Barron Winchester (September 15, 1932 – February 9, 2002) was an American film and stage actor, possibly best known for his role as Eric Stem in the 1979 cult film '' Delirium''.

Biography

Barron Winchester was born Duane Lee Jones on September 15, 1932. He was a former sergeant in the

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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.Duane L. Jones obituary
highbeam.com; accessed September 19, 2015. 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 ''

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''. His wife, Theresa Meyer Jones, was the Hermann Area District Hospital's first director of nursing service. 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 St. Anthony's Medical Center emergency room. The couple was married for 32 years, from 1970 to 2002.Obituary: Theresa E. Jones
websterkirkwoodtimes.com; accessed September 19, 2015. 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 St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis County. He died seven days later, at age 69. and was buried at

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. Theresa Jones died on January 25, 2008.

Film work

* 1979 – '' A Pleasure Doing Business'' * 1979 – ''Delirium'' * 1981 – ''

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'' * 1993 – ''

'' (firearms master) * 1999 – '' The Big Brass Ring'' (Special effects; makeup assistant) * 2001 – ''

'' (special effects) * 2010 – '' Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape'' (video documentary as himself)

Other works

Dramatic work and accompanying music

* 1984 – Delta Recon – an original one-act play / by Duane Jones * 1985 – Goode's Tattos – a one-character, one-act, one-set play / by Duane Jones. * 1990 – A Highway of Innocents – a one-act play / by Barron Winchester * 1991 – Goodes Tattoos – a one-act play ''Copyright Encyclopedia'
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winchester, Barron American male film actors American male stage actors 1932 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American male actors