"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" by Elvis Costello

In some ways this July has felt more like January to me. Okay, the temperatures are hardly like January. It has been overly hot even for Missouri in July. Even so, having eulogized individuals on this blog for the past 18 years, it seems to me that January is the month when more people (at least celebrities) die than any other. This year might be the exception. I swear more people have died this July than usual. Most of my posts this month have been eulogies and I still have at leat two more to write. Today, I have decided to take a break and post something different.

It was 45 years ago today that Elvis Costello's debut album, My Aim is True, was released in the United Kingdom. The album would prove to be successful, going to no. 14 on the UK albums chart. It was also critically acclaimed and has since been come considered a classic. The Third single from My Aim is True is "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes." The song didn't chart in the United Kingdom or the United States, but it remains one of my favourite Elvis Costello songs. I love its Byrds-inspired sound and its subject matter is unusual

Gregory Itzin Passes On

Gregory Itzin, who had regular or recurring roles on such TV shows as Murder One, 24, The Mentalist, and Covert Affairs, died on July 8 2022 at the age of 74. The cause was complications during an emergency surgery.

Gregory Itzin was born on April 20 1948 in Washington, DC. When he was in sixth grade his family moved to Burlington, Washington. He studied acting at he American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

Gregory Itzlin made his television debut in an uncredited role as a White House Tour Guide in the miniseries Backstairs at the White House in 1979. That same year he guest starred on the TV shows Mork & Mindy and Charlie's Angels. He made his film debut in 1980 in Airplane!

In the Eighties Gregory Itzlin was a regular on the short-lived sitcom The Nutt House. He guest starred on the shows Fame, Lou Grant, American Playhouse, Voyagers!, Street Hawk, Falcon Crest, Santa Barbara, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Dallas, Tales from the Darkside, Hunter, Hill Street Blues, Hotel, The A-Team, Easy Street, MacGyver, St. Elsewhere, Outlaws, Max Headroom, Frank's Place, 21 Jump Street, A Year in the Life, Something is Out There, Knot's Landing, Jesse Hawkes, Murphy Brown, Anything But Love, Head of the Class, Coach, and Over My Dead Body. In the Eighties he appeared in the movies The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Hard to Hold (1984), Teen Wolf (1985), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), and Dad (1989).

In the Nineties Gregory Itzin had recurring and regular roles on the shows Eerie, Indiana; Something Wilder; Murder One; and Strip Mall. He guest starred on the shows Gabriel's Fire; Jake and the Fireman; Dark Justice; DEA; Night Court; FBI: The Untold Stories; Homefront; Davis Rules; Bodies of Evidence; Empty Nest; Civil Wars; Beverly Hills, 90120; Matlock; Major Dad; Shaky Ground; Quantum Leap; L.A. Law; Dave's World; Picket Fences; The Client; Strange Luck; Murder, She Wrote; ER; Chicago Hope; Arli$$; Diagnosis Murder; The Pretender; Millennium; JAG; Players; Suddenly Susan; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; The Closer; C-16: FBI; Any Day Now; Brother's Keeper; Caroline in the City; V.I.P.; Party of Five; Wasteland; Early Edition; It's Like You Know...; Family Law; Beggars and Choosers; Profiler; Bull; Star Trek: Voyager; and The Michael Richards Show.He appeared in the movies Young Goodman Brow(1993), Born to Be Wild (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Fly Boy (1999), Making Contact (1999), What's Cooking? (1999), and Boy's Life 3 (2000).

In the Naughts Gregory Itzin starred as President Charles Logan on 24. He guest starred on the shows Wolf Lake, Philly, The West Wing, For the People, Firefly, NYPD Blue, NCIS, Without a Trace, The Lyon's Den, The Practice, Friends, Medical Investigation, The O.C., Crossing Jordan, Judging Amy, Star Trek: Enterprise, Boston Legal, Robot Chicken, Medium, and Hannah Montana. He appeared in the movies Evolution (2001), Original Sin (2001), Life or Something Like It (2002), Igby Goes Down (2002), Adaptation. (2002), I Know Who Killed Me (2007), Float (2008), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), The Job (2009), and Autopilot (2010).

