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Actor: Emergency!. Mike Stoker was born on 25 June 1941 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Emergency! (1972).
He is an actor, known for Emergency! (1972). Trivia. An actual Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighter, at the time with Station 69 in Topanga Canyon, California, Stoker was selected for the show because a real engineer was needed to drive and operate the (very expensive) fire engine.
Jul 30, 2023 · He went on to be a mainstay of the series throughout its run, appearing in 122 episodes between 1972 and 1978, often alongside the likes of Marco Lopez, Mike Stoker, and Michael Norell.
He was an actor on the National Broadcasting Company / Universal television series Emergency! and used his real name for the series (which ran from 1972–1978). Stoker was cast in the role primarily because he was an actor with a Screen Actors Guild card, and a qualified firefighter specialist engineer able to drive and operate the fire engine.
As a condition of providing a Dept pumper for filming the Los Angeles County Fire Department required one of its own qualified Engineers be used to operate it, active Firefighter Engineer (later Specialist) Mike Stoker, who already possessed a Screen Actors Guild card, was cast in the series.
Mike was born on June 25, 1941 in San Francisco, California. He grew up in southern California and graduated from Glendale Hoover High School in Glendale. On July 1, 1966 he joined the fire department.
Sep 16, 2009 · A video tribute to Mike Stoker, the engineer of engine 51 featuring Martha Reeves and the Vandella's Heat Wave.
Los Angeles county Engineer Mike Stoker and Fire Captain Dick Hammer appeared regularly in the show along side actor Tim Donnelly, who played the part of Chet Kelley. The series ran until September 1977 and ended with 124 episodes under its belt.
Emergency! (TV Series) Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs
An additional boost to authenticity came with the casting of actor Mike Stoker, who drove Engine 51. Stoker was a firefighter in Los Angeles before joining the cast, and he continued to work in that profession while the series aired and after it ended.
