
Known for
Acting
Born
August 19, 1927
Birthplace
Beaumont, Texas, USA
Died
July 9, 2022 (aged 94)
L. Q. Jones (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 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 corresponding with his former college roommate, Fess Parker. At t...
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2006
as Chuck Akers
2005
2004
2001
as Sheriff Bob Conaway
1999
as Henry Ballard
1998
as Three-Fingered Jack
1998
as Frank
1997
as Styles
1996
1996
1996
as Ephram Thorne
1995
as Pat Webb
1994
as Sheriff
1993
as Self
1993
1992
1991
as Reno
1989
as Hiller
1988
as Sgt. O'Rourke
1983
1983
as Dakota
1983
as Tolbert Coleman
1983
1982