L. Q. Jones Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

L. Q. Jones Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

L. Q. Jones (born Justus Ellis McQueen Jr.; August 19, 1927) is an

American actor and director best 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 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 the

time, in 1954, Parker was already in Hollywood working in films and on

television. Jones is a practising Methodist and a registered

Republican.Jones made his film debut in 1955 in Battle Cry, credited

under his birth name Justus McQueen. His character's name in that

film, however, was "L. Q. Jones", a name he liked and decided to adopt

as his stage name for all of his future roles as an actor. In 1955, he

was cast as "Smitty Smith" in three episodes of Clint Walker's

ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne, the first hour-long

western on network television.
L. Q. Jones Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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