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L.Q. Jones (1927-2022) was an American actor and director. Jones was a supporting actor whose career spanned 6 decades. Known for his numerous appearances in Sam Peckinpah movies and for directing the cult classic, A Boy And His Dog. His IMDb page shows 165 acting credits from 1955 to 2006. This page will rank L.Q. Jones movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.
L.Q. Jones Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Teri Garr was in 5 films with Elvis and Red West, who was part of his entourage was in 17.
Thank you Dan. Good Elvis information.
I have seen 48 of L.Q.’s movies listed above. The highest rated I have not seen is Melanie.
L.Q. is # 841 on the 2021 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. Amazingly he never made the top 500 of any decade.
These are the actors on the 2021 list he appeared with.
4 ROBERT DE NIRO Casino (1995)
5 HARVEY KEITEL Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
10 DENNIS HOPPER Hang ‘Em High (1968)
11 ANTHONY HOPKINS The Edge (1997)
11 ANTHONY HOPKINS The Mask of Zorro (1998)
16 ERNEST BORGNINE The Wild Bunch (1969)
16 ERNEST BORGNINE Torpedo Run (1958)
17 DAVID CARRADINE Fast Charlie… the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
17 DAVID CARRADINE Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
17 DAVID CARRADINE The McMasters (1970)
30 BRUCE DERN Hang ‘Em High (1968)
30 BRUCE DERN Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
33 CHARLTON HESTON Major Dundee (1965)
39 DONALD PLEASENCE River of Death (1989)
42 ANTHONY QUINN Warlock (1959)
50 HARRY DEAN STANTON Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
62 ANTONIO BANDERAS The Mask of Zorro (1998)
73 CLINT EASTWOOD Hang ‘Em High (1968)
76 GENE HACKMAN The Hunting Party (1971)
82 DANNY TREJO Bulletproof (1988)
89 JOHN CARRADINE The McMasters (1970)
91 MARTIN LANDAU Nevada Smith (1966)
105 JAMES WOODS Casino (1995)
111 JACK PALANCE The McMasters (1970)
115 JASON ROBARDS A Boy and His Dog (1975)
115 JASON ROBARDS Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
115 JASON ROBARDS The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
127 ROBERT VAUGHN River of Death (1989)
129 ROBERT WAGNER Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
140 HENRY FONDA Warlock (1959)
149 RICHARD HARRIS Major Dundee (1965)
153 MICKEY ROONEY Operation Mad Ball (1957)
156 MERYL STREEP A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
158 WOODY HARRELSON A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
162 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
167 HENRY SILVA Bulletproof (1988)
172 MAXIMILIAN SCHELL The Young Lions (1958)
180 CANDICE BERGEN The Hunting Party (1971)
191 PAUL SORVINO Melanie (1982)
196 ALEC BALDWIN The Edge (1997)
202 MAURY CHAYKIN The Mask of Zorro (1998)
205 DAVID WARNER The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
209 ED LAUTER Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
216 HERBERT LOM River of Death (1989)
227 SHARON STONE Casino (1995)
239 TOMMY LEE JONES A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
254 JAMES COBURN Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
254 JAMES COBURN Major Dundee (1965)
254 JAMES COBURN Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
280 OLIVER REED The Hunting Party (1971)
302 RICHARD RIEHLE Casino (1995)
302 RICHARD RIEHLE Lightning Jack (1994)
311 BURGESS MEREDITH Stay Away, Joe (1968)
324 JACK LEMMON Operation Mad Ball (1957)
326 GARY BUSEY Bulletproof (1988)
331 TRACEY WALTER Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
335 JAMES GARNER Toward the Unknown (1956)
349 BRUCE DAVISON Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
366 PETER COYOTE Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
382 CHARLES BRONSON Target Zero (1955)
388 BEN JOHNSON Hang ‘Em High (1968)
388 BEN JOHNSON Major Dundee (1965)
388 BEN JOHNSON Ten Who Dared (1960)
388 BEN JOHNSON The Wild Bunch (1969)
394 PAT HINGLE Hang ‘Em High (1968)
394 PAT HINGLE Lightning Jack (1994)
394 PAT HINGLE Nevada Smith (1966)
423 MARLON BRANDO The Young Lions (1958)
426 DICK MILLER Route 666 (2001)
426 DICK MILLER White Line Fever (1975)
436 KEVIN POLLAK Casino (1995)
466 WILLIAM HOLDEN The Wild Bunch (1969)
466 WILLIAM HOLDEN Toward the Unknown (1956)
468 BEVERLY D’ANGELO Lightning Jack (1994)
477 BO HOPKINS Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (1996)
477 BO HOPKINS Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005)
477 BO HOPKINS The Wild Bunch (1969)
478 CLIFF ROBERTSON Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
478 CLIFF ROBERTSON The Naked and the Dead (1958)
482 GLENN FORD Cimarron (1960)
482 GLENN FORD Torpedo Run (1958)
503 MARIO ADORF Major Dundee (1965)
503 MARIO ADORF Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005)
