Donald Buka (Performer) | Playbill

Donald Buka

Performer

A few notable film noirs followed: "Vendatta" (produced by Howard Hughes, who had Mr. Buka under contract for a time), "The Street With No Name" (as Richard Widmark's evil under-boss) and "Between Dawn and Midnight" (in which he played a cop-killing gangster). He played a rare lead role in 1953's "Stolen Identity," portraying a refugee taxi driver working illegally in Vienna who switches identities with a passenger who is murdered soon after leaving his cab. He also took roles in many of the notable television programs of the next two decades, including "Kraft Television Theatre," "The Philco Television Playhouse," "Dragnet," "M Squad," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "77 Sunset Strip," "Perry Mason," "Ironside" and "The Barbara Stanwyck Show."

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  • Born: 1921 in Cleveland, OH, USA
  • Death: Jul 21, 2009 in Reading, MA

Roles (17)

Design For Living Playbill - June 1984 Design for Living
Opened June 20, 1984
  • as Ernest Friedman (Standby - Original)
The Corn Is Green Playbill - Sept 1983 The Corn Is Green
Opened August 22, 1983
  • as Knox (Original)
  • as Member of "Welsh Chorus" (Original)
  • as Old Tom (Understudy - Original)
  • as The Squire (Understudy - Original)
Major Barbara Playbill - Feb 1980 Major Barbara
Opened February 26, 1980
  • as Morrison (Original)
  • as Peter Shirley (Understudy - Original)
Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 A Texas Trilogy: The Oldest Living Graduate
Opened September 23, 1976
  • as Clarence Sickenger (Standby - Original)
  • as Floyd Kinkaid (Standby - Original)
  • as Major Leroy W. Ketchum (Standby - Original)
Those That Play the Clowns Playbill - Nov 1966 Those That Play the Clowns
Opened November 24, 1966
  • Stage Manager
Live Life Again Playbill - Sept 1945 Live Life Again
Opened September 29, 1945
  • as Mark Orme (Original)
Sophie Playbill - Dec 1944 Sophie
Opened December 25, 1944
  • as Frankie Halenczik (Original)
Helen Goes to Troy Playbill - April 1944 Helen Goes to Troy
Opened April 24, 1944
  • as Orestes (Original)
Bright Boy Playbill - March 1944 Bright Boy
Opened March 02, 1944
  • as Allen Carpenter (Original)
Twelfth Night Playbill - Dec 1940 Twelfth Night
Opened November 19, 1940
  • as Ensemble (Original)
Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 The Taming of the Shrew
Opened February 05, 1940
  • as Bartholomew (Original)
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