L.Q. Jones
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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 |
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81% | A Prairie Home Companion |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Route 666 |
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— | 2001 |
80% | The Jack Bull |
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— | 1999 |
20% | The Patriot |
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— | 1999 |
83% | The Mask of Zorro |
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— | 1998 |
64% | The Edge |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Tornado! |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | In Cold Blood |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage |
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— | 1996 |
80% | Casino |
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— | 1995 |
6% | Lightning Jack |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | The Legend of Grizzly Adams |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | River of Death |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Bulletproof |
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— | 1988 |
57% | Lone Wolf McQuade |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Sacred Ground |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Timerider |
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— | 1983 |
9% | The Beast Within |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Melanie |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | The Sacketts |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Standing Tall |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | Banjo Hackett |
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— | 1976 |
47% | Mother, Jugs and Speed |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Winterhawk |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | White Line Fever |
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— | 1975 |
76% | A Boy and His Dog |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Mrs. Sundance |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | The Strange and Deadly Occurrence |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Manhunter |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 43: The Petty Story |
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— | 1974 |
86% | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid |
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— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | The Bravos |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | Fireball Forward |
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— | 1972 |
0% | The Brotherhood of Satan |
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— | 1971 |
20% | The Hunting Party |
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— | 1971 |
93% | The Ballad of Cable Hogue |
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— | 1970 |
No Score Yet | The McMasters |
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— | 1970 |
90% | The Wild Bunch |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | Backtrack |
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— | 1969 |
92% | Hang 'em High |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | Stay Away, Joe |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | The Counterfeit Killer |
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— | 1968 |
97% | Major Dundee |
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— | 1965 |
No Score Yet | Apache Rifles |
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— | 1964 |
No Score Yet | Iron Angel |
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— | 1964 |
No Score Yet | Showdown |
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— | 1963 |
86% | Hell Is for Heroes |
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— | 1962 |
93% | Ride the High Country |
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— | 1962 |
No Score Yet | Cimarron |
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— | 1960 |
No Score Yet | Ten Who Dared |
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— | 1960 |
91% | Flaming Star |
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— | 1960 |
No Score Yet | Battle of the Coral Sea |
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— | 1959 |
No Score Yet | Warlock |
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— | 1959 |
83% | The Naked and the Dead |
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— | 1958 |
No Score Yet | Buchanan Rides Alone |
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— | 1958 |
71% | The Young Lions |
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— | 1958 |
No Score Yet | Torpedo Run |
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— | 1958 |
No Score Yet | Operation Mad Ball |
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— | 1957 |
89% | Men in War |
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— | 1957 |
55% | Love Me Tender |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | Toward the Unknown |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | Santiago |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | Between Heaven and Hell |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | An Annapolis Story |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Battle Cry |
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— | 1955 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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15% |
Dr. Vegas
2004
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No Score Yet |
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-2001
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No Score Yet |
The A-Team
1983-1987
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No Score Yet |
Dukes of Hazzard
1979-1985
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No Score Yet |
The Incredible Hulk
1978-1982
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No Score Yet |
Charlie's Angels
1976-1981
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No Score Yet |
CHiPs
1977-1983
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No Score Yet |
Columbo
1968-2003
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No Score Yet |
Kung Fu
1972-1975
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No Score Yet |
Ironside
1967-1975
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No Score Yet |
Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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No Score Yet |
My Favorite Martian
1963-1966
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No Score Yet |
Rawhide
1959-1965
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No Score Yet |
Perry Mason
1957-1966
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