Born Justice Ellis McQueen on August 19, 1927 in Beaumont, Texas, he took his stage name from his first film role in Raoul Walsh’s 1955 film Battle Cry. His film roles included parts in Don Siegel’s An Annapolis Story, Mervyn LeRoy’s Toward the Unknown and Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. He also appeared in Martin Campbell’s The Mask of Zorro, Roland Emmerich’s The Patriot and Martin Scorsese’s Casino. On television, he specialized in westerns, appearing in Gunsmoke, The Virginian and Bonanza. In addition to acting, he produced, directed and wrote 1975’s A Boy and His Dog, a post-apocalyptic black comedy. Survivors include sons Randy McQueen and Steve Marshall and daughter Mindy McQueen;