L.Q. Jones

Highest Rated: 97% Major Dundee (1965)

Lowest Rated: 6% Lightning Jack (1994)

Birthday: Aug 19, 1927

Birthplace: Beaumont, Texas, USA

What do actors Gig Young, Anne Shirley, and L.Q. Jones have in common? All of them lifted their show-biz names from characters they'd portrayed on screen. In 1955, University of Texas alumnus Justice McQueen made his film debut in Battle Cry, playing a laconic lieutenant named L.Q. Jones. McQueen liked his character so much that he remained L.Q. Jones offscreen ever after (though he never made it legal, still listing himself as Justice Ellis McQueen in the 1995 edition of Who's Who). A natural for westerns both vocally and physically, Jones played supporting roles in several big-screen oaters, and was seen on TV as Smitty on Cheyenne (1955-58) and as Belden on The Virginian (1964-67). Jones gained a measure of prominence in the films of Sam Peckinpah, notably Ride the High Country (1961) and The Wild Bunch (1969). Turning to the production side of the business in the early 1970s, L. Q. Jones produced and co-starred in the 1971 film Brotherhood of Satan; he also co-produced, directed, adapted and played a cameo (as a porn-movie actor!) in the fascinating 1975 cinemazation of Harlan Ellison's A Boy and His Dog, a tour de force that won Jones a Hugo Award from America's science fiction writers.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
81%	A Prairie Home Companion	Chuck Akers	—	2006
No Score Yet	Route 666	Sheriff Conaway	—	2001
80%	The Jack Bull	Henry Ballard	—	1999
20%	The Patriot	Frank	—	1999
83%	The Mask of Zorro	Three-Fingered Jack	—	1998
64%	The Edge	Styles	—	1997
No Score Yet	Tornado!	Ephram	—	1996
No Score Yet	In Cold Blood	Tex Smith	—	1996
No Score Yet	The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage	Actor	—	1996
79%	Casino	Pat Webb	—	1995
6%	Lightning Jack	Local Sheriff	—	1994
No Score Yet	The Legend of Grizzly Adams	Actor	—	1990
No Score Yet	River of Death	Hiller	—	1989
No Score Yet	Bulletproof	Sgt. O'Rourke	—	1988
57%	Lone Wolf McQuade	Dakota	—	1983
No Score Yet	Sacred Ground	Tolbert Coleman	—	1983
No Score Yet	Timerider	Ben Potter	—	1983
17%	The Beast Within	Sheriff	—	1982
No Score Yet	Melanie	Buford	—	1982
No Score Yet	The Sacketts	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider	Floyd Bevins	—	1979
No Score Yet	Standing Tall	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	Banjo Hackett	Sheriff Tadlock	—	1976
50%	Mother, Jugs and Speed	Davey	—	1976
No Score Yet	Winterhawk	Gates	—	1975
33%	White Line Fever	Buck Wessle	—	1975
76%	A Boy and His Dog	Screenwriter Actor in Porno Film Director	—	1975
No Score Yet	Mrs. Sundance	Charles Siringo	—	1974
No Score Yet	The Strange and Deadly Occurrence	Actor	—	1974
No Score Yet	Manhunter	Actor	—	1974
No Score Yet	43: The Petty Story	Actor	—	1974
86%	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid	Black Harris	—	1973
No Score Yet	The Bravos	Actor	—	1972
No Score Yet	Fireball Forward	Maj. Larkin	—	1972
13%	The Brotherhood of Satan	Producer Sheriff	—	1971
20%	The Hunting Party	Hog Warren	—	1971
94%	The Ballad of Cable Hogue	Taggart	—	1970
No Score Yet	The McMasters	Russell	—	1970
90%	The Wild Bunch	T.C.	—	1969
No Score Yet	Backtrack	Belden	—	1969
92%	Hang 'em High	Loomis	—	1968
No Score Yet	Stay Away, Joe	Bronc Hoverty	—	1968
No Score Yet	The Counterfeit Killer	Hotel Clerk	—	1968
97%	Major Dundee	Arthur Hadley	—	1965
No Score Yet	Apache Rifles	Mike Greer	—	1964
No Score Yet	Iron Angel	Buttons	—	1964
No Score Yet	Showdown	Foray	—	1963
86%	Hell Is for Heroes	Sgt. Frazer	—	1962
93%	Ride the High Country	Sylvus Hammond	—	1962
No Score Yet	Cimarron	Millis	—	1960
No Score Yet	Ten Who Dared	Billy Hawkins	—	1960
91%	Flaming Star	Tom Howard	—	1960
No Score Yet	Battle of the Coral Sea	Yeoman Halliday	—	1959
No Score Yet	Warlock	Jiggs	—	1959
83%	The Naked and the Dead	Wilson	—	1958
No Score Yet	Buchanan Rides Alone	Pecos Bill	—	1958
71%	The Young Lions	Pvt. Donnelly	—	1958
No Score Yet	Torpedo Run	`Hash' Benson	—	1958
No Score Yet	Operation Mad Ball	Ozark	—	1957
90%	Men in War	Sam Davis	—	1957
55%	Love Me Tender	Fleming	—	1956
No Score Yet	Toward the Unknown	Lt. Sweeney	—	1956
No Score Yet	Santiago	Digger	—	1956
No Score Yet	Between Heaven and Hell	Kenny	—	1956
No Score Yet	An Annapolis Story	Watson	—	1955
No Score Yet	Battle Cry	L.Q. Jones	—	1955

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
15%	Dr. Vegas 2004	Hondo	2004
No Score Yet	Walker, Texas Ranger 1993-2001	Actor	1994
No Score Yet	The A-Team 1983-1987	Danford	1986
No Score Yet	The Fall Guy 1981-1986	Sheriff Dwight LeClerc	1982
No Score Yet	Dukes of Hazzard 1979-1985	Warren Morton	1982 1979
No Score Yet	The Incredible Hulk 1978-1982	Director Jake	1980 1979
No Score Yet	Charlie's Angels 1976-1981	Dan Sam Mason Sergeant Billings Burdette	1980 1979 1978 1976
No Score Yet	CHiPs 1977-1983	Hoskins	1978
No Score Yet	Columbo 1968-2003	Jensen	1978 1976
No Score Yet	Kung Fu 1972-1975	Sergeant Ex-Confederate Officer	1975 1973
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Cardiff Tony Ashton	1974 1973
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Brady Gecko Ridley Wally Skinner Kittridge Nix	1972 1970 1969 1965 1964 1963
No Score Yet	My Favorite Martian 1963-1966	Frank James	1965
No Score Yet	Rawhide 1959-1965	George	1963
No Score Yet	Perry Mason 1957-1966	Barnaby Lewis	1963 1958

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