RIP L.Q. Jones

 

L.Q. Jones Dies: Veteran Film And Television Actor, Producer Of ‘A Boy And His Dog’ Was 94.

 

DEADLINE

By Bruce Haring

July 9, 2022

L.Q. Jones, a veteran character actor whose resume included more than 60 screen credits in film and many television appearances, died of natural causes Saturday at his home in Hollywood. He was 94 and his death was confirmed by his grandson, Erté deGarces, as cited in multiple news reports.

Born Justice Ellis McQueen on Aug. 19, 1927 in Beaumont, Texas, he took his stage name from his first film role in the 1955 Raoul Walsh film, Battle Cry.

His film roles included parts in Don Siegel’s An Annapolis Story, Mervyn LeRoy’s Toward the Unknown, and Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.

He also appeared in Martin Campbell’s The Mask of Zorro, Roland Emmerich’s The Patriot, and Martin Scorsese’s Casino.

On television, he specialized in westerns, appearing on Gunsmoke, The Virginian and Bonanza.

Beyond acting, he produced, directed and wrote the 1975 feature A Boy and His Dog, a post-apocalyptic black comedy.

Survivors include sons Randy McQueen and Steve Marshall, and daughter Mindy McQueen.

 

JONES, L.Q. (Justice Ellis McQueen Jr.)

Born: 8/19/1927, Beaumont, Texas, U.S.A.

Died: 7/9/2022, Hollywood, California, U.S.A.

 

L.Q. Jones’ westerns – producer, actor:

Cheyenne (TV) – 1955 (Smitty)

Love Me Tender – 1956 (Pardee Fleming)

Annie Oakley (TV) – 1956 (Cal Upton, Ned Blane)

Gunsight Ridge – 1957 (Lazy Heart ranch hand)

Buchanan Rides Alone – 1958 (Pecos Hill)

Jefferson Drum (TV) 1958 (Burdette)

Warlock – 1959 (Fen Jiggs)

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV) – 1959 (Clem Crawford)

Black Saddle (TV) – 1959 (Jack Shepherd)

Laramie (TV) – 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 (John MacLean, Betts, Homer, Truk, Johnny

      Duncan, Neeley, Frank Keefer, Sergeant)

Tales of Wells Fargo (TV) – 1959, 1961 (Wes, Striker)

Wagon Train (TV) – 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964 (Squirrel Charvanaugh, Lenny, Esdras, Ike

      Truman, Private James Jones)

Wichita Town (TV) – 1959 (Walter)

Cimarron – 1960 (Mills)

Flaming Star – 1960 (Tom Howard)

Ten Who Dared – 1960 (Billy ‘Missouri’ Hawkins)

Johnny Ringo (TV) – 1960 (Billy Boy Jethro)

Klondike (TV) – 1960 (Joe Teel)

The Rebel (TV) – 1960 (Otis Rumph, Roy Shandell)

Two Faces West (TV) 1960, 1961

The Yank (TV) – 1960 (Justin)

The Americans (TV) – 1961 (Yonts)

Death Valley Days (TV) – 1961 (Billy Madson)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV) – 1961 (Tex)

Ride the High Country – 1962 (Sylvus Hammond)

Have Gun – Will Travel (TV) – 1962, 1963 (Little Fontana, Bill Renn, Hector McAbee,

Lawman (TV) – 1962 (Ollie Earnshaw)

The Rifleman (TV) - 1962 (Charley Breen)

Wide Country (TV) – 1962 (Whicker)

Showdown – 1963 (Foray)

Empire (TV) - 1963 (L.Q.)

Gunsmoke (TV) – 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972 (Skinner, Brady, Wally, Kittridge, Nix,

      Summer Pendleton, Gecko Ridley)

Rawhide (TV) – 1963, 1964, 1965 (George Cornelius, Corporal Wayne, Luke, Pee Jay Peters)

The Virginian (TV) – 1963-1971 (Belden)

Apache Rifles – 1964 (Mike Greer)

The Devil’s Bedroom – 1964 [producer, director]

Major Dundee – 1965 (Arthur Hadley)

Branded (TV) – 1965 Ollie Earnshaw)

Nevada Smith – 1966 (cowboy)

The Big Valley (TV) – 1966, 1967. 1968 (Cort, Curtis, Earl Vaughn, Hutch, Gus Vandiver)

A Man Called Shenandoah (TV) – 1966 (Ben Lloyd)

Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats (TV) – 1966 (gunman)

Hondo – 1967 (Allie)

Cimarron Strip (TV) – 1967 (Barnes, Lummy)

Hang ‘Em High – 1968 (Loomis)

Stay Away Joe – 1968 (Bronc Hoverty)

The Wild Bunch – 1969 (T.C.)

Lancer (TV) – 1969 (Slate Meek)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue – 1970 (Taggart)

The McMasters – 1970 (Russel)

Alias Smith and Jones (TV) – 1971, 1972 (Clint Weaver, Peterson)

The Hunting Party – 1972 (Hog Warren)

The Bravos (TV) – 1972 (Ben Lawler)

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid – 1973 (Black Harris)

Mrs. Sundance (TV) – 1974 (Charles Siringo)

Kung Fu (TV) 1973, 1975 (Sergeant Straight, Major Clarke Bealson)

Winterhawk – 1975 (Gates)

Banjo Hackett: Roamin’ Free (TV) – 1976 (Sheriff Tadlock)

Buffalo Soldiers (TV) – 1979 (renegade)

How the West Was Won (TV) – 1979 (Batlin)

The Sacketts (TV) – 1979 (Belden)

Young Maverick (TV) – 1979 Taggert

Wild Times (TV) – 1980 (Wild Bill Hickok)

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann – 1982 (Sheriff Ben Potter)

Sacred Ground – 1983 (Tolbert Coleman)

Lone Wolf McQuade – 1983 (Dakota)

The Yellow Rose (TV) – 1983-1984 (Sheriff Lew Wallace)

Red River (TV) – 1988 (Sims)

The Legend of Grizzly Adams – 1990 (Reno)

Sam Peckinpah: A Retrospective – 1992 [himself]

Lightning Jack 1994 (Sheriff)

Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) – 1994 (Billy Selkirk)

The Mask of Zorro – 1998 (Three-Fingered Jack)

The Jack Bull (TV) – 1999 (Henry Ballard)