In the Teens Gregory Itzin continued to appear on 24. He also had recurring or regular roles on the shows Big Love, The Mentalist, Covert Affairs, and Mob City. He guest starred on the TV shows Desperate Housewives, Once Upon a Time, Hawaii Five-0, Code Black, The Resident, and NCIS. He appeared in the mini-series Stay Filthy, Cali, and America 2.0. He appeared in the movies L.A., I Hate You (2011), The Change-Up (2011), The Ides of March (2011), Lincoln (2012), Small Time (2014), Sensitivity Training (2016), Ice: The Movie (2018), and Dark, Deadly & Dreadful (2018).

Gregory Itzin was a versatile actor who played everything from regular roles on TV show to guest roles that lasted only a few minutes. He played a variety of authority figures. In addition to President Logan on 24 and Senator Dwyer on Big Love, he was Mayor Winston Chisel on Eerie, Indiana; Magistrate Higgins in the Firefly episode "Jaynestown;" and District Attorney Garfield on Murder One. Whether the authority figures were corrupt (as President Logan on 24 was) or honest, he played all of them well. Of course, Gregory Itzin played a wide variety of other sorts of roles. In the Quantum Leap episode, "Memphis Melody: July 3, 1954," he played Sam Phillips, the founder and owner of Sun Records. In the Night Court episode "Where There's a Will, There's a Tony: Part 2," he was a mugger. He was a burn doctor in the ER episode "The Healers." Over the years Gregory Itzin played many roles. What is more he played them well.

Godspeeed Manny Charlton, Formerly of Nazareth

Manny Charlton, the former lead guitarist of Nazareth, died on July 5 2022 at the age of 80.

Manny Charlton was born on July 25 1941 in La Línea, Andalusia, Spain. He was only two when his family migrated to Dunfermline, Scotland. When he was young he played in such bands as The Mark 5 and The Red Hawks. In 1968 Manny Charlton joined the Dunfermline band The Shadettes. After the departure of various members reduced the band to a quartet, The Shadettes renamed themselves "Nazareth." The name was taken from the first line of "The Weight" by The Band, "I pulled into Nazareth, feelin’ ’bout half past dead."

Nazareth moved from Scotland to London in 1970. They signed to Pegasus Records and their eponymous debut album was released in 1971. Nazareth's first two albums failed to chart, but their third album, Razamanaz, peaked at no. 11 on the UK album chart and no. 157 on the Billboard album chart. Nazareth would have success with singles in the United Kingdom early in their career. Their single "Bad Bad Boy," from the album  album Razamanaz, went to no. 10 o the UK singles chart. Their cover of Joni Mitchell's "This Flight Tonight" peaked at no. 11

It was with their sixth album, Hair of the Dog, that Nazareth would have their biggest hit in the United States. The album went to no. 17 on the Billboard album chart. A single from the album, a cover of The Everly Brothers' "Love Hurts," went to no. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single performed even better elsewhere, going to no. 1 in Canada, South Africa, and the Netherlands.

Nazareth would never repeat the success of Hair of the Dog in the United States, but the band continued to be popular, releasing several more albums and continuing to tour. Manny Charlton remained with the band, both as its lead guitarist and as a producer on their albums starting with their fifth album Rampant.  He also served as a producer for several other artists, including fellow Nazareth member Dan McCafferty's solo work, Steelheart, Marseille, Vic Vergeat, and Guns 'n' Roses' debut album, Appetite for Destruction, among others.

Manny Charlton left Nazareth in 1990. In 1991 he moved to Texas where he formed The Manny Charlton Band. The band released two albums Stonkin and Klone This and disbanded in 2003. A new incarnation of The Manny Charlton Band released the album Hellacious in 2012. Manny Charlton released his first solo album, Drool, in 1999. He would release eight more solo albums. He also recorded albums  with From Behind (Game Over in 2006) and  The Fluffy Jackets (Fighting Demons in 2014 and Something for Nothing in 2019).

There can be no doubt that Manny Charlton was responsible for much of the success of Nazareth, both as a producer and as their lead guitarist. His lead guitar had the sound of the blues and certainly set Nazareth apart from other hard rock bands. Manny Charlton could make a guitar create any emotion he wanted. Indeed, despair is evident in Manny Charlton's guitar solo on "Love Hurts." Few guitarists had the skill that Manny Charlton displayed throughout his career.

Film Noir During TCM Summer Under the Stars 2022

The Asphalt Jungle (1949)

I think I can speak for most Turner Classic Movie fans when I say we love Summer Under the Stars. TCM dedicates every day in August to a specific star, with 24 straight hours of their films. If there is one disadvantage to Summer Under the Stars it's that TCM's usual programming is pre-empted for the whole month. This means for the whole month of August there is no Noir Alley. Fortunately, film noir fans do not have to to go without their noir fix on TCM the whole month, as during Summer Under the Stars Turner Classic Movies usually shows several film noirs. This August is no different. Here then is a list of the film noirs, neo-noirs, and noir related movies airing during this Summer Under the Stars.

