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

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The Wild Bunch

T.C

Film 1969

A Boy and His Dog

Porn Stud

Film 1975

Hang 'em High

Loomis

Film 1968

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Taggart

Film 1970

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

Ben Potter

Film 1982

Hell Is for Heroes

Supply Sgt. Frazer

Film 1962

A Prairie Home Companion

Chuck Akers

Film 2006

The Mask of Zorro

Three-Fingered Jack

Film 1998

Ride the High Country

Sylvus Hammond

Film 1962

White Line Fever

Buck Wessle

Film 1975

The Brotherhood of Satan

Sheriff

Film 1971

Buchanan Rides Alone

Pecos Hill

Film 1958

Men in War

Sgt. Davis

Film 1957

The Hunting Party

Hog Warren

Film 1971

The Jack Bull

Henry Ballard

Film 1999

River of Death

Hiller

Film 1989

Cimarron

Millis

Film 1960

Battle of the Coral Sea

Yeoman Halliday

Film 1959

Torpedo Run

'Hash' Benson

Film 1958

Battle Cry

Pvt. L.Q. Jones

Film 1955

The Legend Of Grizzly Adams

Reno

Film 1991

Route 666

Sheriff Bob Conaway

Film 2001

The McMasters

Russel

Film 1970

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Self

Film 1993

Winterhawk

Gates

Film 1975

Target Zero

Pvt. Felix O'Hara

Film 1955

Sacred Ground

Tolbert Coleman

Film 1983

The Bravos

Ben Lawler

Film 1972

Ten Who Dared

Billy Hawkins

Film 1960

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self

Film 2004

Warlock

Fen Jiggs (uncredited)

Film 1959

An Annapolis Story

Watson

Film 1955

The Lady Is My Wife

Ernie Packer

Film 1967

Lone Wolf McQuade

Dakota

Film 1983

The Counterfeit Killer

Hotel Clerk

Film 1968

Casino

Pat Webb

Film 1995

The Edge

Styles

Film 1997

The Beast Within

Sheriff Pool

Film 1982

Bulletproof

Sgt. O'Rourke

Film 1988

Toward the Unknown

2nd Lt. Sweeney

Film 1956

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Self

Film 2005

Standing Tall

Nate Rackley

Film 1978

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

Sheriff Berlinger

Film 1974

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Black Harris

Film 1973

Flaming Star

Tom Howard

Film 1960

Mother, Jugs & Speed

Davey

Film 1976

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Floyd

Film 1979

Lightning Jack

Sheriff

Film 1994

Gunsight Ridge

Lazy Heart Ranch Hand

Film 1957

The Young Lions

Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)

Film 1958

43: The Richard Petty Story

Ed Koler

Film 1972

Apache Rifles

Mike Greer

Film 1964

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

Self

Film 2024

Love Me Tender

Pardee Fleming (uncredited)

Film 1956

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

Roy Ralstop

Film 1975

The Naked and the Dead

Woodrow Wilson

Film 1958

Showdown

Foray

Film 1963

Between Heaven and Hell

Pvt. Kenny - Co. G

Film 1956

Hound-Dog Man

Dave Wilson

Film 1959

Noon Wine

Deputy

Film 1966

Iron Angel

Buttons

Film 1964

Major Dundee

Arthur Hadley

Film 1965

Operation Mad Ball

Ozark

Film 1957

Fireball Forward

Maj. Larkin

Film 1972

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Self

Film 1996

The Devil's Bedroom

(as Justus McQueen)

Film 1964

Colorado C.I.

Hoyt Gunnison

Film 1978