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person_profile-Austin Stoker

Austin Stoker Died at age: 79

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Austin Stoker

Date of Birth:

Oct 07, 1943

Country of birth:

West Indies

Died:

Oct 07, 2022

Biography of

Austin Stoker

    ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    Austin Stoker (October 7, 1930 – October 7, 2022) was a Trinidadian-American actor known for his role as Lt. Ethan Bishop, the police officer in charge of the besieged Precinct 9, Division 13, in John Carpenter's Howard Hawks-inspired 1976 film, Assault on Precinct 13. This was one of the few heroic starring roles for a black actor in an action film of the 1970s outside of the blaxploitation genre.

    Stoker was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on October 7, 1930. He started his career on stage, including the 1954 Broadway production of Truman Capote's House of Flowers, where he met his future wife, Enid Mosier (acting name Vivian Bonnell). Prior to his role as Lt. Bishop, Stoker appeared in several blaxploitation films, often playing police detectives. Among these films were Abby (1974), Combat Cops (1974), and Sheba, Baby (1975), in which he played Pam Grier's love interest. Some of Stoker's other notable acting roles were in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), Horror High (1974), Airport 1975 (1974), Victory at Entebbe (1976), and the 1977 television mini-series Roots.

    Stoker is known to Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans for his role as Dr. Ken Melrose in the 1982 B-movie, Time Walker, in which he appeared with Darwin Joston, his co-star from Assault on Precinct 13.

    Stoker died of renal failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on October 7, 2022, his 92nd birthday.

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Filmography of

Austin Stoker

Found 22 Movies in total

... 2020

3 from Hell

Newscaster Gibson ( Actor )

... 2019

Shhhh

Dave ( Actor )

... 2014

Machete Joe

Raymond Sinclair ( Actor )

... 2010

Big John

Himself ( Actor )

... 2006

Mach 2

Edwards ( Actor )

... 2001

Two Shades of Blue

Security Guard ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1989

Uninvited

Carribean Officer ( Actor )

... 1988

Time Walker

Dr. Ken Melrose ( Actor )

... 1982

Terror Among Us

D.A. Rick Clayburn ( Actor )

... 1981

The Man With the Power

Carter ( Actor )

... 1977

Victory at Entebbe

Dr. Ghota ( Actor )

... 1976

Assault on Precinct 13

Ethan Bishop ( Actor )

... 1976

Riding with Death

Dive Officer ( Actor )

... 1976

Sheba, Baby

Brick Williams ( Actor )

... 1975

Abby

Det. Cass Potter ( Actor )

... 1974

Airport 1975

Air Force Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1974

The Zebra Killer

Lt. Frank Savage ( Actor )

... 1974

Horror High

Lieutenant Bozeman ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1973

The Aquarians

Bogan ( Actor )

... 1970