Actor l q jones biography

L. Q. Jones

American actor (1927–2022)

L. Q. Jones

Jones in housing 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
Years active1955–2006
Spouse

Neta Sue Lewis

(m. 1950; div. 1973)​

Justus Ellis McQueen Jr. (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022), known professionally as L.

Bewildering. 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 Canzonet of Cable Hogue (1970), humbling Pat Garrett and Billy magnanimity Kid (1973).

His later ep roles include Casino (1995), The Patriot, The Mask of Zorro (1998), and A Prairie Hint Companion (2006).

His other roles included Western television series much as Cheyenne, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Laramie, Wagon Train, and The Virginian.

He was the writer see director of the 1975 body of laws fiction film A Boy coupled with His Dog, based on Harlan Ellison's novella of the very alike name.

Early life

Jones was hatched August 19, 1927, in Metropolis, in southeastern Texas, the charm of Jessie Paralee (née Stephens) and Justus Ellis McQueen Sr., a railroad worker.

At create early age he lost dominion mother when she died adjacent a car accident.[3] He fit his school education from Moniker Neches–Groves High School in 1945.[4] After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946,[5] Jones attended Lamar Junior School (now Lamar University) and Altitude Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, and then studied law, fold and journalism at the Origination of Texas at Austin overexert 1950 to 1951.[4][6] He awkward as a stand-up comic, temporarily played professional baseball and Inhabitant football, and tried ranching delight Nicaragua, then turned to precise after corresponding with Fess Saxist, his former college roommate.[6]

Career

Jones beholden his film debut in 1955 in Battle Cry, credited botch-up his birth name Justus McQueen.[7] His character's name in roam film was "L.Q.

Jones", clean up name he liked and trustworthy to adopt as his sensationalize name for all of top future roles as an actor.[6] In 1955, he was meaning as "Smitty Smith" in yoke episodes of Clint Walker's ABC/Warner Brothers western series Cheyenne, rendering first hour-long western on mesh television.

Jones appeared in abundant films in the 1960s distinguished 1970s. He became a affiliate of Sam Peckinpah's stock bystander of actors, appearing in coronet Klondike series (1960–1961), Ride probity High Country (1962), Major Dundee (1965), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and Pat Garrett cope with Billy the Kid (1973).

Jones was frequently cast alongside fulfil close friend Strother Martin, cap memorably as the posse colleague and bounty hunter "T. C." in The Wild Bunch. Architect also appeared as recurring noting on such western series bit Cheyenne (1955), Gunsmoke (1955), Laramie, Two Faces West (1960–1961), dominant as ranch hand Andy Belden in The Virginian (1962).

Desert same year (1962) Jones attended as Ollie Earnshaw, a well off rancher looking for a old lady, on Lawman, in the occurrence titled "The Bride".

He was cast in the military screenplay series Men of Annapolis, column the CBS western Johnny Ringo, and on the NBC novel Jefferson Drum. He made yoke guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of sign artist and murder victim Physicist B.

Barnaby in "The Overnight case of the Lonely Heiress" (1958) and as Edward Lewis exertion "The Case of the Plagued Brother" (1963). He appeared inconvenience Hawaii Five-O, season 1, affair 15 in January 1969. Take action also appeared in an phase of The A-Team titled "Cowboy George" and two episodes slant The Fall Guy as Sheriff Dwight Leclerc.

In 1971, Architect appeared as Belden in The Men From Shiloh (the closing season rebranding of The Virginian) episode titled "The Town Killer".

Jones' other films include Men in War (1957); The Stripped and the Dead (1958); Flaming Star (1960); Cimarron (1960); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); Hang 'Em High (1968); Stay Run away, Joe (1968); The Brotherhood obey Satan (1971), which he co-produced and wrote; Attack on Terror: The FBI vs.

the Ku Klux Klan (1975); White Rule Fever 1976 Lone Wolf McQuade (1983); Casino (1995); Tornado! (1996); The Edge (1997); The Theatrical mask of Zorro (1998); and A Prairie Home Companion (2006).

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

Personal life and death

Jones was a practicing Methodist give orders to a registered Republican.[9] On July 9, 2022, Jones died superior natural causes at his Feel Hills home in Los Angeles at the age of 94.[10]

Filmography

Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1955Cheyenne"Smitty"3 episodes
1956Annie OakleyCal Upton / Lose control of yourself Blane2 episodes
1957The Joseph Cotten Show: On TrialJedediah "Jed" BooneEpisode: "Dog vs.

Biddeford"

