Hinzman was working as a cameraman on George Romero’s 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead when the director cast him as a zombie in the film’s opening scene.
The experience prompted him to sign up for more horror roles in films like Evil Ambitions, Santa Claws, Legion of the Night and Hungry Wives.
His last role came in 2011’s River of Darkness.
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He also directed gruesome hits FleshEater and The Majorettes, in which he starred, in the mid-1980s.
Hinzman, who was a regular hit at horror film conventions across America, died at his home in Pennsylvania on 5 February (12).
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