Personal Info
Austin Stoker
Acting
Biography
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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 C…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Self
3 from Hell
as Newscaster Gibson
Shhhh
as Dave
Machete Joe
as Raymond Sinclair
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
as Self
Big John
as Self
Mach 2
as Edwards
Two Shades of Blue
as Security Guard
Another Time, Another Place
as Luther
Uninvited
as Carribean Officer
TV Shows
The Wild Thornberrys
as Poacher #2 (voice) · 1 ep.
Arli$$
as African Rabbi · 1 ep.
Airwolf
as Investigator · 1 ep.
Falcon Crest
as Bailiff · 2 ep.
The Incredible Hulk
as Rev. Jack Williams · 1 ep.
Roots
as Virgil Harvey · 2 ep.
S.W.A.T.
1 ep.
Return to the Planet of the Apes
as Jeff Allen (voice) · 13 ep.
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Captain · 2 ep.
Kojak
as Det. Douglas · 1 ep.