​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Austin Stoker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

• 20193 from Hell — Newscaster Gibson
• 2014Shhhh — Dave
• 2010Machete Joe — Raymond Sinclair
• 2001Mach 2 — Edwards
• 2000Two Shades of Blue — Security Guard
• The Wild Thornberrys — Poacher #2 (voice)
• Arli$$ — African Rabbi
• 1989Another Time, Another Place — Luther
• 1988Uninvited — Carribean Officer
• Airwolf — Investigator
• 1982Time Walker — Dr. Ken Melrose
• Falcon Crest — Bailiff
• 1981Terror Among Us — D.A. Rick Clayburn
• Roots — Virgil Harvey
• The Incredible Hulk — Rev. Jack Williams
• 1977The Man with the Power — Carter
• 1976Assault on Precinct 13 — Ethan Bishop
• 1976Riding with Death — Dive Officer
• 1976Victory at Entebbe — Dr. Ghota
• Return to the Planet of the Apes — Jeff Allen (voice)
• S.W.A.T.
• 1975Sheba, Baby — Brick Williams
• 1974Abby — Det. Cass Potter
• 1974Airport 1975 — Air Force Sergeant
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Charles Quinten, Captain
• 1974The Zebra Killer — Lt. Frank Savage
• 1973Battle for the Planet of the Apes — MacDonald
• 1973Horror High — Lieutenant Bozeman
• Kojak — Det. Douglas
• Monty Nash — Cole Walker
• 1970The Aquarians — Bogan
• Love, American Style — Henry
• Descention — Brother Malcolm

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness — Self
• 2008End of an Epic: The Final Battle — Self
• 2006Big John — Self