I'm pretty sure I read somewhere, maybe in the two movies' screenplay book, that it was, indeed, suppose to be Michael Stroka.
The DS Movie Book says that Stroka was "a candidate" to play the hippie. I honestly think he was too old (hippies not trusting anyone over 30 and all that back in the day - until they themselves became over 30
). I agree with Gothick that Brian Sturdivant could have been a good choice - especially considering the TPTB had already cast him in two roles on the daytime show. But I also think that Ray Carlson (PT's Aldon Wicks) or Tom Happer (1840/1841's Jeremy Grimes) might have been appropriate. Both were certainly in the right age range.
Changing reels, let's move now to casting "the very mod" Gregory, New York style boutique proprietor extraordinaire.
The DS Movies Book says that either Stroka or Keith Prentice "would most likely" have played the role. I think either one would have been great. And I can actually hear Stroka delivering the lines whenever I read the scene in the script. But I sort of have a wish that Prentice might have played Gregory, if only for the fact that Stroka had at least appeared in hoDS, so giving the role to Prentice would have been a chance for him to appear in a DS film.
Other thoughts or possible candidates?