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Austin Stoker

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Austin Stoker (born October 7, 1943) is an 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 an African-American actor in an action film of the 1970s outside of the blaxploitation genre. Stoker was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Prior to his role as Lt. Bishop, Stoker appeared in several blaxploitation films, often playing police detectives. Among these films were Abby (1974), The Zebra Killer (1975), and Sheba, Baby (1975), in which he played Pam Grier's love interest. Some of Stoker's other notable acting roles were in the 1973 science fiction film Battle for the Planet of the Apes, the 1974 disaster film Airport 1975, 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, Being from Another Planet (also known as Time Walker), in which he appeared with Darwin Joston, his co-star from Assault on Precinct 13. Description above from the Wikipedia article Austin Stoker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Oct 7, 1943 In Trinidad, West Indies
Movie/TV Credits:
23
First Appeared:
In the movie The Aquarians 1970-10-24
Latest Project:
Movie Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness 2020-04-21
Known For
Poster of Machete Joe
Poster of Sheba, Baby
Poster of The Zebra Killer
Poster of Horror High
Filmography
Movie Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness Self 2020-04-21
Movie 3 from Hell Newscaster Gibson 2019-09-16
Movie Machete Joe Raymond Sinclair 2010-01-29
Movie End of an Epic: The Final Battle Self 2008-11-04
Movie Big John Self 2006-12-11
Movie Mach 2 Edwards 2001-01-01
Movie Two Shades of Blue Security Guard 1999-03-27
Movie Uninvited Carribean Officer 1988-08-24
Movie Time Walker Dr. Ken Melrose 1982-11-01
Movie Terror Among Us D.A. Rick Clayburn 1981-01-12
Movie The Man With the Power Carter 1977-05-24
Movie Riding with Death Dive Officer 1976-01-01
Movie Victory at Entebbe Dr. Ghota 1976-12-22
Movie Assault on Precinct 13 Ethan Bishop 1976-10-08
Series S.W.A.T. Unknown 1975-02-24
Movie Sheba, Baby Brick Williams 1975-03-26
Series Return to the Planet of the Apes Jeff Allen (voice) 1975-09-06
Movie The Zebra Killer Lt. Frank Savage 1974-07-01
Movie Abby Det. Cass Potter 1974-12-25
Movie Airport 1975 Air Force Sergeant 1974-10-18
Movie Battle for the Planet of the Apes MacDonald 1973-06-15
Movie Horror High Lieutenant Bozeman 1973-09-20
Movie The Aquarians Bogan 1970-10-24