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 was the first occasion in which a black actor was cast in a non-ethnic lead role of a major motion picture, as well as the first black actor to have 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 latter years as a drama professor at the State University of New York at Old Westbury. He died of cardiopulmonary arrest in 1988.
Filmography
- Night of the Living Dead (1968) .... Ben
- Ganja and Hess (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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