---
name: "Duane Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/duane-jones"
fi1m_id: "duane-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0427977"
tmdb_id: 97912
wikidata_id: "Q941415"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 February 1936"
died: "22 July 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:44:55.205860+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Duane Jones

## Identity

Duane Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/duane-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** duane-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0427977
- **TMDB ID:** 97912
- **Wikidata ID:** Q941415
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q941415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97912

Actor. Born 2 February 1936 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 22 July 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 February 1936, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 22 July 1988
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q941415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97912

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Night of the Living Dead*](https://film.one/film/night-of-the-living-dead.md) (88)

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## Biography

Duane Jones was an American actor. He played the lead role of Ben in the 1968 horror film *Night of the Living Dead*.

Jones also appeared in *Ganja & Hess* (1973) as Dr Hess Green, *Losing Ground* (1982) and *Beat Street* (1984). He directed the Maguire Theater at the State University of New York at Old Westbury and served as artistic director of the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art in Manhattan. He held a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.A. from New York University.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Night of the Living Dead* (1968), Fi1m 88, as Ben — [page](https://film.one/film/night-of-the-living-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead* (2026), as Ben
- *Night of Horror in Brazil* (2023), as Ben (Archive footage)
- *Synthwave Horror: Night Of The Living Dead* (2018), as Ben
- *Halloween Monster Bash* (1991), as Ben (archive footage)
- *Fright House* (1989), as Charles Harmon
- *To Die For* (1988), as Simon Little
- *Creepy Classics* (1987), as Ben - (archive footage)
- *Vampires* (1986), as Dr. Charles Harmon
- *Beat Street* (1984), as Robert
- *Losing Ground* (1982), as Duke
- *Blood Couple* (1973), as Dr. Hess Green
- *Ganja & Hess* (1973), as Dr. Hess Green
- *Night of the Living Dead* (1968), as Ben — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/night-of-the-living-dead.md)
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor

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