Who was Austin Stoker?
Austin Stoker died on October 7, 2022 at the age of 92 years old. The actor died of the renal failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Austin Stoker was a 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.
Before Austin acted as Lt. Bishop, he appeared in several blaxploitation films, often playing police detectives.
Stoker acted in films such as 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.
He is well 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.
How old was Austin Stoker?
Austin Stoker was born on October 7, 1930 and died on his birthdate, October 7, 2022 at the age of 92 years old. Austin Stoker was a Trinidadian-American actor who was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Austin Stoker wife Enid Mosier
Austin Stoker met his wife Enid Mosier a.k.a Vivian Bonnell, an actress, during the 1954 Broadway production of Truman Capote’s House of Flowers.
She was an actress and calypso singer, born on May 23, 1924 and died November 18, 2003 of complications from diabetes, she was 79 years by the time of her death.
Austin was also survived by his daughter Tiffany, his son Origen, two grandchildren, Marcus and tiny Austin.