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L.Q. Jones
Tall, sandy haired, mustachioed actor from Texas born Justus McQueen in 1927, L.Q. adopted the name of the character he portrayed in his first film, Battle Cry (1955). Jones, with his craggy, gaunt looks, first appeared in minor character roles in plenty of WWII films including The Young Lions (1958), The Naked and the Dead (1958), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), and Battle of the Coral Sea (1959). In 1962 he team up with maverick director Sam Peckinpah for the first of Jones’ five appearances in his films: Ride the High Country (1962); Major Dundee (1965) with Charlton Heston; The Wild Bunch (1969); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); and Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973).
Jones then directed the cult post-apocalyptic film A Boy and His Dog (1975) starring a young Don Johnson. This won LQ a Hugo Award from America’s science fiction writers.
Working in television, Jones had recurring characters on such western programs as Cheyenne (1955), Gunsmoke (1955), Laramie, Two Faces West (1960-1961), and 25 times on The Virginian (1962) as ranch hand Andy Belden.
He turned in an interesting performance as a seemingly good ol’ boy Nevada cowboy who was actually a powerful behind-the-scenes player in state politics who leaned on Robert De Niro’s Las Vegas mob gambler in Martin Scorsese’s violent and powerful Casino (1995). Followed up by roles in The Edge (1997), The Mask of Zorro (1998), and A Prairie Home Companion (2006).
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