L.Q. Jones
Jones in trailer for Hang 'Em High (1968)
Born
Justus Ellis McQueen Jr.

(1927-08-19)August 19, 1927
Beaumont, Texas, U.S.
DiedJuly 9, 2022(2022-07-09) (aged 94)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1955–2006
Spouse
Neta Sue Lewis
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(m. 1950; div. 1973)​

Justus Ellis McQueen Jr. (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022), known professionally as L.Q. Jones, was an American actor.[1][2] He appeared in Sam Peckinpah's films 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). His later film roles include Casino (1995), The Patriot, The Mask of Zorro (1998), and A Prairie Home Companion (2006).

His other roles included Western television series such as Cheyenne, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Laramie, Wagon Train, and The Virginian. He was the writer and director of the 1975 science fiction film A Boy and His Dog, based on Harlan Ellison's novella of the same name.

Early life

Jones was born August 19, 1927, in Beaumont, in southeastern Texas, the son of Jessie Paralee (née Stephens) and Justus Ellis McQueen Sr., a railroad worker. At an early age he lost his mother when she died following a car accident.[3] He completed his school education from Port Neches–Groves High School in 1945.[4] After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946,[5] Jones attended Lamar Junior College and Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, and then studied law, business and journalism at the University of Texas at Austin from 1950 to 1951.[4][6] He worked as a stand-up comic, briefly played professional baseball and American football, and tried ranching in Nicaragua, then turned to acting after corresponding with Fess Parker, his former college roommate.[6]

Career

Jones made his film debut in 1955 in Battle Cry, credited under his birth name Justus McQueen.[7] His character's name in that film 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.[6] 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".

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 Case of the Lonely Heiress" (1958) and as Edward Lewis in "The Case of the Badgered Brother" (1963). He appeared in Hawaii Five-O, season 1, episode 15 in January 1969. He also appeared in an episode of The A-Team titled "Cowboy George" and two episodes of The Fall Guy as Sheriff Dwight Leclerc. In 1971, Jones appeared as Belden in The Men From Shiloh (the final season rebranding of The Virginian) episode titled "The Town Killer".

Jones' 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); White Line Fever 1976 Lone Wolf McQuade (1983); Casino (1995); Tornado! (1996); The Edge (1997); The Mask of Zorro (1998); and A Prairie Home Companion (2006).

Jones directed, produced, and wrote the screenplay for A Boy and His Dog.[8]

