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. Af ... ter 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
| Organization | Category | Movie |
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The Virginian
as Belden
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Cheyenne
as Smitty Smith
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Billy Selkirk
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 21, 1993
The Sacketts
as Belden
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 15, 1979
The Magician
as Johnson
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 02, 1973
Rawhide
as Pee Jay Peters
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
Wild Times
as Wild Bill Hickock
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 24, 1980
Renegade
as Nathan Wayne
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 19, 1992
CHiPs
as Hoskins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1977
The F.B.I.
as Wesley Davis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
Hawaii Five-O
as Col. Lew Cardell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Charlie's Angels
as Sgt. Billings
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1976
Perry Mason
as Charles Barnaby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Gunsmoke
as Skinner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Rawhide
as George Cornelius
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
The Big Valley
as Cort
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
ABC Stage 67
as Deputy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1966
Black Saddle
as Jack Shepherd
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1959
The Rebel
as Otis Rumph
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1959
Johnny Ringo
as Billy Boy Jethro
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1959
Jefferson Drum
as Burdette
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 25, 1958
Wagon Train
as Lenny
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
Columbo
as Gun Dealer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1971
The F.B.I.
as Al Tanner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
Rawhide
as Luke
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
The Big Valley
as Curtis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The Big Valley
as Hutch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The Big Valley
as Earl Vaughn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The Big Valley
as Gus Vandiver
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The Virginian
as Andy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Gunsmoke
as Brady
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Wally
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Kittridge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Nix
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Sumner Pendleton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Gecko Ridley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
The A-Team
as Chuck Danford
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1983
Assignment: Vienna
as Slim Warfield
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1972
The Rebel
as Roy Shandell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1959
Perry Mason
as Edward Lewis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Ironside
as Lt. Mark Cardiff
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
How the West Was Won
as Batlin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 1977
Charlie's Angels
as Dan Jarvis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1976
The Fall Guy
as Sheriff Dwight LeClerc
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 04, 1981
Charlie's Angels
as Burdette
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1976
Charlie's Angels
as Sam Mason
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1976
Lawman
as Ollie Earnshaw
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Ernie Packer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1963
Ironside
as Harry Ashton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Bill Renn - Cowboy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Annie Oakley
as Ned Blane
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1954
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Hector
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Kung Fu
as Sgt. Straight
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1972
Alias Smith and Jones
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 05, 1971
Lassie
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 12, 1954
Cannon
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 14, 1971
Cimarron Strip
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 07, 1967
Laramie
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 15, 1959
In Cold Blood
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 24, 1996
Movin' On
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1974
The Incredible Hulk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 04, 1977
Kung Fu
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1972
Route 66
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1960
Voyagers!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1982
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1966
Vega$
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1978
The Yellow Rose
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1983
Have Gun, Will Travel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Lancer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
McCloud
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 1970
Matt Houston
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1982
Enos
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 12, 1980
Hondo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
Branded
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 24, 1965
Lock-Up
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1959
Ben Casey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1961
Wichita Town
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1959
The Detectives
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 1959
Tightrope
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1959
The Runaways
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 27, 1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1978
Renegade
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1992
Matt Helm
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1975
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