Donald Buka
Introduction '''Donald Buka''' (August 17, 1920 – July 21, 2009) was an American supporting actor in radio, films, and television from 1943 to 1971.
Early years Buka was born on August 17, 1920, in Cleveland, Ohio. When he was 17 years old, he went to Pittsburgh to study at Carnegie Tech.
Career While he was at Carnegie Tech, aged 17, Buka read a scene for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in an otherwise-empty theater. They invited him to join their company immediately, and he accepted. He toured with them for three years.Buka had worked on a film for Howard Hughes for three days when Hughes offered him a seven-year contract and told the screenwriter to expand Buka's part for the scenes that had not yet been filmed. Buka agreed to the contract with the stipulation that he be allowed to act on stage during the nine months of the traditional theatrical season each year. After some early experience in the theater, he got his start in mass media by appearing on the CBS radio program ''Let's Pretend. ''He appeared in episodes of ''Dragnet'', ''Ironside'', ''Perry Mason'' and ''The High Chaparral''.Buka's Broadway debut came in ''Twelfth Night'' (1940). He concluded his Broadway career in ''Design for Living'' (1984).
Death Buka died on July 21, 2009, in Reading, Massachusetts.
Filmography  Year Title Role Notes1943 ''Watch on the Rhine''  Joshua 1948 ''The Street with No Name''  Shivvy  1950 ''Between Midnight and Dawn''  Ritchie Garris  ''Vendetta''  Padrino - the Bandit 1951 ''New Mexico''  Pvt. Van Vechton 1953 ''Stolen Identity''  Toni Sponer 1960 ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''  Mental Patient at the door  Season 5 Episode 27: "The Cuckoo Clock"1961 ''Operation Eichmann''  David 1964 ''Shock Treatment''  Psychologist 1970 ''The Great White Hope''  Reporter  Uncredited1971''A Memory of Two Mondays''.Mr. Eagle
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