L.Q. JONES
raggy-faced character actor L.Q. Jones, 94, who featured in the Sam Peckinpah Westerns (1962), (1965), (1969), (1970) and at least 55 other movies, died on July 9, 2022, at his home in Los Angeles. In (1958) his character defies an order to kill fellow Texan Tom Buchanan (portrayed by Randolph Scott), and in (1968) he slips a noose around the neck of Clint Eastwood. Born Justus Ellis McQueen Jr. on Aug. 19, 1927, in Beaumont, Texas, Jones also appeared in many 1950s–60s TV Westerns, including , , and . For a change of pace in 1975 he directed, produced and helped write the postapocalyptic comedy .
