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Austin Stoker

Actor

Born - 7 October 1930, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Died - 7 October 2022

Solidly-built, oval-faced West Indian actor, originally a musician and singer who came to America with a dance troupe and stayed. As he neared his forties, the performer, born Alphonso Marshall, diversified into acting, and had a lead role in one of director John Carpenter's early successes, Assault on Precinct 13 in 1976. Other movie credits include The Aquarians (1970), Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1972), Horror High (1973), Airport 1975 (1974), Abby (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Victory at Entebbe (1976), Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979), Time Walker (1982), Uninvited (1987), A Girl to Kill for (1990), Another Time, Another Place (1992), Two Shades of Blue (1998), Mach 2 (2000), Between the Lines (2006), Machete Joe (2010), Shhhh (2014), 3 from Hell (2019), Double Down (2020) and Give Till It Hurts (2022), his last. His first wife, actress Vivian Bonnell, died in 2003 and he is survived by Robin, his second wife. He died from renal failure on his 92nd birthday.