the 1982 B-movie (and Mystery Science Theater 3000 favorite) Time Walker (also known as Being from Another Planet), in which he appeared with his Assault on Precinct 13 co-star, Austin Stoker; and the last two years of his acting career were spent playing guest roles in television series such as Hill Street Blues, Spenser: For Hire, Knight Rider, and Remington Steele. He also performed as a voice actor in Showtime's short-lived, 1985 animated series Washingtoon. His final television role was in a 1986 episode of the comedy series ALF. From 1986 until 1994, he worked as a driver, driver captain, or transportation captain (sometimes with his son, Shawn Solomon) on various television productions and on films such as Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), La Bamba (1987), Lynch's 1990 film Wild at Heart, and The American President (1995). Death After Joston retired, he moved from Los Angeles back to Winston-Salem. Several years later, on June 1, 1998, he died of leukemia at Forsyth Medical Center. His funeral was held on June 4, 1998 at the Oaklawn Baptist Church in Winston-Salem; the services were conducted by his brother, Talmadge, and by Rev. Paul Riggs. Legacy Within several months of his death, Joston's friends and family established the F. Darwin Solomon Endowment at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (then known as the North Carolina School of the Arts) in Winston-Salem to commemorate his life and career. Some, including director Quentin Tarantino, consider Joston to have been a vastly underrated actor whose talent was not duly recognized during his lifetime. Filmography References External links 1937 births 1998 deaths Male actors from North Carolina American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American male voice actors Deaths from cancer in North Carolina Deaths from leukemia Actors from Winston-Salem, North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni 20th-century American male actors