Career
In addition, he made a cameo appearance as a pallbearer in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, House of Dark Shadows, the first of two feature films based on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera. Stroka was the son of Slovak immigrants, and was born in Passaic, New Jersey. From 1975 to 1976, he appeared as Doctor Quentin Henderson on The Edge of Night.
He also guest-starred in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "Journey to Oasis".
Michael Stroka died from kidney cancer in Los Angeles, California at age 58.