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Trinidadian-American actor (1930?2022)
Austin Stoker
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Stoker in 2015
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Born
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1930-10-07
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October 7, 1930
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Died
| October 7, 2022
(2022-10-07)
(aged 92)
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1954 –2022
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Spouse(s)
| Robin Stoker,
Vivian Bonnell
(
m.
1959?200?)
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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.
Life and career
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Stoker was born in
Port of Spain
,
Trinidad and Tobago
on October 7, 1930.
[1]
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).
[2]
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
.
Death
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Stoker died of renal failure at the
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
in
Los Angeles
,
California
, on October 7, 2022, his 92nd birthday.
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Filmography
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References
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"Stoker, Austin"
.
The Caribbean Memory Project
. Retrieved
December 12,
2016
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"Enid Mosier (alt. Vivian Bonnell)"
.
The Caribbean Memory Project
. Retrieved
December 12,
2016
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Barnes, Mike.
"Austin Stoker, Star of John Carpenter's 'Assault on Precinct 13,' Dies at 92"
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The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
October 10,
2022
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d
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"Austin Stoker"
.
Rotten Tomatoes
. Retrieved
October 14,
2022
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d
e
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g
h
"Austin Stoker"
. American Film Institute
. Retrieved
October 14,
2022
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b
"Austin Stoker ? Filmography"
. Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
October 14,
2022
.
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a
b
"Austin Stoker"
. British Film Institute. Archived from
the original
on October 21, 2020
. Retrieved
October 14,
2022
.
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a
b
c
"Austin Stoker List of Movies and TV Shows"
.
TV Guide
. Retrieved
October 14,
2022
.
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