---
name: "Winston Stona"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/winston-stona"
fi1m_id: "winston-stona"
imdb_id: "nm0831687"
tmdb_id: 52819
wikidata_id: "Q16832549"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 November 1939"
died: "23 August 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:47:59.668381+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."
---

# Winston Stona

## Identity

Winston Stona

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/winston-stona
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** winston-stona
- **IMDb ID:** nm0831687
- **TMDB ID:** 52819
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16832549
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Stona, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16832549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52819

Actor. Born 14 November 1939 in Kingston, Jamaica. Died 23 August 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 November 1939, Kingston, Jamaica
- **Died:** 23 August 2022
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Stona, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16832549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52819

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Harder They Come*](https://film.one/film/the-harder-they-come.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Winston Stona was a Jamaican actor and businessman. He played Detective Ray Jones in *The Harder They Come* (1972) and appeared as Coolidge in *Cool Runnings* (1993).

Stona also had roles in *The Lunatic* (1991) and *One Love* (2003). He was co-founder of the Busha Browne Company, a manufacturer of Jamaican condiments and sauces. He died on 23 August 2022.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, jamaica-gleaner.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Harder They Come* (1972), Fi1m 80, as Detective Ray Jones — [page](https://film.one/film/the-harder-they-come.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *No Place Like Home* (2006), as Winston
- *One Love* (2003), as Pastor Johnson
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), as Coolidge
- *The Lunatic* (1991), as Linstrom
- *The Harder They Come* (1972), as Detective Ray Jones — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-harder-they-come.md)
- *Ten Bob in Winter* (1963), Actor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/winston-stona