August 3, Sidney Poitier:
5:00 AM Edge of the City (1957)

August 4, Ruth Roman:
7:00 AM The Window (1950)
9:00 PM Tomorrow is Another Day (1951)
10:45 PM Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
12:30 AM Five Steps to Danger (1957)

August 5, Orson Welles:
11:30 AM Journey into Fear (1942)
1:00 PM The Stranger (1946)
7:00 PM The Third Man (1949)
9:00 PM The Lady from Shanghai (1948)

August 18, Shelley Winters:
12:15 PM I Died A Thousand Times (1955)
2:15 PM Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
9:15 PM The Night of the Hunter (1955)
1:00 AM He Ran All the Way (1951)

August 19, Toshiro Mifune:
12:30 AM High and Low (1963)

August 20, Joan Crawford:
10:15 AM Possessed (1947)
7:00 PM Mildred Pierce (1945)
1:00 AM The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
3:00 AM This Woman is Dangerous (1952)

August 23, Mickey Rooney:
5:15 PM The Strip (1951)

August 27, Marilyn Monroe:
6:30 AM The Asphalt Jungle (1949)
3:00 AM Clash by Night (1952)

TCM Summer Under the Stars 2022

Starting in 2003, Turner Classic Movies has dedicated the month of August to the programming block known as Summer Under the Stars. TCM dedicates each day of August to a different star during Summer Under the Stars. Many TCM fans, including myself, look forward to Summer Under the Stars each year (although I do miss seeing Noir Alley each week).

This Summer Under the Stars devotes days to many top stars, as well as some lesser known ones. This year TCM did not indicate which stars are being featured during Summer Under the Stars for the first time, and I really can't hazard a guess as to which ones they are.  Regardless, I am glad to see Turner Classic Movies has days dedicated to Jean Arthur, Ruth Roman, Jane Powell, Randolph Scott, Raquel Welch, Toshiro Mifune, Constance Bennett, and Jack Carson. My only real complaint with this year's Summer Under the Stars it that TCM is showing some of my favourite movies at awkward times. For instance, on Jean Arthur's day they are showing The More the Merrier (1943) at 1:30 AM, even though it is one of her most popular movies. On Gene Kelly's day they are showing Singin' in the Rain (1952), arguably his most popular movie of them all, at 3:00 in the afternoon. With other stars there are important movies missing from their days. Why isn't TCM showing Jailhouse Rock (1957) on Elvis's day? I know they showed it this month, but then they also showed Viva Las Vegas (1964). And Lilies in the Field (1963) is conspicuously missing from Sidney Poitier's day.

Anyway, below are my picks for each day as to the movies you really don't want to miss. All times are Central.

August 1, Elvis Presley:
7:00 PM Viva Las Vegas (1964)

August 2, Jean Arthur:
12:15 PM The Talk of the Town (1942)
7:00 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
9:15 PM Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
11:30 PM The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
1:30 AM The More the Merrier (1943)

August 3, Sidney Poitier:
5:00 AM Edge of the City (1957)
6:30 AM The Blackboard Jungle (1955)
5:00 PM A Warm December (1972)
7:00 PM A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
9:15 PM A Patch of Blue (1955)

August 4, Ruth Roman:
7:00 PM Strangers on a Train (1951)
10:45 PM Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

August 5, Orson Welles:
11:30 AM Journey into Fear (1942)
1:00 PM The Stranger (1946)
7:00 PM The Third Man (1949)
9:00 PM The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
10:45 PM Citizen Kane (1941)

August 6, Audrey Hepburn:
5:00 AM Wait Until Dark (1967)
5:00 PM Charade (1963)
7:00 PM Roman Holiday (1953)
9:15 PM How to Steal a Million (1966)

August 7, Gene Kelly:
7:00 AM Les Girls (1957)
3:00 PM Singin' in the Rain (1952)
7:00 PM On the Town (1949)
9:00 PM An American in Paris (1951)

August 8, Maureen O'Sullivan:
9:45 AM The Devil Doll (1936)
7:00 PM Tarzan, The Ape Man (1932)
9:00 PM Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
11:00 PM The Big Clock (1948)

