Biography
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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of...
3 from Hell
2019
as Newscaster Gibson
After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be...
Shhhh
2014
as Dave
While Harris and his Mother enjoy bonding at the movies, it seems the jerks in the theaters are making it harder for them to enjoy the show. Soon some...
Machete Joe
2010
as Raymond Sinclair
A group of out-of-work actors decide to take their careers into their own hands by shooting a low-budget horror film, about an urban myth. With only 1...
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
2008
as Self
Documentary on the making of 'Battle for the Planet of the Apes' (1973)
Big John
2006
as Self
French documentary on the films of John Carpenter
Mach 2
2001
as Edwards
A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hos...
Two Shades of Blue
1999
as Security Guard
Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith."...
Another Time, Another Place
1989
as Luther
In 1988, Richard Conley (Joe Estevez) and Curt Wade (Rod McCary) reminisce about June Michels, the love of their lives. In flashback scenes originally...
Uninvited
1988
as Carribean Officer
A sinister corporation loses control of a house cat infected with a genetically-engineered virus. The death-toll rises during the mutant feline's ramp...
Time Walker
1982
as Dr. Ken Melrose
From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institut...
Terror Among Us
1981
as D.A. Rick Clayburn
A convicted rapist continually violates his parole but slips through the cracks of the justice system until his crimes escalate into a frenzy of terro...
The Man With the Power
1977
as Carter
A man whose father was an alien from another planet inherits his father's supernatural powers. He is assigned to guard a beautiful Indian princess who...
Victory at Entebbe
1976
as Dr. Ghota
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in ...
Assault on Precinct 13
1976
as Ethan Bishop
The skeleton staff of a deserted neighborhood's police station that is closing down the next day are under attack all night by the overwhelming number...
Riding with Death
1976
as Dive Officer
Agent Sam Casey is in a satellite explosion and the radiation turns him invisible. He gets a watch that keeps him visible, and he uses it to switch fr...
Sheba, Baby
1975
as Brick Williams
Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
Abby
1974
as Det. Cass Potter
When a minister's wife becomes possessed by Eshu, the Nigerian god of sexuality, an exorcist is called in to drive the evil spirit away.
Airport 1975
1974
as Air Force Sergeant
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls....
The Zebra Killer
1974
as Lt. Frank Savage
A racist white serial killer known only as "Mac" is wreaking havoc throughout San Francisco while wearing black makeup and an afro wig. Police lieuten...
Horror High
1973
as Lieutenant Bozeman
A nerdy high school super whiz experiments with a chemical which will transform his guinea pig "Mr. Mumps" from a gentle pet into a ravenous monster. ...
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
as MacDonald
The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar ...
The Aquarians
1970
as Bogan
A scientist and his team of underwater explorers search for the culprit who has stolen the world's supply of nerve gas and hidden it somewhere in the ...
Descention
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as Brother Malcolm
An assignment duty nurse goes in search of her live-in boyfriend, a successful photographer, to the Church run psychiatric institute, after he has a p...