LQ Jones was a terribly rugged-faced Texan who recklessly played an antihero in 60 movies and dozens of television series at his home in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. He was 94 years old.
His death was confirmed by his grandson Erté de Garces.
Former stand-up comedy Jones tried his hands as a bean, corn, and dairy rancher in Nicaragua, once saying, “I’m three to a few hours away. One is law, one is business, and the other is. I expressed it as “journalism.” At the University of Texas.
But when Fess Parker, a college roommate who later played both Daniel Boone and David Crockett, persuaded him to play a minor role in Laor’s 1955 film “Battle Cry.” He was fascinated by Warner Bros. Studios and adapted from the novels of Walsh and Leon Julis.
Parker sent him a copy of the book and a map with directions to Warnerlot. Mr Jones was cast in 2 days.
He first appeared on the screen when the movie narrator, billed as Justus E. McQueen (his birth name), introduced a group of All American recruits being transported by train to boot camp. Next, the camera panned to a character named LQ Jones.
“Then, suddenly, the voice of the narrator falls into the derogatory tone of a tenth grade math teacher in custody,” said Justin Humphreys, “a name you never remember, a face you never forget. In ”(2006).
“‘I’m one in every group,’ he tells us, because he sees LQ unnecessarily hotfooting one of the other soldiers,” Humphrey added. “The beginning of LQ Jones’ career in the film wasn’t perfect anymore. The word that best summarizes his top-priority screen persona is Helion.”
The actor pirated the character’s name for subsequent screen credits. Since then, Justus McQueen has been LQ Jones.
Jones joined Sam Peckinpah’s actor’s barn and starred in “Ride the High Country” (1962), “Major Dundee” (1965), and “Wild Bunch” (1969). Martin plays a rival bounty hunter, “reviving their corrupt characters with childish energy,” as the studio described their maniac competition for the highest body count.
Jones was also frequently seen in Western stampedes that appeared on television in the 1950s and 1960s, including “Chian,” “Gunsmoke,” “Wagon Train,” and “Rawhide.” His films included the 1968 Western drama “Hang’Em High”, which slipped a rope around Clint Eastwood’s neck, and “Stay Away Joe” with Elvis Presley. Among his other screen credits were Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” (1995) and Robert Altman’s “Prairie Home Companion” (2006), his last film.
Based on Harlan Ellison’s book of the same name, Jones helped direct, produce, and write the apocalyptic dark comedy “A Boy and His Dog” (1975) starring Don Johnson and Jason Robards.
“‘Boys and Dogs’ is a fantasy about the future post-Holocaust world, a movie for more or less beginners. There are some good ideas and some terrible ideas,” Richard Edder said of the New York Times. I am writing in a review.
“This is the second film directed by LQ Jones, who is well known as an actor,” continued Edel. “It’s not really a success, but I hope he continues to supervise.”
He didn’t. “Boys and dogs” won cult fans, but Jones returned to what he did best. He preferred the independence of overseeing the script of others and choosing the villain to appeal to him and measure his success, rather than the prospect of competing for a bigger ego than the real thing.
“Various parts demand different weights,” Jones told William R. Horner about his book “Badat the Bijou” (1982).
“I have a certain presence,” he explained. “I play against that being many times. It’s a heavy that is neither crazy nor confusing. Of course, I play them, but I’m a heavy person because I enjoy being heavy.”
“When they choose me, it’s really hard to say what they’re looking for,” Jones said. “Often your heavy stuff isn’t very well represented in the script. In most cases he’s too one-sided, so we look for something to be heavy. He’s human. Vulnerability to. Quiet moments when he is most often a screamer. Look; his outfit; how he enters the room. “
Jones was born on August 19, 1927 in Beaumont, Texas, as Justus Ellis McQueen Jr. His father was a railroad worker. His mother, Jesse Paraly (Stevens) McQueen, died in a car accident when he was a child. He learned to ride a horse at the age of eight.
After graduating from high school, he served in the Navy, attended Lamar Junior College and Ron Morris College in Texas, and briefly attended the University of Texas at Austin.
His marriage to Suluis ended with a divorce. In addition to his grandchildren, his survivors include his sons Randy McQueen and Steve Marshall, and his daughter Mindy McQueen.
Jones seems to have been less likely to measure success by his bank account (which he once described himself as “independently poor”) than by expert satisfaction. But he had a good sense of humor about it.
“I’m somewhere, probably just counting money,” said a message on his answering machine. “When I go through, if I’m not too tired, I’ll answer your phone.”
