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L. Q. Jones

L. Q. Jones

Birthday: 1927-08-19 | Place of Birth: Beaumont, Texas, USA

L. Q. Jones (born August 19, 1927) is 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2006
A Prairie Home Companion

as    Chuck Akers

2001
Route 666

as    Sheriff Bob Conaway

1999
The Jack Bull

as    Henry Ballard

1998
The Patriot

as    Frank

1997
The Edge

as    Styles

1995
Casino

as    Pat Webb

1994
Lightning Jack

as    Sheriff

1989
River of Death

as    Hiller

1988
Bulletproof

as    Sgt. O'Rourke

1983
Lone Wolf McQuade

as    Dakota

1983
Sacred Ground

as    Tolbert Coleman

1982
1982
The Beast Within

as    Sheriff Pool

1979
The Sacketts

as    Beldon

1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed

as    Davey

1975
White Line Fever

as    Buck Wessle

1975
Winterhawk

as    Gates

1974
Manhunter

as    Charles 'Crutch' Shanks

1974
Mrs. Sundance

as    Charles Siringo

1971
The Hunting Party

as    Hog Warren

1971
The Brotherhood of Satan

as    Sheriff

1970
The McMasters

as    Russel

1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue

as    Taggart

1968
Stay Away, Joe

as    Bronc Hoverty

1966
Noon Wine

as    Deputy

1964
Iron Angel

as    Buttons

1962
Hell Is for Heroes

as    Supply Sgt. Frazer