L.Q. Jones
- Birthday
- Aug 19, 1927
- Birthplace
- Beaumont, Texas, USA
Bio: 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… More Bio: 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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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L.Q. Jones Videos
The Mask Of Zorro
Route 666
The Jack Bull
A Prairie Home Companion
Tornado!
Filmography
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A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
- Chuck Akers
- 81%
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Route 666 (2001)
- Sheriff Bob Conaway
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The Jack Bull (1999)
- Henry Ballard
- 80%
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The Patriot (1998)
- Actor
- 22%
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The Mask of Zorro (1998)
- Three-Fingered Jack
- 82%
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