L.Q. Jones (born Justus Ellis McQueen Jr., August 19, 1927 - July 9, 2022) was an American actor and director best known for The Edge (1997), The Mask of Zorro (1998), and A Boy and His Dog (1975).
He was married to Neta S. Lewis and they had three children.
Jones died in 2022 at the age 94 from natural causes.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1955: Battle Cry as Pvt. L.Q. Jones
- 1955: An Annapolis Story as Watson
- 1955: Target Zero as Pvt. Felix O'Hara
- 1956: Santiago as Digger
- 1956: Toward The Unknown as 2nd Lt. Sweeney
- 1956: Between Heaven And Hell as Pvt. Kenny
- 1956: Love Me Tender as Pardee Fleming (Uncredited Role)
- 1957: Men In War as Sgt. Davis
- 1957: Operation Mad Ball as Ozark
- 1957: Gunsight Ridge as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
- 1958: The Young Lions as Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
- 1958: Buchanan Rides Alone as Pecos Hill
- 1958: The Naked And The Dead as Woodrow 'Woody' Wilson
- 1958: Torpedo Run as 'Hash' Benson
- 1959: Warlock as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
- 1959: Battle Of The Coral Sea as Yeoman Halliday
- 1959: Hound Dog Man as Dave Wilson
- 1960: The Gambler The Nun And The Radio as Rodeo Rider
- 1960: Ten Who Dared as Billy 'Missouri' Hawkins
- 1960: Cimarron as Millis
- 1960: Flaming Star as Tom Howard
- 1960: The Yank as Justin
- 1962: Ride the High Country as Sylvus Hammond
- 1962: Hell Is for Heroes as Supply Sgt. Frazer
- 1963: Showdown as Foray
- 1964: Iron Angel as Buttons
- 1964: Apache Rifles as Mike Greer
- 1965: Major Dundee as Arthur Hadley
- 1966: Nevada Smith as Cowboy (uncredited)
- 1968: Stay Away Joe as Bronc Hoverty
- 1968: Hang 'Em High as Loomis
- 1968: The Counterfeit Killer as Hotel Clerk
- 1969: The Wild Bunch as T.C.
- 1970: The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Taggart
- 1970: The Mc Masters as Russel
- 1971: The Hunting Party as Hog Warren
- 1971: The Brotherhood of Satan as Sheriff (also producer and writer)
- 1972: The Bravos as Ben Lawler
- 1972: Fireball Forward as Maj. Larkin
- 1972: Forty Three The Richard Petty Story as Ed Koler
- 1973: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid as Black Harris
- 1974: Mrs Sundance as Charles Siringo
- 1974: Manhunter as Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
- 1974: The Strange And Deadly Occurrence as Sheriff Berlinger
- 1975: Attack On Terror The FBI Vs The Ku Klux Klan as Roy Ralstop
- 1975: A Boy and His Dog as Actor in Porno Film (uncredited) (also producer, director, and writer)
- 1975: White Line Fever as Buck Wessle
- 1975: Winterhawk as Gates
- 1976: Banjo Hackett Roamin Free as Sheriff Tadlock
- 1976: Mother, Jugs & Speed as Davey
- 1978: Standing Tall as Nate Rackley
- 1978: Colordo CI as Hoyt Gunnison
- 1979: Fast Charlie The Moonbeam Rider as Floyd
- 1979: Buffalo Soldiers 1979 as Renegade
- 1982: The Beast Within as Sheriff Pool
- 1982: Melanie as Buford (uncredited)
- 1982: Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann as Sheriff Ben Potter
- 1983: Sacred Ground as Tolbert Coleman
- 1983: Lone Wolf McQuade as Dakota
- 1987: Bulletproof as Sgt. O'Rourke
- 1988: Red River as Sims
- 1989: River Of Death as Eddie Hiller
- 1990: The Legend Of Grizzly Adams as Reno
- 1994: Lightning Jack as Sheriff
- 1995: Casino as Pat Webb
- 1995: The Friends Of Harry as Senator
- 1996: Tornado as Ephram Thorne
- 1997: The Edge as Styles
- 1998: The Mask of Zorro as Three-Fingered Jack
- 1998: The Patriot (1998) as Frank
- 1999: The Jack Bull as Henry Ballard
- 2001: Route 666 as Sheriff Bob Conaway
- 2006: A Prairie Home Companion as Chuck Akers
Television Roles
- 1955: Cheyenne as Smitty Smith
- 1956: Annie Oakley as Ned Blane/Cal Upton (2 episodes)
- 1957: The Joseph Cotten Show On Trial as Jedediah 'Jed' Boone
- 1957: The Silent Service as Electrician's Mate Jack Potter
- 1957-1958: Menof Annapolis as Midshipman Clint Parker/Gaddis/Hal Nichols (3 episodes)
- 1958: Jefferson Drum as Burdette
- 1958-1962: Lassie as Atty. Blake/Sgt. Nolan/Army Sgt./Mr. Woodruff (4 episodes)
- 1958-1963: Perry Mason as Edward Lewis/Charles Barnaby (2 episodes)
- 1959: The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin as Clem Crawford
- 1959: Black Saddle as Jack Shepherd
- 1959: Tightrope as Earl Bell
- 1959: Witchita Town as Walter
- 1959-1961: Tales Of Wells Fargo as Striker/Wes (2 episodes)
- 1959-1963: Laramie as Sergeant/Frank Keefer/Neeley/Johnny Duncan/Truk/Homer/Betts/John MacLean (8 episodes)
- 1959-1964: Wagon Train as Pvt. James Jones/Ike Truman/Esdras/Lenny/Squirrel Charvanaugh (5 episodes)
- 1960: Johnny Ringo as Billy Boy Jethro
- 1960: Lock Up 1959 as Tex
- 1960: Buick Electra Playhouse as Rodeo Rider
- 1960: Klondike as Joe Teel
- 1960: The Rebel as Roy Shandell/Otis Rumph (2 episodes)
- 1961: The Detectives as Betty Merriwether
- 1961: The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp as Tex
- 1961: The Americans 1961 as Yonts
- 1961: Death Valley Days as Billy Madson
- 1962: Lawman as Ollie Earnshaw
- 1962: The Rifleman as Charley Breen
- 1962: Wide Country as Whicker
- 1962: Ben Casey as Stan Galloway
- 1962-1963: Have Gun – Will Travel as Hector McAbee/Bill Renn/Little Fontana (3 episodes)
- 1963: Route 66 as Babe
- 1963: Empire as L.Q.
