Actor: S. William Hinzman

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Birthday: 1936-10-24
Born in: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography: Motion picture actor and director. Born Samuel William Hinzman, he was working in 1968 as an assistant cameraman on the low budget, black and white film, "Night of the Living Dead", when director George Romero cast him as the zombie in the opening sequence. The iconic role earned Hinzman the admiration of horror fans who have affectionately referred to him as "No. 1 zombie". Hinzman also went on to direct and star in the 1980s horror movies "The Majorettes" (1987) and "FleshEater" (1988). He died of cancer. He requested that his body be cremated because he jokingly said if he was buried he would come back.

Known for

Night of the Living Dead

A group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls.
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Night of the Living Dead

1968

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The Crazies

Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
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The Crazies

1973

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Knightriders

A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their "King's" delusions of grandeur.
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Knightriders

1981

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Knightriders

A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their "King's" delusions of grandeur.
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Knightriders

1981

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The Majorettes

A hooded psycho is murdering high-school girls. A devil-worshiping, drug-dealing biker gang is suspected.
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The Majorettes

1986

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Hungry Wives

Joan Mitchell is an unhappy, middle-aged suburban housewife with an uncommunicative businessman husband and a distant 19 year old daughter on the verge of moving out of the house. Frustrated at her current situation, Joan seeks solace in witchcraft after visiting a local tarot reader and leader of a secret black arts wicca set, who inspires Joan to follow her own path. After dabbling in witchcraft and believing she has become a real witch, Joan withdraws into a fantasy world and sinks deeper and deeper into her new lifestyle until the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred.
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Hungry Wives

1972

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Mimesis

A group of horror fans find themselves unwilling participants in a nightmarish role playing game that pays homage to a classic horror film.
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Santa Claws

A young man finds his divorced mother having sex with a man in a Santa Claus hat and shoots them both dead. Years later, now thinking he is Santa Claus, the man develops an obsession with an erotic horror film star named Raven and begins stalking her.
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Santa Claws

1996

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