Personal life and death

Jones was a practicing Methodist and a registered Republican.[9] On July 9, 2022, Jones died from natural causes at his Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles at the age of 94.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1955Battle CryPrivate L.Q. JonesCredited as Justus McQueen[11]
1955An Annapolis StoryWatson[11]
1955Target ZeroPrivate Felix O'Hara[11]
1956Santiago"Digger"[11]
1956Toward the Unknown2nd Lieutenant Sweeney[11]
1956Between Heaven and HellPrivate Kenny[11]
1956Love Me TenderPardee FlemingUncredited[11]
1957Men in WarStaff Sergeant Samuel Davis[11]
1957Operation Mad Ball"Ozark"[11]
1957Gunsight RidgeLazy Heart Ranch Hand[12]
1958The Young LionsPrivate DonnellyUncredited[11]
1958Buchanan Rides Alone"Pecos" Hill[11]
1958The Naked and the DeadWoodrow "Woody" Wilson[11]
1958Torpedo Run"Hash" Benson[11]
1959WarlockFen JiggsUncredited[11]
1959Battle of the Coral SeaYeoman Halliday[11]
1959Hound-Dog ManDave Wilson[11]
1960The Gambler, the Nun and the RadioRodeo RiderTV film
1960Ten Who DaredBilly "Missouri" Hawkins[11]
1960Flaming StarTom Howard[11]
1960CimarronMillis[11]
1962Ride the High CountrySylvus Hammond[11]
1962Hell Is for HeroesSupply Sergeant Frazer[11]
1963ShowdownForay[11]
1964Iron Angel"Buttons"[11]
1964The Devil's BedroomDirector (credited as Justus McQueen)[11]
1964Apache RiflesMike Greer[11]
1965Major DundeeArthur Hadley[11]
1966Nevada SmithCowboyUncredited[11]
1968Stay Away, JoeBronc Hoverty[11]
1968The Counterfeit KillerHotel Clerk Hanging Party[11]
1968Hang 'Em HighLoomis, Cooper Hanging Party[11]
1969The WitchmakerUnknownUncredited[12]
1969The Wild BunchT.C.[11]
1970The Ballad of Cable HogueTaggart[11]
1970The McMastersRussell[11]
1971The Hunting Party"Hog" Warren[11]
1971The Brotherhood of SatanSheriff[11]
197243: The Richard Petty StoryEd Koler[11]
1972The BravosBen LawlerTV film[11]
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid"Black" Harris[11]
1974Mrs. SundanceCharlie SiringoTV movie[11]
1975A Boy and His DogActor In Porno FilmDirector and writer[11]
1975White Line FeverBuck[11]
1975WinterhawkGates[11]
1976Banjo Hackett: Roamin' FreeSheriff TadlockTV movie[11]
1976Mother, Jugs & SpeedSheriff Davey[11]
1979Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam RiderFloyd[11]
1982The Beast WithinSheriff Bill Pool[11]
1982MelanieBufordUncredited[11]
1982Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle SwannBen Potter[11]
1983Sacred GroundTolbert Coleman[11]
1983Lone Wolf McQuadeRanger Dakota Brown[11]
1988BulletproofSergeant O'Rourke[11]
1989River of DeathHiller[11]
1990The Legend of Grizzly AdamsReno[11]
1994Lightning JackSheriff Tom[11]
1995The Friends of HarrySenator
1995CasinoCommissioner Pat Webb[11]
1996Tornado!Ephram ThorneTV film[11]
1997The EdgeStyles[11]
1998The PatriotFrank[11]
1998The Mask of ZorroJack "Three-Fingered Jack"[11]
1999The Jack BullHenry BallardTV film[11]
2001Route 666Sheriff Bob Conaway[11]
2006A Prairie Home CompanionChuck Akers[11]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1955Cheyenne"Smitty"3 episodes
1956Annie OakleyCal Upton / Ned Blane2 episodes
1957The Joseph Cotten Show: On TrialJedediah "Jed" BooneEpisode: "Dog vs. Biddeford"
1957The Silent ServiceJack PotterEpisode: "The Final War Patrol"
1958Flight(character unnamed)Episode: "Window in the Sky"
1958Men of AnnapolisClint ParkerEpisode: "Mister Fireball"
1958Jefferson DrumBurdetteEpisode: "The Keeney Gang"
1958Perry MasonCharles Barnaby"The Case of the Lonely Heiress"
1958–1962LassieAttorney Blake3 episodes
1959Black SaddleJack ShepherdEpisode: "Client: Banks"
1959TightropeEarl BellEpisode: "The Frame"
1959Wichita TownWalterEpisode: "Drifting"
1959LaramieJohn MacLeanEpisode: "Dark Verdict"
1959Wagon Train"Squirrel" CharvanaughEpisode: "The Old Man Charvanaugh Story"
1959–1961Tales of Wells FargoStriker2 episodes
1960Johnny RingoBilly "Billy Boy" JethroEpisode: "Four Came Quietly"
1960Lock Up"Tex"Episode: "Death and Taxes"
1960Buick-Electra PlayhouseRodeo RiderEpisode: "The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio"
1960KlondikeJoe Teel3 episodes
1960The RebelOtis Rumpf2 episodes
1960Two Faces WestUnknownEpisode: "The Last Man"
1960LaramieActorEpisode: "The Dark Trail"
1961The Detectives Starring Robert TaylorBetty MerriwetherEpisode: "Kinfolk"
1961The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"Tex"Episode: "Casey and the Clowns"
1961The AmericansYontsEpisode: "The Coward"
1961Two Faces WestUnknownEpisode: "The Noose"
1961LaramieHomerEpisode: "Cactus Lady"
1961LaramieTrukEpisode: "Siege at Jubilee"
1961Wagon TrainLennyEpisode: "The Christopher Hale Story"
1962LawmanOllie EarnshawEpisode: "The Bride"
1962The RiflemanCharley BreenEpisode: "Day of Reckoning"
1962The Wide CountryWhickerEpisode: "Straitjacket for an Indian"
