Duane Jones
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Duane L. Jones (February 2, 1936 – July 22, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his role in the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead. A graduate of the Sorbonne, he studied acting in New York City.
His role in Night of the Living Dead marked the first time a black actor was cast as a non-ethnic lead in a major motion picture in America, and the first time a black actor had a starring role in a horror film.
He taught acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. As executive director of the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art (RACCA), he promoted African-American theater. He spent his later years as a professor of theatre at the State University of New York at Old Westbury. He died of cardiopulmonary arrest in 1988.
[edit] Filmography
- Night of the Living Dead (1968) .... Ben
- Ganja and Hess (also released as "Blood Couple") (1973) .... Dr. Hess Green
- Losing Ground (1982)
- Beat Street (1984) .... Robert
- Vampires (1986)
- Negatives (1988)
- Fright House (1988) .... Charles Harmon
- To Die For (1989)
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