Austin Stoker
Acting
Born October 7, 1943 · Trinidad, West Indies
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 C…
Known For · 36 titles
Love, American Style
Falcon Crest
Airwolf
Arli$$
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Wild Thornberrys
The Incredible Hulk
Kojak
Roots
S.W.A.T.
Monty Nash
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Airport 1975
Return to the Planet of the Apes
3 from Hell
Sheba, Baby
Assault on Precinct 13
Machete Joe
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Victory at Entebbe
Uninvited
Mach 2
Two Shades of Blue
Another Time, Another Place
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
Time Walker
Abby
Horror High
Terror Among Us
The Aquarians
Riding with Death
The Zebra Killer
The Man with the Power
Big John
Shhhh
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