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- Movies were an escape and inspiration for young Michael Stroka. Forced to move from his hometown of Passaic, New Jersey, to nearby Garfield, with his family when he was in second grade, young Michael relied on his imagination to cope.
"That's when I really started escaping into my own little world, and I think that's what made me decide to be an actor", he told "16" magazine years later, after gaining world-wide fame as one of the bad guys on the supernatural soap opera, Dark Shadows (1966), in the late 1960s.
Nearly every Saturday, Michael and a small group of friends attended movie matinées. Then, they reenact the stories they'd just watched. "I loved horror movies", he said. "I was playing "Dracula" when I was 9. I guess Dark Shadows (1966) was just a natural thing for me to grow into".
Michael attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology, then moved to California to further his dream of being a movie star. First using the professional name Mike G. Stroka, he found work on stage and, soon, in films. His early stage appearances included "The Man" (in 1964 at the Santa Monica Playhouse), and he was in the movies 36 Hours (1964), starring James Garner and Eva Marie Saint, and King Rat (1965), starring George Segal. He also appeared in several TV classics, including three episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959) and Combat! (1962) (1965).
After returning to New York, Michael appeared in several off-Broadway plays, then was cast on Dark Shadows (1966) in the summer of 1969. He remained on the show for a year and a half, getting teen idol treatment in various magazines including "Flip" and "16".
From 1975 to '76, Michael played "Dr. Quentin Henderson" on _"The Edge of Night" (1956)_. His later movie roles included the TV movie, Contract on Cherry Street (1977) and 'Eddie Murphey''s Harlem Nights (1989). He guest-starred on some other cult classic TV shows, including Wonder Woman (1975) and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979).
After a long battle with cancer, Michael died in 1997. - Cinematographer
- Special Effects
- Actor
Vladimír Novotný was born on 14 October 1914 in Tabor, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Lemonade Joe (1964), La liberté surveillée (1958) and Velké dobrodruzství (1952). He died on 14 April 1997 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Milan Nedela was born on 23 February 1934 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for I Dutifully Report (1958), Prague Nights (1969) and Ta nase písnicka ceská (1967). He died on 14 April 1997 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Barbara Gurney was born on 21 August 1894 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Lost Romance (1921) and The Soul of Youth (1920). She was married to Thomas Waring Baily. She died on 14 April 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Location Management
- Production Manager
Nils Berman was born on 21 April 1916 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. He was a production manager, known for Aktören (1943), Lev farligt (1944) and Sommar & Vinter i P1 (1959). He died on 14 April 1997 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Tadeusz Pokrzywko was an actor, known for Wysokie loty (1980), Katastrofa w Gibraltarze (1984) and Struny (1978). He died on 14 April 1997.
- Joop van der Broek was born in 1926. He was a writer, known for Kermis in de Regen (1962). He died on 14 April 1997 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Born in Akron, Ohio in 1924, the son of Mary Martha (Bone) and Frederick Coleman Mostoller. He joined the Army in 1943. He studied fashion design in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1958 he went to work for NBC in New York. During the 1960s and 1970s he worked on television as a costume designer. He was best known for "The Doctors" where he was in charge of dressing the cast for the wedding of the character Althea Davis, which was one of the most lavish weddings of 1968 after that of Jackie Onassis. He was married to fellow costume designer Ramsey Mostoller. He died in Atlanta, Georgia in 1997.