L.Q. Jones
Actor
Born August 19, 1927 in Beaumont, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Self
A Prairie Home Companion
Chuck Akers
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
Route 666
Sheriff Bob Conaway
The Jack Bull
Henry Ballard
The Mask of Zorro
Three-Fingered Jack
The Patriot
Frank
The Edge
Styles
In Cold Blood
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Self
Tornado!
Ephram Thorne
Casino
Pat Webb
Lightning Jack
Sheriff
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
Walker, Texas Ranger
Billy Selkirk
Renegade
The Legend Of Grizzly Adams
Reno
River of Death
Hiller
Bulletproof
Sgt. O'Rourke
The Yellow Rose
Lone Wolf McQuade
Dakota
Sacred Ground
Tolbert Coleman
The A-Team
Chuck Danford
Voyagers!
Matt Houston
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Ben Potter
The Beast Within
Sheriff Pool
The Fall Guy
Sheriff Dwight LeClerc
Riker
Massey
Enos
Wild Times
Wild Bill Hickock
The Sacketts
Belden
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Floyd
Vega$
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
The Runaways
Standing Tall
Nate Rackley
The Incredible Hulk
CHiPs
Hoskins
Rafferty
How the West Was Won
Batlin
Charlie's Angels
Sgt. Billings
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Davey
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Sheriff Tadlock
Winterhawk
Gates
Matt Helm
White Line Fever
Buck Wessle
A Boy and His Dog
Porn Stud
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Roy Ralstop
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Roy Ralstop
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Sheriff Berlinger
Movin' On
Manhunter
Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
Mrs. Sundance
Charles Siringo
The Magician
Johnson
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Black Harris
43: The Richard Petty Story
Ed Koler
Kung Fu
Sgt. Straight
Delphi Bureau
Cole
Assignment: Vienna
Slim Warfield
Fireball Forward
Maj. Larkin
The Bravos
Ben Lawler
Columbo
Gun Dealer
Cannon
The Brotherhood of Satan
Sheriff
The Hunting Party
Hog Warren
Alias Smith and Jones
The McMasters
Russel
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Taggart
McCloud
The Wild Bunch
T.C
The Naked Witch
Lancer
Hawaii Five-O
Col. Lew Cardell
The Counterfeit Killer
Hotel Clerk
Hang 'em High
Loomis
Stay Away, Joe
Bronc Hoverty
Hondo
Cimarron Strip
Ironside
Lt. Mark Cardiff
Noon Wine
Deputy
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
ABC Stage 67
Deputy
The F.B.I.
Wesley Davis
The Big Valley
Cort
Major Dundee
Arthur Hadley
Branded
Apache Rifles
Mike Greer
The Devil's Bedroom
(as Justus McQueen)
Iron Angel
Buttons
Showdown
Foray
The Virginian
Belden
Hell Is for Heroes
Supply Sgt. Frazer
Ride the High Country
Sylvus Hammond
Ben Casey
Flaming Star
Tom Howard
Cimarron
Millis
Ten Who Dared
Billy Hawkins
Route 66
Hound-Dog Man
Dave Wilson
Battle of the Coral Sea
Yeoman Halliday
The Detectives
The Rebel
Otis Rumph
Johnny Ringo
Billy Boy Jethro
Wichita Town
Lock-Up
Laramie
Tightrope
Earl Bell
Warlock
Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
Black Saddle
Jack Shepherd
Rawhide
George Cornelius
Torpedo Run
'Hash' Benson
Lawman
Ollie Earnshaw
The Naked and the Dead
Woodrow Wilson
Buchanan Rides Alone
Pecos Hill
The Young Lions
Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
Perry Mason
Charles Barnaby
Wagon Train
Lenny
Have Gun, Will Travel
Gunsight Ridge
Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
Operation Mad Ball
Ozark
Men in War
Sgt. Davis
Love Me Tender
Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
Between Heaven and Hell
Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
Toward the Unknown
2nd Lt. Sweeney
Santiago
Digger
Target Zero
Pvt. Felix O'Hara
Cheyenne
Smitty Smith
Gunsmoke
Skinner
An Annapolis Story
Watson
Battle Cry
Pvt. L.Q. Jones
Lassie
Annie Oakley
Ned Blane