August 9, William Holden:
3:00 PM Born Yesterday (1950)
7:00 PM Sunset Blvd. (1950)
10:45 PM Network (1976)

August 10, Greta Garbo:
1:30 PM Anna Karénina (1935)
3:15 PM Ninotchka (1939)
12:00 PM Queen Christina (1933)

August 11, Laurence Harvey:
9:00 AM Life at the Top (1965)
7:00 PM The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
9:15 PM Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
11:15 AM A Room at the Top (1959)

August 12, Jane Powell:
5:00 AM A Date with Judy (1948)
7:00 PM Royal Wedding (1951)
9:00 PM Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

August 13, Marlon Brando:
7:00 PM A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
9:15 PM The Wild One (1954)

August 14, Elizabeth Taylor:
10:45 AM Father of the Bride (1950)
7:00 PM Giant (1956)
10:30 PM Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

August 15, Randolph Scott:
7:00 AM My Favourite Wife (1940)
7:00 PM Ride Lonesome (1959)
8:30 PM Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
10:00 PM Ride the High Country (1962)

August 16, Raquel Welch:
3:00 PM The Three Musketeers (1973)
5:00 PM The Four Musketeers (1974)
7:00 PM One Million Years B.C. (1966)
9:00 PM Bandolero! (1968)

August 17, Spencer Tracy:
5:00 PM Fury (1936)
3:00 PM Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
7:00 PM Adam's Rib (1949)

August 18, Shelley Winters:
4:15 PM Lolita (1962)
9:15 PM Night of the Hunter (1955)

August 19, Toshiro Mifune:
7:00 AM Throne of Blood (1957)
3:00 PM Yojimbo (1961)
5:00 PM Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
7:00 PM Rashomon (1950)
8:45 PM Seven Samurai (1954)
12:30 AM High and Low (1963)

August 20, Joan Crawford:
2:00 PM The Women (1939)
4:30 PM What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
9:00 PM Grand Hotel (1932)

August 21, Clint Eastwood:
2:30 PM Coogan's Bluff (1968)
7:00 PM The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

August 22, Constance Bennett:
5:00 PM Topper (1937)
7:00 PM Merrily We Live (1938)

August 23, Mickey Rooney:
5:00 AM A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

August 24, Jacqueline Bisset:
6:45 AM The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
5:00 PM Bullitt (1968)

August 25, Gilbert Roland:
9:00 AM The French Line (1954)
5:00 PM The Bad and the Beautiful (1946)
11:30 PM Thunder Bay (1953)

August 26, Vivien Leigh:
10:00 AM Anna Karenina (1948)
2:00 PM The Ship of Fools (1965)
7:00 PM Gone with the Wind (1939)
11:00 PM Waterloo Bridge (1940)
1:00 AM That Hamilton Woman (1941)

August 27, Marilyn Monroe:
6:30 AM The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
3:00 PM How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
5:00 PM Monkey Business (1952)
7:00 PM The Seven Year Itch (1955)
9:00 PM Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953)
11:00 PM Some Like It Hot (1959)

August 28, Cary Grant:
8:15 AM Gunga Din (1939)
12:30 PM The Philadelphia Story (1940)
4:30 PM North by Northwest (1959)
11:00 PM His Girl Friday (1940)

August 29, Myrna Loy:
2:00 PM The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
5:00 PM The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947)
7:00 PM The Thin Man (1934)
9:00 PM After the Thin Man (1936)
1:00 AM Libelled Lady (1936)

August 30, Jack Carson:
6:45 AM The Male Animal (1942)
5:15 PM It's a Great Feeling (1949)
9:00 PM The Good Humour Man (1950)

August 31, Peter Sellers:
9:00 AM The Mouse That Roared (1959)
7:00 PM Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Godspeed Lenny Von Dohlen

Lenny Von Dohlen, who starred in the movie Electric Dreams (1984) and played diarist, orchid lover, and agoraphobe Harold Smith on Twin Peaks, died on July 5 2022 at the age of 63 following a long illness.

Lenny Von Dohlen was born on December 22 1958 in Augusta, Georgia. He grew up in Goliad, Texas. As a child he wanted to become a jockey. He attended the University of Texas where he majored in drama. After graduating from college he moved to New York City to pursue acting.

