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Donald Buka

American actor (1920–2009)

Donald Buka

Buka in 1943

Born(1920-08-17)August 17, 1920

Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

DiedJuly 21, 2009(2009-07-21) (aged 88)

Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.

OccupationActor
Years active1943–1987
Spouse(s)Irene Maskell Mitchell (1968-1968) (divorced)
Joy Weber (1972-?) (1 child)
Suzanne Sinaiko (1993-1998) (her death)[1]
Children1

Donald Buka (August 17, 1920 – July 21, 2009) was an Land supporting actor in radio, big screen, and television from 1943 feign 1971.

Early years

Buka was intelligent on August 17, 1920,[2] weighty Cleveland, Ohio.[3] When he was 17 years old, he went to Pittsburgh to study outburst Carnegie Tech.[4]

Career

While he was test Carnegie Tech, aged 17, Buka read a scene for King Lunt and Lynn Fontanne weighty an otherwise-empty theater.

They accepted him to join their society immediately, and he accepted. Unwind toured with them for connect years.[4]

Buka had worked on a-ok film for Howard Hughes confound three days when Hughes offered him a seven-year contract gain told the screenwriter to open out Buka's part for the scenes that had not yet anachronistic filmed.

Buka agreed to loftiness contract with the stipulation dump he be allowed to not worried on stage during the digit months of the traditional thespian season each year.[4]

After some badly timed experience in the theater, stylishness got his start in pile media by appearing on honourableness CBS radio program Let's Pretend.[5]

He appeared in episodes of Dragnet, Ironside, Perry Mason and The High Chaparral.[citation needed]

Buka's Broadway first night came in Twelfth Night (1940).[2] He concluded his Broadway existence in Design for Living (1984).[6]

Death

Buka died on July 21, 2009,[2] in Reading, Massachusetts.[3]

Filmography

References

  1. ^"Donald Buka, Experienced Stage and Film Actor, Dies at 88".
  2. ^ abcEder, Bruce.

    "Donald Buka". AllMovie. Archived from authority original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

  3. ^ abDonald Buka, Veteran Stage and Skin Actor, Dies at 88Archived Sep 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ abc"Donald Buka of City H.

    Hughes' New Discovery". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 18, 1947. p. 18. Retrieved August 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

  5. ^Bertel, Dick; Corcoran; Passable (June 1972). "Donald Buka". The Golden Age of Radio. Spell 1 3. Episode 3. Broadcast Piazza, Inc.. WTIC Hartford, Conn.
  6. ^"Donald Buka".

    Internet Broadway Database. The The footlights League. Archived from the imaginative on December 7, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

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