1962Ben CaseyStan GallowayEpisode: "The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits"
1962Have Gun – Will Travel"Little" FontanaEpisode: "Lazarus"
1962Have Gun – Will TravelBill Renn, Drifting CowboyEpisode: "The Waiting Room"
1962LaramieJohnny DuncanEpisode: "The Replacement"
1962LaramieNeeleyEpisode: "Among the Missing"
1962LaramieFrank KeeferEpisode: "Shadow of the Past"
1963Have Gun – Will TravelHector MacKenbyEpisode: "Debutante"
1963Route 66"Babe"Episode: "Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King"
1963LaramieSergeantEpisode: "The Stranger"
1963EmpireL.Q.Episode: "The Convention"
1963Perry MasonLewisEpisode: "The Case of the Badgered Brother"
1963Wagon TrainEsdrasEpisode: "Charlie Wooster—Outlaw"
1963Wagon TrainIke TrumanEpisode: "The Robert Harrison Clarke Story"
1963RawhideGeorge CorneliusEpisode: "Incident at El Crucero"
1963–1971The VirginianAndy Belden25 episodes
1964Wagon TrainPrivate James JonesEpisode: "The Duncan McIvor Story"
1964RawhideCorporal WayneEpisode: "Incident at Gila Flats"
1964RawhideLukeEpisode: "The Race"
1965RawhideP.J. Peters2 episodes
1965My Favorite MartianFrank JamesEpisode: "The Time Machine Is Waking Up That Old Gang of Mine"
1966A Man Called ShenandoahBen LloydEpisode: "Rope's End"
1966Pistols 'n' Petticoats1st GunmanEpisode: "Sir Richard of Wretched"
1966ABC Stage 67DeputyEpisode: "Noon Wine"
1966Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreThe Hotel ClerkEpisode: "The Faceless Man"
1966The Big ValleyCortEpisode: "By Force and Violence"
1967The Big ValleyCurtisEpisode: "Court Martial"
1967The Big ValleyEarl VaughanEpisode: "Showdown in Limbo"
1967The Big ValleyHutchEpisode: "Ambush"
1967Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreErnie PackerEpisode: "The Lady is My Wife"
1967The F.B.I.Wesley DavisEpisode: "The Gold Card"
1967Cimarron StripBarnesEpisode: "The Battleground"
1967Cimarron StripLummyEpisode: "The Search"
1967HondoAllieEpisode: "Hondo and the Death Drive"
1968The Big ValleyGus VandiverEpisode: "Fall of a Hero"
1969GunsmokeKittridgeEpisode: "The Good Samaritans"
1969Hawaii Five-OColonel Lew CardellEpisode: "King of the Hill"
1969LancerSlate MeekEpisode: "Blind Man's Bluff"
1970GunsmokeSumner PendletonEpisode: "The Gun"
1970GunsmokeNixEpisode: "Albert"
1971Alias Smith and JonesClint WeaverEpisode: "Stagecoach Seven"
1971The F.B.I.Al TannerEpisode: "Dynasty of Hate"
1971CannonPhil MackeyEpisode: "Fool's Gold"
1971Cade's CountyGrover CurtisEpisode: "Delegate at Large"
1972Gunsmoke"Gecko" RidleyEpisode: "Tara"
1972Alias Smith and JonesDrunkEpisode: "The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg"
1972The Delphi BureauColeEpisode: "The Man Upstairs-The Man Downstairs Project"
1972The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsDr. DietrichEpisode: "A Purge of Madness"
1972Alias Smith and JonesPetersonEpisode: "McGuffin"
1973IronsideHarry AshtonEpisode: "The Caller"
1973Kung FuSergeant StraightEpisode: "An Eye for an Eye"
1973Assignment ViennaActorEpisode: "A Deadly Shade of Green"
1973CannonSheriff Virgil SpoontzEpisode: "Perfect Alibi"
1974The MagicianJohnson2 episodes
1974IronsideCardiffEpisode: "Riddle at 24,000"
1975Kung FuMajor Clarke BealsonEpisode: "The Last Raid"
1975Matt HelmActorEpisode: "Deadly Breed"
1976Movin' On"Flakey" EdwardsEpisode: "The Big Switch"
1976Charlie's AngelsSergeant BillingsEpisode: "Bullseye"
1977McCloudKenny HingleEpisode: "The Moscow Connection"
1978CHiPsHoskinsEpisode: "Rustling"
1978Charlie's AngelsDan JarvisEpisode: "Angels in the Backfield"
1978ColumboGun DealerEpisode: "The Conspirators"
1978The Eddie Capra MysteriesDr. AmosEpisode: "Dying Declaration"
1979How the West Was WonBatlinEpisode: "Luke"
1979The RunawaysMatthew TurnerEpisode: "They'll Never Forgive Me"
1979The Incredible HulkJake WhiteEpisode: "Jake"
1979The Dukes of HazzardWarrenEpisode: "Witness for the Persecution"
1979Charlie's AngelsBurdetteEpisode: "Angel Hunt"
1980Vega$Everett MasonEpisode: "The Lido Girls"
1980Charlie's AngelsSam MasonEpisode: "An Angel's Trail"
1980The Incredible HulkThe DirectorEpisode: "On the Line"
1980EnosGarrettEpisode: "Blu Flu"
1981Walking TallJohn WhitterEpisode: "Hitman"
1981RikerMasseyEpisode: "Honkytonk"
1982The Dukes of HazzardMortonEpisode: "The Sound of Music – Hazzard Style"
1982The Fall GuySheriff Dwight Le Clerc2 episodes
1983Voyagers!Ground Control #1Episode: "All Fall Down"
1983–1984The Yellow RoseSheriff Lew Wallace10 episodes
1984Matt HoustonSheriff LoftusEpisode: "The Monster"
1986The A-TeamChuck DanfordEpisode: "Cowboy George"
1991The New Adam-12Mr. WeaverEpisode: "Crack House"
1994Walker, Texas RangerBilly SelkirkEpisode: "Deadly Reunion"
1994–1996RenegadeNathan Wayne5 episodes
2004Dr. Vegas"Hondo"Episode: "All In"

