Our place to honor those actors, actresses and the many people behind the camera that have passed in 2022.
December 5th – Kirstie Alley (1951-2022)
Kirstie Alley Movies | Ultimate Movie Rankings
November 25th – Irene Cara (1959-2022)
October 14th – Robbie Coltrane (1950-2022)
October 11th – Angela Lansbury (1925-2022)
September 23rd – Louis Fletcher (1934-2022)
September 14th – Henry Silva (1928-2022)
September 14th – Irene Papas (1934-2022)
Irene Papas Movies in our Database Ranked – Movie (Year)
1st – Z (1969)
2nd – Zorba the Greek (1964)
3rd – Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Message, The (1976)
Moon-Spinners (1964)
Lion of the Desert (1980)
Brotherhood, The (1968)
Trojan Women, The (1971)
High Season (1987)
Sweet Country (1987)
11th – Battle of Sutjeska, The (1973)
September 13th – Jean Luc Godard (1930 – 2022)
Sadly we do not currently have a UMR Godard Page.
September 10th – Marsha Hunt (1917-2022)
August 12th – Wolfgang Petersen (1941-2022)
August 12th – Anne Heche (1969-2022)
August 8th – Olivia Newton-John (1948-2022)
August 6th – Clu Gulager (1928-2022)
July 31st – Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022)
July 25th – Paul Sorvino (1939-2022)
July 24th – David Warner (1941-2022)
July 23rd – Bob Rafelson (1933-2022)
July 9th – L.Q. Jones (1927-2022)
July 6th – James Caan (1940-2022)
June 12th – Philip Baker Hall (1931-2022)
May 28th – Bo Hopkins (1942-2022)
May 26th – Ray Liotta (1954-2022)
May 8th – Fred Ward (1922-2022)
April 20th – Robert Morse (1931-2022)
April 12th – Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022)
April 7th – Nehemiah Persoff (1919-2022)
March 13th – William Hurt (1950-2022)
March 4th – Mitchell Ryan (1934-2022)
February 24th – Sally Kellerman (1937-2022)
February 13th – Ivan Reitman (1946-2022)
January 21st – Louie Anderson (1953-2022)
January 20th – Meat Loaf (1947-2022)
January 17th – Yvette Mimieux (1942-2022)
January 9th – Bob Saget (1956-2022)
January 9th – Dwayne Hickman (1934-2022)
January 6th – Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)
January 6th – Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)
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BOB ROY
July 10, 2022 at 4:56 pm
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!”
L.Q. Jones has died. He appeared in a lot of Sam Peckinpah movies. Rest in peace.
L.Q. Jones, # 841 on the 2021 Oracle of Bacon list has passed at 94.
From Variety.
L.Q. Jones, Actor in Sam Peckinpah Classics and Director of ‘A Boy and His Dog,’ Dies at 94
By J. Kim Murphy
L.Q. Jones, a veteran character actor whose career spanned seven decades, died Saturday of natural causes at his home in the Hollywood Hills. He was 94 years old.
Jones’ death was confirmed by his grandson, Erté deGarces. DeGarces shared that Jones died surrounded by his family.
Born Justice Ellis McQueen on Aug. 19, 1927 in Beaumont, Texas, Jones attended the University of Texas at Austin where he met Sue Lewis, his wife of 23 years. The two divorced in the 1970s.
McQueen took on his stage name, L.Q. Jones, with his first film role in the 1955 Raoul Walsh film “Battle Cry.” Jones would wear the name through his entire screen acting career. His most recent turn came in 2006 with Robert Altman’s final film “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Jones collaborated with several of the most established directors of mid-20th century Hollywood, including Walsh, Don Siegel for “An Annapolis Story” and Mervyn LeRoy for “Toward the Unknown.” He was also a regular supporting player in Sam Peckinpah’s action-heavy westerns, with roles in “The Wild Bunch,” “Ride the High Country,” “Major Dundee,” “The Battle of Cable Hogue” and “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.” Near the end of the century, Jones also took roles in Martin Campbell’s “The Mask of Zorro,” Roland Emmerich’s “The Patriot” and Martin Scorsese’s “Casino.”
Along with accruing 60 screen acting credits in film over his career, Jones was a regular in the world of TV. He mostly appeared in western series including “Gunsmoke,” “The Virginian,” “Wagon Train,” “Rawhide,” “The Rifleman,” “Have Gun – Will Travel” and “The Big Valley.”
Jones’ career also extended beyond screen acting, producing four independent features over his life. He produced, directed and wrote the 1975 feature “A Boy and His Dog,” which is adapted from Harlan Ellison’s novella of the same name. Jones began the project as an executive producer, but took over writing and directing responsibilities as other collaborators fell through.
A post-apocalyptic black comedy, “A Boy and His Dog” follows a teenager and his telepathic dog as they fight for survival in the southwestern U.S. of 2024, a time when nuclear fallout grips the world. Starring a young Don Johnson and Jason Robards, Jones’ fellow Peckinpah alum, the film has garnered the reputation of a cult classic over the years, with Jones stating that director George Miller cited it as an influence for his “Mad Max” series.
Jones is survived by his sons, Randy McQueen and Steve Marshall, and by his favorite daughter, Mindy McQueen.
Hey Dan. Thanks for including this information on L.Q. Jones. A Boy and HIs Dog is a cult classic. The DVD has an audio commentary with Jones on it. I have listened to that one a couple of times. Rest in Peace Mr. Jones.
Goodness gracious this has been a horrible week for actors. James Caan, L.Q.Jones, Lenny Von Dohlen, Larry Storch, Tony Sirico and couple of other tv actors. Rest in Peace to all of them.
celebs dropping like flies add larry storch to the list
lenny van dohlen
Thanks for the update on Lenny Van Dohlen….sad news indeed. I will always remember him from Electric Dreams…a movie I have not seen in many many moons. RIP Mr. Dohlen
l.q. jones
Hey Chris….thanks for sharing this news on all of these actors passing away….hopefully since it is now Sunday and a new week….we are done with actors or actresses passing away.
Hey chris…sadly you are correct….this has not been a good week for thespians. Rest in peace Larry Storch.
Tony Sirico who was as high as # 683 on the first Oracle of Bacon top 1000 (he since fell off) has passed.
From NBC News:
Tony Sirico, who portrayed an aging and wisecracking gangster on the HBO hit show “The Sopranos,” has died, his manager said. He was 79.
Tony Sirico, the actor known for his role as Paulie in ‘The Sopranos,’ has died at 79
The actor died Friday morning at an assisted living home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, his longtime manager Bob McGowan said.
Sirico burst on the scene late in his career as “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri, a character marked by gray-streaked hair, twisted street wisdom, and the inevitable deterioration of physical strength.
In real life, McGowan said, “He was so tough but so gentle.”
Sirico was an ex-Army veteran who would help anyone and always gave to charities, he said.
The cause of death was not immediately known.
“He couldn’t remember things as the years passed, he had been in failing health,” McGowan said.
Fellow “Sopranos” actor Michael Imperioli mourned the loss, describing Sirico in an Instagram post as “irreplaceable.”
“Tony was like no one else: he was as tough, as loyal and as big hearted as anyone i’ve ever known,” Imperioli said. “I was at his side through so much: through good times and bad. But mostly good.”
Thanks for the information, Dan. Rest in Peace Mr. Sirico. It has been a bad couple of days for actors that got fame for playing gangsters.