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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...
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Falcon CrestSeries • 1981
AirwolfSeries • 1984
Love, American StyleSeries • 1969
The Six Million Dollar ManSeries • 1974
The Incredible HulkSeries • 1977
The Wild ThornberrysSeries • 1998
Arli$$Series • 1996
KojakSeries • 1973
RootsSeries • 1977
S.W.A.T.Series • 1975
Battle for the Planet of the ApesMovie • 1973
3 from HellMovie • 2019
Airport 1975Movie • 1974
Assault on Precinct 13Movie • 1976
Return to the Planet of the ApesSeries • 1975
Victory at EntebbeMovie • 1976
Sheba, BabyMovie • 1975
UninvitedMovie • 1988
Time WalkerMovie • 1982
AbbyMovie • 1974
Horror HighMovie • 1973
Riding with DeathMovie • 1976