Photo: L. Q. Jones in trailer for Hang 'Em High (1968) / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
L.Q. Jones is one of those character actors I file under "that guy" before the name clicks. What strikes me is how tied his career was to Sam Peckinpah, popping up across Ride the High Country, The Wild Bunch, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. That kind of recurring trust from a single director tells me he was reliable on set, not just a face. I also love that he trained at the University of Texas law school and ended up in Westerns instead. The 1976 Hugo for a dramatic presentation hints he had ambitions behind the camera too, which I find more interesting than his on-screen work.
Overview
Justus Ellis McQueen Jr. (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022), known professionally as L.Q. Jones, was an American actor and director. He appeared in Sam Peckinpah's films Ride the High Country (1962), Major Dundee (1965), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- L. Q. Jones
- Name (Japanese)
- L・Q・ジョーンズ
- Reading
- L・Q・じょーんず
- Born
- August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Beaumont, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / television actor / film actor / screenwriter / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Port Neches-Groves High School
- University
- University of Texas School of Law
Awards & achievements
- 1976 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.