519 FRED WARD Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
536 STUART WHITMAN Hound-Dog Man (1959)
550 JOHN C. REILLY A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
557 RICHARD WIDMARK Warlock (1959)
570 VIRGINIA MADSEN A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
572 CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA BULLETPROOF (1988)
590 DUB TAYLOR Major Dundee (1965)
590 DUB TAYLOR Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
590 DUB TAYLOR The Wild Bunch (1969)
592 WOODY STRODE Winterhawk (1975)
606 GEORGE TAKEI BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA (1959)
632 SLIM PICKENS Gunsight Ridge (1957)
632 SLIM PICKENS Major Dundee (1965)
632 SLIM PICKENS Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
632 SLIM PICKENS The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
632 SLIM PICKENS White Line Fever (1975)
646 RAQUEL WELCH Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
655 SHIRLEY KNIGHT The Counterfeit Killer (1968)
659 RICHARD MASUR Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
674 ROYAL DANO Cimarron (1960)
674 ROYAL DANO Hound-Dog Man (1959)
674 ROYAL DANO Santiago (1956)
694 KEVIN KLINE A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
702 PAUL FIX Nevada Smith (1966)
702 PAUL FIX Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
702 PAUL FIX Santiago (1956)
702 PAUL FIX Toward the Unknown (1956)
714 KATHLEEN FREEMAN The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
729 RAF VALLONE Nevada Smith (1966)
734 JAMES WHITMORE Battle Cry (1955)
744 SENTA BERGER Major Dundee (1965)
769 ALLEN GARFIELD Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
774 MATT CLARK Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
795 BRODERICK CRAWFORD Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
798 WARREN OATES Major Dundee (1965)
798 WARREN OATES Ride the High Country (1962)
798 WARREN OATES The Wild Bunch (1969)
810 ROBERT RYAN Men in War (1957)
810 ROBERT RYAN The Wild Bunch (1969)
812 LEE VAN CLEEF The Young Lions (1958)
842 CUBA GOODING JR. Lightning Jack (1994)
856 JOAQUIM DE ALMEIDA The Mask of Zorro (1998)
876 ALDO RAY Battle Cry (1955)
876 ALDO RAY Men in War (1957)
876 ALDO RAY The Naked and the Dead (1958)
908 STUART WILSON THE MASK OF ZORRO (1998)
925 JACK ELAM Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
925 JACK ELAM Sacred Ground (1983)
927 LILY TOMLIN A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
935 KEVIN MCCARTHY An Annapolis Story (1955)
940 FRANK MCRAE Lightning Jack (1994)
953 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF Men in War (1957)
961 FISHER STEVENS A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (2006)
L.Q. appeared with 33 Oscar winners.
ANNE BAXTER Cimarron (1960)
ANTHONY HOPKINS The Edge (1997)
ANTHONY HOPKINS The Mask of Zorro (1998)
ANTHONY QUINN Warlock (1959)
BEN JOHNSON Hang ‘Em High (1968)
BEN JOHNSON Major Dundee (1965)
BEN JOHNSON Ten Who Dared (1960)
BEN JOHNSON The Wild Bunch (1969)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
BURL IVES The McMasters (1970)
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES The Mask of Zorro (1998)
CHARLTON HESTON Major Dundee (1965)
CLIFF ROBERTSON Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
CLIFF ROBERTSON The Naked and the Dead (1958)
CUBA GOODING JR. Lightning Jack (1994)
DOROTHY MALONE Battle Cry (1955)
DOROTHY MALONE Warlock (1959)
EDMOND O’BRIEN The Wild Bunch (1969)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Wild Bunch (1969)
ERNEST BORGNINE Torpedo Run (1958)
GENE HACKMAN The Hunting Party (1971)
HENRY FONDA Warlock (1959)
JACK LEMMON Operation Mad Ball (1957)
JACK PALANCE The McMasters (1970)
JAMES COBURN Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
JAMES COBURN Major Dundee (1965)
JAMES COBURN Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
JANE DARWELL Hound-Dog Man (1959)
JASON ROBARDS A Boy and His Dog (1975)
JASON ROBARDS Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
JASON ROBARDS The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
JOE PESCI Casino (1995)
KARL MALDEN Nevada Smith (1966)
KATY JURADO Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
KATY JURADO Stay Away, Joe (1968)
KEVIN KLINE A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
MARLON BRANDO The Young Lions (1958)
MARTIN LANDAU Nevada Smith (1966)
MAXIMILIAN SCHELL The Young Lions (1958)
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE CIMARRON (1960)
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE THE COUNTERFEIT KILLER (1968)
MERYL STREEP A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
ROBERT DE NIRO Casino (1995)
TOMMY LEE JONES A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
VAN HEFLIN Battle Cry (1955)
WILLIAM HOLDEN The Wild Bunch (1969)
WILLIAM HOLDEN Toward the Unknown (1956)