References

  1. ↑ "L.Q. Jones". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on December 27, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
  2. ↑ Ebert, Roger (March 31, 1976). "L.Q. Jones: The Real Star is the Dog". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ Barnes, Mike (July 9, 2022). "L.Q. Jones, 'Wild Bunch' Actor and Member of Peckinpah's Posse, Dies at 94". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  4. 1 2 McDonald, Archie P. (2008). Water, Rails & Oil: Historic Mid & South Jefferson County. HPN Books. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-893619-60-9.
  5. ↑ Navy Vet L.Q. Jones Had an Amazing Career in Movie Westerns Military.com. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Magers, Boyd. "Characters and Heavies: L.Q. Jones". westernclippings.com. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Nick (December 12, 2019). "Turning 90, L.Q. Jones reflects on Hollywood journey". thespectrum.com. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ Niedan, Christian (December 22, 2011). "L.Q. Jones on A Boy and his Dog, Westerns & more". camerainthesun.com. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ An Interview With L.Q. Jones, Skip E. Lowe, 1991
  10. ↑ Murphy, J. Kim (July 9, 2022). "L.Q. Jones, Actor in Sam Peckinpah Classics and Director of 'A Boy and His Dog,' Dies at 94". Variety. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 "L.Q. Jones List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  12. 1 2 "L.Q. Jones". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

Further reading

  • Humphreys, Justin (2006). "L.Q. Jones". Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget: Interviews with the Movies' Character Actors (Softcover) (First ed.). Albany, GA: BearManor Media. pp. 144–171. ISBN 978-1-62933-094-5.
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