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Donald Buka

Donald Buka

Show Count: 33
Series Count: 4
Role: Old Time Radio Star
Born: August 17, 1920
Old Time Radio, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: July 21, 2009, Reading, Massachusetts, USA
An American supporting actor in films and television from 1943 (Watch on the Rhine) to 1971 when he appeared in A Memory of Two Mondays.

He appeared in episodes of Dragnet, Ironside, Perry Mason and The High Chaparral.

He was born in Ohio and died in Massachusetts.

Source: Wikipedia

Chase, TheChase, The
Show Count: 54
Broadcast History: 27 April 1952 to 28 June 1953
Cast: Karl Swenson, Lucille Wall, Kermit Murdock, Larry Haines, Stefan Schnabel, Luis Van Rooten, Vinton Hayworth, Wendell Holmes, Norman Rose, Edgar Stehli, Joe DeSantis, Mandel Kramer, Amzie Strickland, Donald Buka, Bryna Raeburn, Grant Richards, Ann Thomas, John Gibson, Elaine Rost, Staats Cotsworth, Sarah Burton, Helen Claire, Roger DeKoven, Leon Janney, Nelson Olmstead, Jan Miner, Maurice Tarplin, Ian Martin, Virginia Payne, Arnold Moss, Paul McGrath, Ed Jerome, Ivor Francis, Bill Quinn
Director: Walter McGraw, Daniel Sutter, Edward King, Fred Weihe
Crime Does Not PayCrime Does Not Pay
Show Count: 58
Broadcast History: 10 October 1949 to 10 October 1951, and 7 January 1952 to 22 December 1952
Cast: Everett Sloane, Betty Furness, Jean Muir, John Beal, Richard Duerr, John Loder, Ed Begley, Donald Buka, Joan Lorring, Lionel Stander, Bela Lugosi
Director: Marx B Loeb
The radio show Crime Does Not Pay is a perfect example of how radio shows often mirrored major studio productions. This radio show was based on the film series Crime Does Not Pay produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. The films began in 1935 yet weren’t mirrored by the radio show until 14 years later. During the same general time period, a comic book by the same name was popular with readers. During the late 40s and early 50s crime dramas were very popular – much like they are today.
Dimension XDimension X
Show Count: 45
Broadcast History: 8 April 1950 to 29 September 1951
Sponsor: General Mills for Wheaties
Cast: Ronny Liss, Bill Griffis, Norman Rose, Art Carney, Jack Grimes, Jack Lemmon, Santos Ortega, Jackson Beck, Mandel Kramer, Peter Lazer, Larry Haines, Everett Sloane, Joan Alexander, Jan Miner, Claudia Morgan, Ralph Bell, Raymond Edward Johnson, Bryna Raeburn, Patricia Wheel, Joyce Gordon, Leon Janney, Luis Van Rooten, Joseph Julian, Joe DeSantis, Peter Capell, Wendell Holmes, John McGovern, Alexander Scourby, Bill Quinn, Ed Jerome, Lawson Zerbe, Karl Weber, Arnold Moss, Rita Lynn, Jackie Grimes, Matt Crowley, Roger DeKoven, John Larkin, Berry Kroeger, Bill Zuckert, Bill Lipton, Denise Alexander, Les Damon, Donald Buka, Inge Adams, Joseph Curtin, Arthur Maitland, John Gibson
Director: Danny Sutter, Edward King, Ed King, Jack Kuney, Fred Weihe
Producer: Danny Sutter, Ed King, Fred Weihe, Van Woodward, William Welch
Let's PretendLet's Pretend
Show Count: 71
Broadcast History: 7 September 1929 to 17 March 1934, and 24 March 1934 to 23 October 1954
Sponsor: Cream of Wheat
Cast: Estelle Levy, Patricia Ryan, Miriam Wolfe, Sybil Trent, Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch, Arthur Anderson, Billy Halop, Nancy Kelly, Roslyn Silber, Dick Van Patten, Anne Francis, Lamont Johnson, Patricia Peardon, Albert Aley, Michael O'Day, Skippy Homeier, Marilyn Erskine, Jack Grimes, Kingsley Colton, Bobby Readick, Vivian Block, Gerrianne Raphael, Patsy O'Shea, Lorna Lynn, Jack Ayers, Alex Englander, Larry Robinson, Robert Lee, Mary Ellen Glass, Barbara Adams, Bill Lipton, Betty Jane Tyler , Judith Lockser, Joan Lazer, Jackie Kelk, Joan Tetzel, Jimmy Lydon , Michael Dreyfuss, Donald Buka, Hope Miller, Evelyn Juster, Lillian Collins, Daisy Aldan, Roger Sullivan, Rita Lloyd, Donald Madden, Lynn Thatcher, Stanley Martin, Diana Hale, Walter Tetley, Jack Jordan, Robert Morea, Jimsey Somers, Julian Altman, Donald Hughes, Florence Halop, Lester Jay, Eddie Ryan, Denise Alexander, Ivan Cury, Anne-Marie Gayer, Dick Etlinger, Elaine Engler, Sidney Lumet, Butch Cavell, Alan Shay
Director: Nila Mack, Jean Hight
Producer: Nila Mack
Host: Bill Adams
Broadcast: September 2, 1954
Added: Nov 28 2013
Broadcast: November 1, 1948
Added: Mar 21 2022
Broadcast: 7th December 1964
Added: Dec 08 2011
Broadcast: 8th February 1965
Added: Mar 02 2012
Broadcast: September 20, 1942
Added: Nov 14 2014
Broadcast: September 11, 1944
Added: Sep 10 2015
Broadcast: 12th October 1950
Added: Sep 29 2012
Broadcast: November 19, 1950
Added: Mar 16 2015
Broadcast: March 31, 1965
Added: Apr 04 2014
Broadcast: 18th February 1965
Added: Feb 20 2014
Broadcast: 29th January 1965
Added: Feb 24 2012
Broadcast: 13th July 1965
Added: Jul 19 2013
Broadcast: 5th May 1946
Added: May 06 2010
Broadcast: April 24, 1955
Added: Jun 06 2020
Broadcast: November 20, 1964
Added: May 17 2014
Broadcast: 10th April 1950
Added: Apr 10 2009
Broadcast: 28th October 1974
Added: Jun 20 2013
Broadcast: May 1, 1951
Added: Sep 17 2020
Broadcast: 6th May 1965
Added: May 16 2011
Broadcast: 2nd October 1964
Added: Oct 04 2012
Broadcast: November 24, 1964
Added: May 19 2014
Broadcast: 27th January 1965
Added: Feb 01 2011
Broadcast: 13th February 1957
Added: Feb 14 2005
Broadcast: 5th November 1964
Added: Nov 21 2013
Broadcast: May 15, 1955
Added: Jun 02 2020
Broadcast: 10th November 1964
Added: Nov 17 2012