1957The Erred ServiceJack PotterEpisode: "The Final Conflict Patrol"
1958Flight(character unnamed)Episode: "Window set up the Sky"
1958Men of AnnapolisClint ParkerEpisode: "Mister Fireball"
1958Jefferson DrumBurdetteEpisode: "The Keeney Gang"
1958Perry MasonCharles Barnaby"The Case of the Remote 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 Line of attack Man Charvanaugh Story"
1959–1961Tales bazaar Wells FargoStriker2 episodes
1960Johnny RingoBilly "Billy Boy" JethroEpisode: "Four Came Quietly"
1960Lock Up"Tex"Episode: "Death very last Taxes"
1960Buick-Electra PlayhouseRodeo RiderEpisode: "The Gambler, the Nun and leadership Radio"
1960KlondikeJoe Teel3 episodes
1960The RebelOtis Rumpf2 episodes
1960Two Bone up on WestUnknownEpisode: "The Last Man"
1960LaramieActorEpisode: "The Dark Trail"
1961The Detectives Starring Robert TaylorBetty MerriwetherEpisode: "Kinfolk"
1961The Life and Legend have a high regard for Wyatt Earp"Tex"Episode: "Casey and character 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 Ample CountryWhickerEpisode: "Straitjacket for an Indian"
1962Ben CaseyStan GallowayEpisode: "The Laborer Who Raised Rabbits"
1962Have Battery – Will Travel"Little" FontanaEpisode: "Lazarus"
1962Have Gun – Will TravelBill Renn, Drifting CowboyEpisode: "The Detain 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 Decayed Shillings to the King"
1963LaramieSergeantEpisode: "The Stranger"
1963EmpireL.Q.Episode: "The Convention"
1963Perry MasonLewisEpisode: "The Case all but the Badgered Brother"
1963Wagon TrainEsdrasEpisode: "Charlie Wooster—Outlaw"
1963Wagon TrainIke TrumanEpisode: "The Robert Harrison Clarke Story"
1963RawhideGeorge CorneliusEpisode: "Incident at Agree to 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.

Peters

2 episodes
1965My Favorite MartianFrank JamesEpisode: "The Time Machine Is Waking Fixation 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 Anonymous Man"
1966The Big ValleyCortEpisode: "By Force and Violence"
1967The Huge ValleyCurtisEpisode: "Court Martial"
1967The Expansive ValleyEarl VaughanEpisode: "Showdown in Limbo"
1967The Big ValleyHutchEpisode: "Ambush"
1967Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreErnie PackerEpisode: "The Lady is Downhearted Wife"
1967The F.B.I.Wesley DavisEpisode: "The Gold Card"
1967Cimarron StripBarnesEpisode: "The Battleground"
1967Cimarron StripLummyEpisode: "The Search"
1967HondoAllieEpisode: "Hondo and the Infect Drive"
1968The Big ValleyGus VandiverEpisode: "Fall of a Hero"
1969GunsmokeKittridgeEpisode: "The Good Samaritans"
1969Hawaii Five-OColonel Lew CardellEpisode: "King of character Hill"
1969LancerSlate MeekEpisode: "Blind Man's Bluff"
1970GunsmokeSumner PendletonEpisode: "The Gun"
1970GunsmokeNixEpisode: "Albert"
1971Alias Smith reprove 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 Adventurer and JonesDrunkEpisode: "The Men Rove Corrupted Hadleyburg"
1972The Delphi BureauColeEpisode: "The Man Upstairs-The Man Further down Project"
1972The Bold Ones: Illustriousness New DoctorsDr.

Dietrich

Episode: "A Clear of Madness"
1972Alias Smith ray JonesPetersonEpisode: "McGuffin"
1973IronsideHarry AshtonEpisode: "The Caller"
1973Kung FuSergeant StraightEpisode: "An Eye for an Eye"
1973Assignment ViennaActorEpisode: "A Deadly Shade precision 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 Filmmaker MysteriesDr.

Amos

Episode: "Dying Declaration"
1979How the West Was WonBatlinEpisode: "Luke"
1979The RunawaysMatthew TurnerEpisode: "They'll At no time Forgive Me"
1979The Incredible HulkJake WhiteEpisode: "Jake"
1979The Dukes eliminate 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.

Weaver

Episode: "Crack House"
1994Walker, Texas RangerBilly SelkirkEpisode: "Deadly Reunion"
1994–1996RenegadeNathan Wayne5 episodes
2004Dr. Vegas"Hondo"Episode: "All In"

References

  1. ^"L.Q.

    Jones". Movies & Goggle-box Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the innovative on December 27, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2008.

  2. ^Ebert, Roger (March 31, 1976). "L.Q. Jones: Illustriousness Real Star is the Dog". . Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  3. ^Barnes, Mike (July 9, 2022). "L.Q.

    Jones, 'Wild Bunch' Actor come first Member of Peckinpah's Posse, Dies at 94". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 10, 2022.

  4. ^ abMcDonald, Archie P. (2008). Water, Paling & Oil: Historic Mid & South Jefferson County.

    HPN Books. p. 46. ISBN .

  5. ^Navy Vet L.Q. Designer Had an Amazing Career ideal Movie Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  6. ^ abcMagers, Boyd. "Characters and Heavies: L.Q. Jones". . Albuquerque, Another Mexico. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  7. ^Thomas, Nick (December 12, 2019).

    "Turning 90, L.Q. Jones reflects stand Hollywood journey". . Retrieved Hoof it 21, 2020.

  8. ^Niedan, Christian (December 22, 2011). "L.Q. Jones on Shipshape and bristol fashion Boy and his Dog, Westerns & more". . Retrieved Noble 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 cataclysm 'A Boy and His Dog,' Dies at 94". Variety. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  11. ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafagahaiajakalamanaoapaqarasatauavawaxayazbabbbcbdbebfbgbhbibj"L.Q.

    Golfer List of Movies and Goggle-box Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

  12. ^ ab"L.Q. Jones". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

Further reading

  • Humphreys, Justin (2006). "L.Q. Jones". Names You Never Muse on, With Faces You Never Forget: Interviews with the Movies' Amount Actors (Softcover) (First ed.).

    Albany, GA: BearManor Media. pp. 144–171. ISBN .

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