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Barron Winchester was born Duane Lee Jones on September 15, 1932.
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He was a former sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and a Korean war veteran. He had to change his stage name to that of Barron Winchester because the Screen Actors Guild already had the name Duane Jones registered. Winchester acted on stage and film from around the 1960s until the early 1980s.
Later on, he also did work behind the scenes in films such as Cover Story, The Big Brass Ring, starring William Hurt and Sir Nigel Hawthorne. and Gua Sha.
At Saint Louis University she was clinical instructor from 1975 to 1978. Also for the last 23 years of her nursing career she worked in the Saint Anthony"s Medical Center emergency room.
The couple was married for 32 years, from 1970 to 2002. In 1979 he played the part of the obsessed vigilante Eric Stem in cult film Delirium which was directed and produced by Peter Maris who also directed Ministry of Vengeance and Zombie Hunters.
On February 2, 2002, Winchester suffered a heart attack and was admitted to Saint Anthony"s Medical Center in Saint Louis County.
He died seven days later, at age 69. and was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Theresa Jones died on January 25, 2008. 1979 – A Pleasure Doing Business
1979 – Delirium
1981 – Escape from New York
1993 – Cover Story (firearms master)
1999 – The Big Brass Ring (Special effects.
Makeup assistant)
2001 – Gua Sha (special effects)
2010 – Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (video documentary as himself).
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