A few notable film noirs followed: "Vendatta" (produced by Howard Hughes, who had Mr. Buka under contract for a time), "The Street With No Name" (as Richard Widmark's evil under-boss) and "Between Dawn and Midnight" (in which he played a cop-killing gangster). He played a rare lead role in 1953's "Stolen Identity," portraying a refugee taxi driver working illegally in Vienna who switches identities with a passenger who is murdered soon after leaving his cab. He also took roles in many of the notable television programs of the next two decades, including "Kraft Television Theatre," "The Philco Television Playhouse," "Dragnet," "M Squad," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "77 Sunset Strip," "Perry Mason," "Ironside" and "The Barbara Stanwyck Show."