Portrait of Duane Jones

Duane Jones

Acting

Biography

Duane L. Jones (February 2, 1936 – July 22, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his role as Ben in the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead. He was director of the Maguire Theater at the State University of New York at Old Westbury. He was the artistic director of the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art in Manhattan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Duane Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: February 2, 1936

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2009
Autopsy of the Dead

as Self (archival footage)

1989
Fright House

as Charles Harmon

1988
To Die For

as Simon Little

1987
Creepy Classics

as Ben - (archive footage)

1986
Vampires

as Dr. Charles Harmon

1984
Beat Street

as Robert

1982
1973
Ganja & Hess

as Dr. Hess Green