- Was one of Sam Peckinpah's favorite actors.
- Is a former horse and cattle rancher.
- Profiled in "Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget" by Justin Humphreys (BearManor Media).
- Attended the University of Texas at Austin in the late 1940s, after his military service, where he studied Law. His roommate for a while was Fess Parker.
- The first hour-long TV western, Cheyenne (1955), starred Clint Walker and Jones played his sidekick, Smitty. He was dropped after three episodes, and Cheyenne went the rest of the way alone.
- Was adept at portraying a wide range of character roles, both sympathetic to villainous, and comedic to dramatic.
- For Casino (1995), Martin Scorsese had him write his own dialogue (or rather, rearrange it) since Scorsese didn't know exactly how a Texan would speak . . . he wanted Jones to make the role his own.
- Was a guest at the 2012 Memphis Film Festival's "A Gathering of Guns 4: A TV Western Reunion" at the Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center in Olive Branch, MS.
- Served in the US Navy.
- Adopted his screen name after the character he played on Battle Cry (1955). In that movie he is credited as Justus E. McQueen, his actual name.
- Named directors Martin Scorsese and Raoul Walsh as two men who knew all about movies, and never stopped talking about them.
- His last picture with Sam Peckinpah was Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), about which he always had mixed feelings. After that he became a director himself on A Boy and His Dog (1975), and then mostly appeared on episodic television until the 1990s.
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