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 characters 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 Walkers 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 Peckinpahs 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
T.C
Film 1969
Porn Stud
Film 1975
Loomis
Film 1968
Taggart
Film 1970
Ben Potter
Film 1982
Supply Sgt. Frazer
Film 1962
Chuck Akers
Film 2006
Three-Fingered Jack
Film 1998
Sylvus Hammond
Film 1962
Buck Wessle
Film 1975
Sheriff
Film 1971
Pecos Hill
Film 1958
Sgt. Davis
Film 1957
Hog Warren
Film 1971
Henry Ballard
Film 1999
Hiller
Film 1989
Millis
Film 1960
Yeoman Halliday
Film 1959
'Hash' Benson
Film 1958
Pvt. L.Q. Jones
Film 1955
Reno
Film 1991
Sheriff Bob Conaway
Film 2001
Russel
Film 1970
Self
Film 1993
Gates
Film 1975
Pvt. Felix O'Hara
Film 1955
Tolbert Coleman
Film 1983
Ben Lawler
Film 1972
Billy Hawkins
Film 1960
Self
Film 2004
Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
Film 1959
Watson
Film 1955
Ernie Packer
Film 1967
Dakota
Film 1983
Hotel Clerk
Film 1968
Pat Webb
Film 1995
Styles
Film 1997
Sheriff Pool
Film 1982
Sgt. O'Rourke
Film 1988
2nd Lt. Sweeney
Film 1956
Self
Film 2005
Nate Rackley
Film 1978
Sheriff Berlinger
Film 1974
Black Harris
Film 1973
Tom Howard
Film 1960
Davey
Film 1976
Floyd
Film 1979
Sheriff
Film 1994
Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
Film 1957
Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
Film 1958
Ed Koler
Film 1972
Mike Greer
Film 1964
Self
Film 2024
Pardee Fleming (uncredited)
Film 1956
Roy Ralstop
Film 1975
Woodrow Wilson
Film 1958
Foray
Film 1963
Pvt. Kenny - Co. G
Film 1956
Dave Wilson
Film 1959
Deputy
Film 1966
Buttons
Film 1964
Arthur Hadley
Film 1965
Ozark
Film 1957
Maj. Larkin
Film 1972
Self
Film 1996
(as Justus McQueen)
Film 1964
Hoyt Gunnison
Film 1978