Michael Stroka (May 9th 1939 – April 14th 1997) was an actor on the original Dark Shadows television series. He joined the cast in 1969 playing a character named Aristede in the 1897 flashback storyline. Michael also played several other characters including Bruno, Bruno Hess and Laszlo Ferrari. Michael also made a cameo appearance as a pallbearer at Carolyn Stoddard’s funeral in the 1970 MGM movie, House of Dark Shadows. Michael Stroka appeared in a total of 63 episodes of Dark Shadows. In one episode (976), he played two different characters (Bruno and Bruno Hess). He was married to actress Karen Jensen until his death. Michael passed away in Los Angeles, California from kidney cancer in 1997 at the age of 57.

Contents 1 Appearances 1.1 As Aristede (34 episodes) 1.2 As Bruno (13 episodes) 1.3 As Bruno Hess (14 episodes) 1.4 As Laszlo Ferrari (3 episodes) 1.5 As a pallbearer 2 External links

Appearances Edit

As Aristede (34 episodes)Edit

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As Bruno (13 episodes)Edit

942 944 946 953 959 960 961 962 966 973 974 975 976

As Bruno Hess (14 episodes)Edit

976 986 988 990 992 994 995 998 999 1004 1036 1037 1039 1040

As Laszlo Ferrari (3 episodes)Edit

1130 1148 1158

As a pallbearerEdit

House of Dark Shadows

External links Edit

Michael Stroka’s entry at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)