Donald Buka

Known for

Acting

Born

August 17, 1921

Birthplace

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died

July 21, 2009 (aged 87)

Biography

He began his career in the Broadway stage performance of "The Taming of the Shrew" (1940). Going on to feature films, he made his debut playing the role as Bette Davis' son in "Watch on the Rhine" (1943). His other notable film credits included "The Bourgeois Gentleman" (1945), "The Street with No Name" (1948), "Vendetta" (1950), "New Mexico" (1951) "Stolen Identity" (1953) and "Operation Eichmann" (1961). He also had a successful career in television appearing in episodes of "Dragnet", "Zane Grey Theater", "Lawman", "77 Sunset Strip", "Perry Mason", "Ironside" and "The High Chaparral".

Best known work

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Perry Mason

1957

The Equalizer

1985

Watch on the Rhine

1943

The Street with No Name

1948

Dragnet

1951

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964

Between Midnight and Dawn

1950

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Great Performances

1971

Filmography

1985
The EqualizerTV
as Ben Carrigan (1 episode)
1971
A Memory of Two Mondays
as Mister Eagle
1971
Great PerformancesTV
as Mister Eagle (1 episode)
1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.TV
as Captain Courtney (1 episode)
1964
Shock Treatment
as Psychologist
1961
Operation Eichmann
as David
1960
Peter Loves MaryTV
as Prince of Taos (1 episode)
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
as Maj. Smith (1 episode)
1959
Law of the PlainsmanTV
as Roy Cameron (1 episode)
1958
77 Sunset StripTV
as Pierre Leclair (1 episode), as Tony Bowman (1 episode)
1957
Perry MasonTV
as Clark (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV
as The Man at the Door (1 episode)
1953
Stolen Identity
as Toni Sponer
1951
DragnetTV
1951
New Mexico
as Private Van Vechten
1950
Vendetta
as Padrino the Bandit
1950
Between Midnight and Dawn
as Ritchie Garris
1948
The Street with No Name
as Shivvy
1943
Watch on the Rhine
as Joshua