- 1963-1965: Rawhide as Pee Jay Peters/Luke/Cpl. Wayne/George Cornelius (5 episodes)
- 1963-1971: The Virginian as Belden/Andy (25 episodes)
- 1963-1972: Gunsmoke as Gecko Ridley/Sumner Pendleton/Nix/Kittridge/Wally/Brady/Skinner (7 episodes)
- 1965: Slatterys People as Kelly Simpson
- 1965: Branded as Miles
- 1965: My Favorite Martian as Frank James
- 1966: A Man Called Shenandoah as Ben Lloyd
- 1966: Pistols N Petticoats as 1st Gunman
- 1966: The Jean Arthur Show as Officer Simpson
- 1966: ABC Stage 67 as Deputy
- 1966-1967: Bob Hope Presents Chrysler Theatre as Ernie Packer/Hotel Clerk (2 episodes)
- 1966-1968: The Big Valley as Gus Vandiver/Hutch/Earl Vaughn/Curtis/Cort (5 episodes)
- 1967: Cimarron Strip as Lummy/Barnes (2 episodes)
- 1967: Hondo as Allie
- 1967-1971: The F.B.I. as Al Tanner/Wesley Davis (2 episodes)
- 1969: Hawaii Five-O as Col. Lew Cardell
- 1969: Lancer as Slate Meek
- 1971: Cade's County as Grover Curtis
- 1971-1972: Alias Smith and Jones as Peterson/Clint Weaver (2 episodes)
- 1971-1973: Cannon as Sheriff Virgil Spoontz/Phil Mackey (2 episodes)
- 1972: The Delphi Bureau as Cole
- 1972: The Bold Ones The New Doctors as Dr. Dietrich
- 1973-1974: Ironside (1967) as Lt. Mark Cardiff/Harry Ashton (2 episodes)
- 1973-1975: Kung Fu (1972) as Maj. Clarke Bealson/Sgt. Straight (2 episodes)
- 1974: The Magician as Johnson
- 1976: Movin On 1974 as Flakey Edwards
- 1976-1980: Charlie's Angels as Sam Mason/Burdette/Dan Jarvis/Sgt. William Billings (4 episodes)
- 1977: McCloud as Kenny Hingle
- 1978: CHiPs as Hoskins
- 1978: Columbo as Gun Dealer
- 1979: How The West Was Won as Batlin
- 1979: The Sacketts as Belden
- 1979: The Runaways 1978 as Matthew Turner
- 1979: The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Jake White
- 1979: Young Maverick as Taggert
- 1979-1982: The Dukes of Hazzard as Morton/Warren (2 episodes)
- 1980: Wild Times as Wild Bill Hickok
- 1980: Vegas as Everett Mason
- 1980: Enos as Garrett
- 1981: Walking Tall as John Whitter
- 1981: Riker as Massey
- 1982: The Fall Guy as Sheriff Dwight LeClerc
- 1983: Voyagers! as Ground Control #1
- 1983-1984: The Yellow Rose as Sheriff Lew Wallace (10 episodes)
- 1984: Matt Houston as Sheriff Loftus
- 1986: The A-Team as Chuck Danford
- 1991: The New Adam Twelve as Mr. Weaver
- 1994: Walker, Texas Ranger as Billy Selkirk
- 1994-1996: Renegade as Nathan 'Duke' Wayne (5 episodes)
- 1996: In Cold Blood as Tex Smith
- 2004: Dr Vegas as Hondo
Producer
- 1964: The Devils Bedroom (also director)
- 1969: The Witchmaker
