Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Austin Stoker
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.6
Moderate attention
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Movies: 24Series: 12
TMDB ID: 103707
IMDb ID: nm0831288
Known for: Acting
Born: October 7, 1943
Died: October 7, 2022
Age: 79
Place of birth: Trinidad, West Indies
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1969 - 2020
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.02
Wikidata: Q2872139
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 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Austin Stoker.
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Self
2020 Movie
5.8
3 from Hell
as Newscaster Gibson
2019 Movie
3.1
Shhhh
as Dave
2014 Movie
1.5
Machete Joe
as Raymond Sinclair
2010 Movie
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
as Self
2008 Movie
7.8
Big John
as Self
2006 Movie
4.1
Mach 2
as Edwards
2001 Movie
2.7
Two Shades of Blue
as Security Guard
1999 Movie
10.0
Another Time, Another Place
as Luther
1989 Movie
4.7
Uninvited
as Carribean Officer
1988 Movie
4.1
Time Walker
as Dr. Ken Melrose
1982 Movie
4.8
Terror Among Us
as D.A. Rick Clayburn
1981 Movie
6.0
The Man with the Power
as Carter
1977 Movie
5.0
Victory at Entebbe
as Dr. Ghota
1976 Movie
7.3
Assault on Precinct 13
as Ethan Bishop
1976 Movie
2.6
Riding with Death
as Dive Officer
1976 Movie
5.7
Sheba, Baby
as Brick Williams
1975 Movie
5.6
Abby
as Det. Cass Potter
1974 Movie
5.8
Airport 1975
as Air Force Sergeant
1974 Movie
4.2
The Zebra Killer
as Lt. Frank Savage
1974 Movie
5.5
Horror High
as Lieutenant Bozeman
1973 Movie
5.7
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as MacDonald
1973 Movie
6.0
The Aquarians
as Bogan
1970 Movie
Descention
as Brother Malcolm
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Austin Stoker.
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
as Poacher #2 (voice) • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.7
Arli$$
as African Rabbi • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.6
Airwolf
as Investigator • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.5
Falcon Crest
as Bailiff • 2 eps
1981 Series
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
as Rev. Jack Williams • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.4
Roots
as Virgil Harvey • 2 eps
1977 Series
6.7
Return to the Planet of the Apes
as Jeff Allen (voice) • 13 eps
1975 Series
7.0
S.W.A.T.
1 eps
1975 Series
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Charles Quinten • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.1
Kojak
as Det. Douglas • 1 eps
1973 Series
5.5
Monty Nash
as Cole Walker • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.1
Love, American Style
as Henry • 1 eps
1969 Series