Justus Ellis McQueen Jr., an American actor and director known very well in the movie industry as LQ Jones was born on August 19, 1927, in Beaumont, Texas, U.S. How did he get the name LQ and what does it actually mean?
What does the LQ in LQ Jones stand for?
He made his acting debut in the 1955 movie Battle Cry, credited under his real name Justus McQueen. It was in this movie that he met the name, L.Q Jones. In that film, “L. Q. Jones” was his character’s name. He liked the name very much and decided to adopt as his stage name for all of his future roles as an actor.
Sam Peckinpah’s flicks Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1970), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), The Wild Bunch (1969), Major Dundee (1965), Ride the High Country (1962), and others, were some of the films he made an appearance.