Lenny Von Dohlen made his television debut in the television movie Kent State in 1981. It was in 1990 that he appeared as Harold Smith on Twin Peaks. He also appeared in the prequel movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). In the Eighties he guest starred on the shows Miami Vice, American Playhouse, ABC Afterschool Specials, Tales from the Darkside, The Equalizer, Thirtysomething, The Young Riders, and Grand. He made his film debut in Tender Mercies in 1983. In the Eighties he appeared in the films Electric Dreams (1984), Billy Galvin (1984), and Dracula's Widow (1988).

In the Nineties Mr. Von Dohlen played Mr. Cox on the TV show The Pretender. He guest starred on the shows The Flash; Red Dwarf; Picket Fences; Walker, Texas Ranger; The Lazarus Man; Chicago Hope; and The Magnificent Seven. He appeared in the movies Cold Heaven (1991), Leaving Normal (1992), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me; Blind Vision (1992), Eyes of the Beholder (1992), Jennifer Eight (1992), Tollbooth (1994), Amberwaves (1994), Bird of Prey (1995), One Good Turn (1996), Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996), Cadillac (1997), Home Alone 3 (1997), and Frontline (1999).

In the Naughts he guest starred on the shows CSI: Miami, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, and Psych. He appeared in the movies Breathing Hard (2001), Teeth (2007), Beautiful Loser (2008), and Downstream (2010). In the Teens Lenny Von Dohlen appeared in the movies Choose (2011), Camilla Dickinson (2012), Annie and the Gypsy (2012), Dark Power (2013), Broken Horse (2015), Threshold (2016), Ray Meets Helen (2017), Just Within Reach (2017), The Maestro (2018), Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story (2018), and For the Weekend (2020). He guest starred on The Orville.

 Lenny Von Dohlen was extremely talented. As Miles Harding in Electric Dreams he bought new life to the age-old trope of the sweet guy who falls in love with a beautiful woman (although his rival was a computer...). Harold Smith, with all his eccentricities, could easily have been a one-note character on Twin Peaks, but Mr. Von Dohlen turned him into one of the show's most memorable characters. On The Pretender he played a character as far from Miles Hardin in Electric Dreams as one could get. Mr. Cox was a truly sinister figure, certainly one of the show's creepiest villains. Lenny Von Dohlen played a wide array of characters in leading roles and in roles that only appeared for a few minutes on the screen. And he turned in a good performance every time.

The Late Great L. Q. Jones

Legendary character actor L. Q. Jones died on July 9 2022 at the age of 94. On television he had a recurring role on The Virginian and he was a regular on the short-lived nighttime soap opera The Yellow Rose, in addition to many guest appearances on other shows. He worked with Sam Peckinpah on the films Ride the High Country (1962), Major Dundee (1965), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973). He also appeared in a diverse number of movies, from Love Me Tender (1956) to Casino (1995). L. Q. Jones also directed the post-apocalyptic cult film A Boy and His Dog (1975).

L. Q. Jones was born Justus Ellis McQueen on August 19 1927 in Beaumont, Texas. His mother was killed in an automobile accident when he was very young and he was raised by relatives, He learned to ride a horse while he was very young and was surrounded by rodeo performers while he was growing up. From 1945 to 1946 he served in the United States Navy. He attended Lamar Junior College in Beaumont and Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. He studied law at the University of Texas in Austin. His roommate there was Fess Parker, who would later play Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone on television. Following his stint in college, L. Q. Jones tried work as a stand-up comic and briefly played both professional baseball and football. He tried ranching in Nicaragua, but the venture did not go well.

His former college roommate, Fess Parker, had moved to Hollywood to pursue a film career. He sent a copy of the novel Battle Cry by Leon Uris, which was set to be adapted as a movie by Warner Bros. an to be directed by Raoul Walsh. Fess Parker would play the role of Private Speedy in the film. Fess Parker encouraged L.Q. Jones to try out for the film. Ultimately, Justus Ellis McQueen was cast as Private L.Q. Jones in the film. He took the name of his character, "L. Q. Jones," as his stage name. Battle Cry was released in 1955.

The same year L. Q. Jones was cast in the role of Cheyenne Bodie's sidekick Smitty on the Western Cheyenne. Unfortunately, when producer Roy Huggins overhauled the show, his role was cut. L. Q. Jones then only appeared in three episodes of Cheyenne. In the late Fifties he guest starred on the shows Annie Oakley, On Trial, The Silence Service, Jefferson Drum, Flight, Men of Annapolis, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Black Saddle, Tightrope, This Man Dawson, Lassie, Wichita Town, Johnny Ringo, Lock Up, Buick-Electra Playhouse, Klondike, and The Rebel. He appeared in the movies An Annapolis Story (1955), Target Zero (1955), Santiago (1956), Toward the Unknown (1956), Between Heaven and Hell (1956), Love Me Tender (1956), Men in War (1957), Operation Mad Ball (1957), Gunsight Ridge (1957), The Young Lions (1958), The Naked and the Dead (1958), Buchanan Rides Alone (1958), Torpedo Run (1958), Warlock (1959), Battle of the Coral Sea (1959), Hound-Dog Man (1959), Ten Who Dared (1960), Cimarron (1960), and Flaming Star.

