
Person
Donald Buka
Acting · 1921–2009 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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".
Known for

Perry Mason
Clark

Dragnet
1951

Great Performances
Mister Eagle

The Equalizer
Ben Carrigan

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Captain Courtney

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Man at the Door

77 Sunset Strip
Pierre Leclair

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Maj. Smith

Law of the Plainsman
Roy Cameron

Peter Loves Mary
Prince of Taos
Filmography
- 1985The EqualizerBen Carrigan
- 1971A Memory of Two MondaysMister Eagle
- 1971Great PerformancesMister Eagle
- 1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.Captain Courtney
- 1964Shock TreatmentPsychologist
- 1961Operation EichmannDavid
- 1960Peter Loves MaryPrince of Taos
- 1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowMaj. Smith
- 1959Law of the PlainsmanRoy Cameron
- 195877 Sunset StripPierre Leclair
- 1957Perry MasonClark
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsThe Man at the Door
- 1953Stolen IdentityToni Sponer
- 1951Dragnet
- 1951New MexicoPrivate Van Vechten
- 1950VendettaPadrino the Bandit
- 1950Between Midnight and DawnRitchie Garris
- 1948The Street with No NameShivvy
- 1943Watch on the RhineJoshua
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