Hey Dan
1. As always thanks for putting these lists together.
2. Tally count: 48 for you, 21 for me, 20 for Bob and 16 for Flora…or 57 for us to your small total of 48…lol.
3. Surprised he has a spot on the Oracle Top 1000……as his heyday was almost half a century ago.
4. Looks like the great Slim Pickens gets the honors as most frequent Oracle co-star with 5 movies.
5. 33 Oscar winning co-stars is actually pretty good considering the types of movies that he appeared in most of the time.
Good stuff as always…RIP Mr. Jones.
I have seen 16 L.Q. Jones movies.
The HIGHEST ranked movie I have seen is The Young Lions.
The highest ranked movie I have NOT seen is The Mark of Zorro.
The LOWEST ranked movie I have seen is Torpedo Run.
Favourite L.Q. Jones Movies:
Nevada Smith
Men in War
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Hell is For Heroes
Ride the High Country
Warlock
Torpedo Run
Operation Mad Ball
Other L.Q. Jones Movies I Have seen;
The Young Lions
Battle Cry
Love Me Tender
The Wild Bunch
Hang ’em High
The Naked and the Dead
Cimarron
Hey Flora, thanks for sharing your thoughts on our L.Q. Jones tribute page. Tally count: 48 for Dan, 21 for me, 20 for Bob and 16 for you. I have seen 5 of your favorites and 5 of your others. Not surprised that The Wild Bunch is not on the favorites list, as I remember when you saw that one, that you did not like it all. Good comment as always.
I rarely go to the cinema these days though I watch a lot of television movies and reruns of selected cinematic films of yesteryear.
Therefore the 2 relatively most recent L Q movies that I have see are the swearfest 1995 Casino and The Mask of Zorro in 1998. The final movie of his that I saw previous to those two was way back in 1965: Chuck Heston’s Major Dundee.
Hawk-faced LQ was in fact one of the most prolific character actors of my formative years as a moviegoer in the 1950s and early 1960s and I have overall seen 20 of his movies. The ones that I most remember are naturally those featuring some of my top idols:
Towards the Unknown aka Brink of Hell -William Holden
Santiago aka The Gun Runners – Alan Ladd
The Young Lions – Marlon Brando
Cimarron and Torpedo Run – both starring Glenn Ford
Flaming Star – Elvis in a role originally meant for Brando
Warlock – Richard Widmark
Major Dundee – Chuck Heston
Showdown – Audie Murphy
My fave among that batch is in fact one of my all time best-liked westerns: Widmark’s Warlock. However some years ago the Work Horse kindly bought me a book on Audie Murphy which I have valued ever since as a source of reference on Audie’s films and here is what it has to say about 1963’s Showdown: “The picture is interesting and absorbing and well plotted. Murphy performs with heroic valour and turns in a good acting job.”
Joel Hirschhorn could not have covered it better – and maybe not even as well!! That mean ole Work Horse gives it just a 52% rating above; but [largely for fans such as I] it was a low budget routine B western which curiously -maybe to cut costs – is in black and white.
Anyway according to the Celebrity Net Worth site LQ was worth $2 million at the time of his sad death. That’s not a lot these days considering that outrageous sums of money are showered on many new actresses and actresses who do not at least in my opinion bring to the entertainment table the value that the veteran LQ did over so many years.
However the figure suggests that at least LQ who lived to the old age of 94 as The Work Horse faithfully records above thankfully was maintained in comfort in his final years. “Voted Up!”
Hey Bob….thanks for the thoughts on the late L.Q. Jones. Tally count: 48 for Dan, 21 for me, 20 for you and 16 for Flora. Looking at your favorites that you listed, I have seen 3 of them…with Major Dundee being one I want to see. He actually made 3 movies with Elvis…..I wonder how many others made that many with the King? Good to know that Mr. Jones was not struggling for money in his 90s. Rest in Peace Mr. Jones.
Sad news about the passing of L. Q. Jones. I have seen 21 L.Q. Jones movies. Favorites would include A Boy And His Dog, Casino, The Edge, The Jack Bull and his appearances in the Sam Peckinpah westerns. I for years, heck decades, got L.Q. Jones mixed up with Anthony James. Everytime, I would see Anthony James pop up in a movie, I would think that is L.Q., the guy that directed A Boy And His Dog. It was not until I listened to the DVD commentary of that movie that I realized I had been wrong for so many years. Rest in Peace Mr. Jones.