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Duane Lionel Jones (April 11, 1937 – July 22, 1988) was an American actor. He was best known for his lead role as Ben in the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead . [1] [2] He was later director of the Maguire Theater at the State University of New York at Old Westbury , and the artistic director of the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art in Manhattan .
Duane Jones. Actor: Night of the Living Dead. Cult figure who will forever be remembered as Ben, the resourceful, yet ill-fated hero of George A. Romero's low-budget zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968). Jones was a former English professor who directed at the Maguire Theater at the Old Westbury campus of New York State University, and ...
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Duane Jones. Actor: Night of the Living Dead. Cult figure who will forever be remembered as Ben, the resourceful, yet ill-fated hero of George A. Romero's low-budget zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968). Jones was a former English professor who directed at the Maguire Theater at the Old Westbury campus of New York State University, and he additionally served as artistic director at the ...
- April 11, 1937
- July 22, 1988
Remembering Duane Jones: A Boundary-Breaking Black Actor. (Web Exclusive) by Matthew Eng. A handsome, reedy Black man swoops into view from under the cover of nightfall, his chiseled profile partially illuminated by the blinding lights of the porch on which a terrified white woman stands. We have just watched this woman, Barbra, run amok ...
Aug 31, 2010 · Those plans changed when a 31-year-old African-American actor named Duane Jones competed for the part. “A mutual friend of George’s and mine was a woman by the name of Betty Ellen Haughey ...
Feb 3, 2021 · Duane Jones’ performance in Night of the Living Dead (1968) marked the first time a Black actor was cast as a horror film lead. Tananarive Due (who teaches a course inspired by Jordan Peele’s Get Out ) discusses the legacy of George Romero’s most unexpected hero.
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Dec 30, 2013 · Duane Jones is recognized throughout the world as the actor behind Ben in the historic George A. Romero film, Night of The Living Dead. Despite his cult success in the horror world, Duane Jones came from humble beginnings. He was born in February of 1936 in New York. Later in life he would become an…
