L.Q. Jones

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-08-19 (95 years old)

Deathday

2022-07-09

Place of Birth

Beaumont, Texas, USA

L.Q. Jones

Biography

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 corres...

Acting

1969

1975

A Boy and His Dog

as Porn Stud

1968

Hang 'em High

as Loomis

1962

Hell Is for Heroes

as Supply Sgt. Frazer

2006

1998

The Mask of Zorro

as Three-Fingered Jack

1962

Ride the High Country

as Sylvus Hammond

1975

White Line Fever

as Buck Wessle

1996

Tornado!

as Ephram Thorne

1958

1957

Men in War

as Sgt. Davis

1971

The Hunting Party

as Hog Warren

1999

The Jack Bull

as Henry Ballard

1989

1960

Cimarron

as Millis

1959

Battle of the Coral Sea

as Yeoman Halliday

1968

Stay Away, Joe

as Bronc Hoverty

1958

Torpedo Run

as 'Hash' Benson

1955

Battle Cry

as Pvt. L.Q. Jones

2001

Route 666

as Sheriff Bob Conaway

1970

The McMasters

as Russel

1974

Manhunter

as Charles 'Crutch' Shanks

1975

Winterhawk

as Gates

1955

Target Zero

as Pvt. Felix O'Hara

1983

Sacred Ground

as Tolbert Coleman

1956

Santiago

as Digger

1972

The Bravos

as Ben Lawler

1960

Ten Who Dared

as Billy Hawkins

1959

Warlock

as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)

1955

1983

1968

1995

Casino

as Pat Webb

1997

The Edge

as Styles

1982

The Beast Within

as Sheriff Pool

1988

Bulletproof

as Sgt. O'Rourke

1956

Toward the Unknown

as 2nd Lt. Sweeney

1974

1978

Standing Tall

as Nate Rackley

1973

1960

Flaming Star

as Tom Howard

1994

Lightning Jack

as Sheriff

1957

Gunsight Ridge

as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand

1958

The Young Lions

as Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)

1964

Apache Rifles

as Mike Greer

1956

Love Me Tender

as Pardee Fleming (uncredited)

1958

The Naked and the Dead

as Woodrow Wilson

1998

The Patriot

as Frank

1963

Showdown

as Foray

1956

Between Heaven and Hell

as Pvt. Kenny - Co. G

1959

Hound-Dog Man

as Dave Wilson

1966

Noon Wine

as Deputy

1964

Iron Angel

as Buttons

1965

Major Dundee

as Arthur Hadley

1974

Mrs. Sundance

as Charles Siringo

1957

1972

Fireball Forward

as Maj. Larkin

1964

The Devil's Bedroom

as (as Justus McQueen)

1978

Colorado C.I.

as Hoyt Gunnison

1976

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

as Sheriff Tadlock

Production

1975

1975

A Boy and His Dog

as Screenplay

1964

1975

1969

The Witchmaker

as Executive Producer

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