L. Q. Jones was an American actor and director. Jones made his acting debut as Justus McQueen in the 1955 movie Battle Cry, who was his real name at the time. But the name of his character in that movie was “L. Q. Jones,” a name he loved and chose to use as his stage name for all of his future acting assignments.
On July 9, 2022, Jones died at his home in Hollywood Hills, California, at the age of 94.
Where was LQ Jones born?
Jones was born Justus Ellis McQueen Jr. on August 19, 1927, in Beaumont, Texas, to Jessie Paralee and railroad worker Justus Ellis McQueen Sr.
Where is LQ Jones from?
LQ Jones comes from Beaumont, a city in southeastern Texas known for the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum. It is a recreated town showing life in the early 1900s, at the start of the Texas oil boom.