Austin Stoker | |
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 Stoker in 2015 | |
| Born | October 7, 1930 |
| Died | October 7, 2022 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1954 –2022 |
| Spouse(s) | Robin Stoker, Vivian Bonnell (m. 1959–200?) |
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.