Barron Winchester

Barron Winchester
Born Duane Lee Jones
September 15, 1932
Died February 9, 2002 (aged 69)
Other names Duane L. Jones, Duane Jones, Duane Lee Jones
Occupation Actor, makeup artist, special effects

Barron Winchester was a film and stage actor who died in 2002 and best known for his role as Eric Stem in the 1979 cult film Delirium.[1]

Biography

Barron Winchester was born Duane Lee Jones on September 15, 1932. He was a former sergeant in the US Marine Corps and a Korean war veteran.[2]

He had to change his stage name to that of Barron Winchester because the Screen Actors Guild already had the name Duane Jones registered.[3] The other actor with the same name was Duane L. Jones of Night of the Living Dead fame.[4] Years later, his wife would comment that "He wanted a name with a lot of R's in it; something people would remember him by." [5] He acted on stage and film from around the 1960s until the early 1980s. Later on, he also did work behind the scenes in films such as Cover Story,[6] The Big Brass Ring that starred William Hurt and Nigel Hawthorne,[7] and Gua Sha.[8]

His wife Theresa, whose early aspiration was to be a nurse and a nun, had the distinction of being the Hermann Area District Hospital's first director of nursing service, and at the St. Louis University she was clinical instructor from 1975 to 1978. Also for the last 23 years of her nursing career she worked in the St. Anthony’s Medical Center emergency room.[9] Incidentally that's the very hospital he was admitted to when he had his heart attack in 2002.[10]

He was married to her for 32 years[11] from 1970 to 2002[12] and they lived in Shrewsbury for 31 of those years.[13]

In 1979 he played the part of the obsessed vigilante Eric Stem in cult film Delirium which was directed and produced by Peter Maris[14] who also directed Ministry of Vengeance and Zombie Hunters.[15] The film also starred Turk Cekovsky.[16]

On February 2, 2002, he suffered a heart attack and was admitted to St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis County.[17] He died in St. Louis, Missouri, at age 69 [18] and was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.[19] His wife Theresa died six years later on January 25, 2008.[20]

Film work

Other works

Dramatic work and accompanying music

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References

  1. ↑ IMDb Delirium (1979)
  2. ↑ Locate a Grave Duane Lee Jones - St. Louis, MO
  3. ↑ High Beam Business Duane L. Jones: Actor and Makeup Artist..(Metro)(Duane L. Jones)(Obituary)
  4. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  5. ↑ High Beam Business Duane L. Jones: Actor and Makeup Artist..(Metro)(Duane L. Jones)(Obituary)
  6. ↑ IMDb Full cast and crew for Cover Story
  7. ↑ IMDb Full cast and crew for The Big Brass Ring
  8. ↑ IMDb Full cast and crew for Gua Sha (2001)
  9. ↑ Webster-Kirkwood Times Obituaries Theresa E. “Terry” Jones (nee Meyer)
  10. ↑ High Beam Business Duane L. Jones: Actor and Makeup Artist..(Metro)(Duane L. Jones)(Obituary)
  11. ↑ Webster-Kirkwood Times Obituaries Theresa E. “Terry” Jones (nee Meyer)
  12. ↑ PNOP Recommendations Barron Winchester
  13. ↑ High Beam Business Duane L. Jones: Actor and Makeup Artist..(Metro)(Duane L. Jones)(Obituary)
  14. ↑ IMDb Full cast and crew for Delirium (1979)
  15. ↑ IMDb Peter Maris Director
  16. ↑ IMDb Delirium (1979)
  17. ↑ High Beam Business Duane L. Jones: Actor and Makeup Artist.(Metro)(Obituary\Duane L. Jones)(Obituary)
  18. ↑ IMDb Barron Winchester (1932–2002)
  19. ↑ Locate a Grave Duane Lee Jones - St. Louis, MO
  20. ↑ Webster-Kirkwood Times Obituaries Theresa E. “Terry” Jones (nee Meyer)
  21. ↑ Copyright Encyclopedia Copyrights, I'm still hung up on her ...