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Austin Stoker
Actor
Born October 7, 1943Died October 7, 2022 (79 years)
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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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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
| 2020 | Double Down · as Vincent Jamison Ii |
| 2019 | 3 from Hell · as Newscaster Gibson |
| 2014 | |
| 2010 | Machete Joe · as Raymond Sinclair |
| 2005 | Sleeper Cell (TV Series) · as Older Man |
| 2000 | The District (TV Series) · as Jason Donroy |
| 2000 | Mach 2 · as Edwards |
| 1999 | Two Shades of Blue · as Security Guard |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys (TV Series) · as Poacher #2 (voice) |
| 1996 | Arli$$ (TV Series) · as African Rabbi |
| 1990 | A Girl to Kill For · as Guard Number One |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | The Bold and the Beautiful (TV Series) · as Mitchell Owens |
| 1985 | Robert Kennedy and His Times (TV Series) · as Robert Henderson |
| 1984 | Airwolf (TV Series) · as Investigator |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) · as Customs Security Officer |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Reporter #2 |
| 1982 | Time Walker · as Dr. Ken Melrose |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) · as Chief Of Police |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest (TV Series) · as Bailiff |
| 1981 | Terror Among Us · as D.a. Rick Clayburn |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) · as Dr. Len Boyer |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) · as Rev. Jack Williams |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Frank Carey |
| 1977 | The Man with the Power · as Carter |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) · as Prefect |
| 1977 | Roots (TV Series) · as Virgil Harvey |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe · as Dr. Ghota |
| 1976 | Assault on Precinct 13 · as Ethan Bishop |
| 1976 | Gemini Man (TV Series) · as Dive Officer |
| 1976 | Riding with Death · as Dive Officer |
| 1975 | Return to the Planet of the Apes (TV Series) · as Jeff Allen (voice) |
| 1975 | Bronk (TV Series) · as Callendar |
| 1975 | 'Sheba, Baby' · as Brick Williams |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. (TV Series) |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 · as Air Force Sergeant |
| 1974 | The Get-Man · as Lt. Frank Savage |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as Captain |
| 1974 | Chopper One (TV Series) · as Sergeant Anderson |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Det. Douglas |
| 1973 | Horror High · as Lieutenant Bozeman |
| 1973 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes · as Macdonald |
| 1973 | Love Thy Neighbor (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Ed Paltz |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Dr. Ryan |
| 1970 | Storefront Lawyers/Men At Law (TV Series) · as Jordan Brill |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) · as Gene Pearson |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Henry |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Dave |