the Hill"
1969 Lancer Slate Meek Episode: "Blind Man's Bluff"
1970 Gunsmoke Sumner Pendleton Episode: "The Gun"
1970 Gunsmoke Nix Episode: "Albert"
1971 Alias Smith and Jones Clint Weaver Episode: "Stagecoach Seven"
1971 The F.B.I. Al Tanner Episode: "Dynasty of Hate"
1971 Cannon Phil Mackey Episode: "Fool's Gold"
1971 Cade's County Grover Curtis Episode: "Delegate at Large"
1972 Gunsmoke Gecko Ridley Episode: "Tara"
1972 Alias Smith and Jones Drunk Episode: "The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg"
1972 The Delphi Bureau Cole Episode: "The Man Upstairs-The Man Downstairs Project"
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Dr. Dietrich Episode: "A Purge of Madness"
1972 Alias Smith and Jones Peterson Episode: "McGuffin"
1973 Ironside Harry Ashton Episode: "The Caller"
1973 Kung Fu Sgt. Straight Episode: "An Eye for an Eye"
1973 Assignment Vienna Actor Episode: "A Deadly Shade of Green"
1973 Cannon Sheriff Virgil Spoontz Episode: "Perfect Alibi"
1974 The Magician Johnson 2 episodes
1974 Ironside Cardiff Episode: "Riddle at 24,000"
1975 Kung Fu Major Clarke Bealson Episode: "The Last Raid"
1975 Matt Helm Actor Episode: "Deadly Breed"
1976 Movin' On Flakey Edwards Episode: "The Big Switch"
1976 Charlie's Angels Sgt. Billings Episode: "Bullseye"
1977 McCloud Kenny Hingle Episode: "The Moscow Connection"
1978 CHiPs Hoskins Episode: "Rustling"
1978 Charlie's Angels Dan Jarvis Episode: "Angels in the Backfield"
1978 Columbo Gun Dealer Episode: "The Conspirators"
1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries Dr. Amos Episode: "Dying Declaration"
1979 How the West Was Won Batlin Episode: "Luke"
1979 The Runaways Matthew Turner Episode: "They'll Never Forgive Me"
1979 The Incredible Hulk Jake White Episode: "Jake"
1979 The Dukes of Hazzard Warren Episode: "Witness for the Persecution"
1979 Charlie's Angels Burdette Episode: "Angel Hunt"
1980 Vega$ Everett Mason Episode: "The Lido Girls"
1980 Charlie's Angels Sam Mason Episode: "An Angel's Trail"
1980 The Incredible Hulk Director Episode: "On the Line"
1980 Enos Garrett Episode: "Blu Flu"
1981 Walking Tall John Whitter Episode: "Hitman"
1981 Riker Massey Episode: "Honkytonk"
1982 The Dukes of Hazzard Morton Episode: "The Sound of Music – Hazzard Style"
1982 The Fall Guy Sheriff Wyatt Le Clerc 2 episodes
1983 Voyagers! Ground Control #1 Episode: "All Fall Down"
1983–84 The Yellow Rose Sheriff Lew Wallace 10 episodes
1984 Matt Houston Sheriff Loftus Episode: "The Monster"
1986 The A-Team Chuck Danford Episode: "Cowboy George"
1991 The New Adam-12 Mr. Weaver Episode: "Crack House"
1994 Walker, Texas Ranger Billy Selkirk Episode: "Deadly Reunion"
1994–96 Renegade Nathan Wayne 5 episodes
1999 The Jack Bull Henry Ballard HBO film
2004 Dr. Vegas Hondo Episode: "All In"

References

  1. ↑ L Q Jones. Movies.nytimes.com (January 18, 2007). Retrieved on 2015-07-25.
  2. ↑ Rogerebert.com. Rogerebert.com. Retrieved on July 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ L. Q. Jones Biography (1927–). Filmreference.com. Retrieved on July 25, 2015.

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