In the Sixties L. Q. Jones had the recurring role of ranch hand Andy Belden on The Virginian. He guest starred on the shows The Detectives, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Americans, Two Faces West, Death Valley Days, Tales of Wells Fargo, Lawman, Lassie, Wide Country, Ben Casey, Have Gun--Will Travel, Route 66, Laramie, Empire, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Wagon Train, Slattery's People, Branded, Rawhide, My Favorite Martian, A Man Called Shenandoah, Pistols 'n' Petticoats, The Jean Arthur Show, ABC Stage 67, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Cimarron Strip, Hondo, The F.B.I., The Big Valley, Hawaii Five-O, and Lancer. He appeared in the movies Ride the High Country (1962), Hell is for Heroes (1962), Showdown (1963), The Devil's Bedroom (1964), Iron Angel (1964), Apache Rifles (1964), Major Dundee (1965), Nevada Smith (1966), Stay Away, Joe (1968), Hang 'Em High (1968), The Counterfeit Killer (1968), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and The McMasters. He directed the movie The Devil's Bedroom (1964) under his given name of Justus McQueen.

In the Seventies Mr. Jones guest starred on the shows The F.B.I., Cade County, Gunsmoke, The Delphi Bureau, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, Alias Smith and Jones, Assignment: Vienna, Cannon, The Magician, The Manhunter, Ironside, Kung Fu, Matt Helm, Movin' On, McCloud, CHiPs, Columbo, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, How the West Was Won, The Sacketts, The Runaways, The Incredible Hulk, Young Maverick, Wild Times, Vega$, Charlie's Angels, and Enos. He appeared in the movies The Hunting Party (1971), The Brotherhood of Satan (1971), 43: The Richard Petty Story (1972), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), A Boy and His Dog (1975), White Line Fever (1975), Winterhawk (1975), Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976), and Fast Charlie...the Moonbeam Rider (1979). He directed the movie A Boy and His Dog (1975).

In the Eighties, L.Q. Jones was a regular on the TV shows The Yellow Rose. He guest starred on the shows Walking Tall, Riker, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Fall Guy, Voyagers!, Matt Houston,and The A-Team. He appeared in the movies He appeared in the movies The Beast Within (1982), Melanie (1982), Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982), Sacred Ground (1983), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Bulletproof (1987), River of Death (1989), and The Legend of Grizzly Adams (1990).

In the Nineties he had a recurring role on the TV show Renegades. He guest starred on the shows The New Adam-12; Shades of LA;  and Walker, Texas Ranger. He appeared in the mini-series In Cold Blood. He appeared in the movies Lightning Jack (1994), Casino (1995), The Friends of Harry (1995), The Edge (1997), The Patriot (1998), and The Mask of Zorro (1998).

In the Naughts he appeared in the movies Route 666 (2001) and A Prairie Home Companion (2006). He guest starred on the show Dr. Vegas.

The average person might not recognize L. Q. Jones's name, but I am sure they would recognize his face. He was one of the best character actors of the late Twentieth Century and appeared in many movies and on many TV shows as well.  He was the bounty hunter T.C. in The Wild Bunch. In The Ballad of Cable Hogue he played Taggart, one of the two men who left the title character for dead. L. Q. Jones played so many heavies in Westerns that someone could be forgiven if they thought that was all he played.  Even so, he played his share of good guys as well.  After all, he played Andy Belden on The Virginian for several years. He also played Texas Ranger Dakota Brown in Lone Wolf McQuade and Sheriff Bill Poole in The Beast Within. Over the years L. Q. Jones played a wide variety of roles on television, from ranchers to con men to servicemen to politicians. He also worked in a variety of genres beyond Westerns. He appeared in mysteries, horror movies, war movies, and even sci-fi movies. He worked with everyone from Sam Pekinpah to Elvis Presley. Although he may be best known for playing heavies in Westerns, but L. Q. Jones played a wide variety of roles and played all of them well.