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Austin Stoker

Austin Stoker

Actor · Born 1943-10-07 · Trinidad, West Indies

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Biography

​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 fo…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) — Ethan Bishop
  2. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) — MacDonald
  3. 3 from Hell (2019) — Newscaster Gibson
  4. The Incredible Hulk (1977) — Rev. Jack Williams
  5. Airwolf (1984) — Investigator
  6. The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) — Charles Quinten
  7. The Wild Thornberrys (1998) — Poacher #2 (voice)
  8. Airport 1975 (1974) — Air Force Sergeant
  9. Roots (1977) — Virgil Harvey
  10. Kojak (1973) — Det. Douglas
  11. Uninvited (1988) — Carribean Officer
  12. S.W.A.T. (1975)
  13. Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975) — Jeff Allen (voice)
  14. Falcon Crest (1981) — Bailiff
  15. Sheba, Baby (1975) — Brick Williams
  16. Time Walker (1982) — Dr. Ken Melrose
  17. Horror High (1973) — Lieutenant Bozeman
  18. Abby (1974) — Det. Cass Potter
  19. Victory at Entebbe (1976) — Dr. Ghota
  20. Riding with Death (1976) — Dive Officer
  21. Love, American Style (1969) — Henry
  22. Arli$$ (1996) — African Rabbi
  23. Big John (2006) — Self
  24. Two Shades of Blue (2000) — Security Guard
  25. Mach 2 (2001) — Edwards
  26. Terror Among Us (1981) — D.A. Rick Clayburn
  27. Shhhh (2014) — Dave
  28. The Zebra Killer (1974) — Lt. Frank Savage
  29. Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020) — Self
  30. The Man with the Power (1977) — Carter
  31. Machete Joe (2010) — Raymond Sinclair
  32. Another Time, Another Place (1989) — Luther
  33. The Aquarians (1970) — Bogan
  34. Monty Nash (1971) — Cole Walker
  35. End of an Epic: The Final Battle (2008) — Self
  36. Descention — Brother Malcolm