Art Bucaro(1926-1995)
- Actor
After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Art Bucaro used his
GI Bill to fund his professional training at California's prestigious
Pasadena Playhouse. Over the next two decades he acted in numerous Los
Angeles area plays and appeared in a variety of film and television
roles, most notably in Disney's production of
Mary Poppins (1964). In the
mid-1960's, he changed careers to pursue another of his life-long
passions, aviation. Never giving up his love of the stage, Art became
an important contributor to the establishment and growth of several
theatre companies in Los Angeles' Antelope Valley where he served as
actor, director, collaborator and, most importantly, valued friend.
After his passing, Palmdale Repertory Theatre established a scholarship
in his name to help train the next generation of actors in the craft
that he pursued and loved for a lifetime.
