Duane Jones

Acting

Duane Jones

Born 1936-02-02 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

Acting credits

Night of the Living Dead poster
7.6

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

Night of the Living Dead

1968

Beat Street poster
6.9

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Beat Street

1984

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies poster
NR

Dive into 60 minutes of blood, bravado and brilliant scares as we trace the evolution of horror cinema from Dracula (1931) to today.

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

Fright House poster
3.4

Everyone in town knows the old Vincent place is haunted, but when the local Frat inherits it, we find out if the rumors are true. Two stories about witches getting ready to meet with the Devil, and a schoolteacher who never ages

Fright House

1989

To Die For poster
4.5

L.A. real estate agent Kate Wooten gets a new lease on life when she learns that her new client, a mysterious and handsome man named Vlad, is looking for a house isolated in the Hollywood Hills where he wants to live and doesn't want to be disturbed. It doesn't take long for Kate to fall in love with her new client and to learn that he's a real vampire.

To Die For

1988

The American Nightmare poster
6.8

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

The American Nightmare

2000

Synthwave Horror: Night Of The Living Dead poster
NR

A new soundtrack and color palette give a fresh spin to George A. Romero’s horror classic about a ragtag group trying to fend off a hoard of zombies.

Synthwave Horror: Night Of The Living Dead

2018

Vampires poster
4.3

The students at a private girls' school are unaware that the school's doctor is secretly using a machine to extract the energy from the young girls.

Vampires

1986

Creepy Classics poster
6.4

A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.

Creepy Classics

1987

Ganja & Hess poster
5.8

After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.

Ganja & Hess

1973

Night of Horror in Brazil poster
10.0

On the night of January 8th, in Brasilia, some people need to take refuge inside the place that is about to be attacked by a horde that lives a parallel reality and is ready to destroy everything in its path.

Night of Horror in Brazil

2023

It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead poster
NR

It’s a not-so-wonderful life for George Bailey when a horde of flesh-eating ghouls come to town on Christmas Eve. In this horror comedy mashup, two classic films are re-imagined as a darkly humorous fever dream. George, a frustrated businessman, navigates his night seemingly unaware of the looming threat of the undead; as Barbara, a woman from out of town, runs for her life through the streets of Bedford Falls. When George and Barbara come face to face with the living dead, they must fight to make it through the night and find their way back to their families. Through the use of traditional rotoscoping and compositing techniques, It’s a Wonderful Life and Night of the Living Dead (both in the public domain) have been woven together to create this twisted love letter to the original films.

It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead

2026

Losing Ground poster
6.2

Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.

Losing Ground

1982

Halloween Monster Bash poster
NR

1991's NBC Halloween special with John Astin and Rhonda Shear. Features clips from classic horror movies with commentary.

Halloween Monster Bash

1991

Autopsy of the Dead poster
NR

Board up the windows and doors! More than 40 years after filming the 1968 horror masterpiece Night of the Living Dead, the 'dead' return in the all-new documentary Autopsy of the Dead. Packed with extensive cast & crew interviews, never-before-seen color photos and behind the scenes footage, visits to the original filming locations and other surprises, get ready for the most in-depth visual document on the making of the great American horror film that won t stay dead.

Autopsy of the Dead

2009