He also began pursuing an acting career, appearing in summer stock theatre with the Peterborough Players. įollowing his dismissal, Culver drifted into prostitution. He later took a job at the private Ethical Culture Fieldston School on New York City's Central Park West but was fired during his second year following an altercation in which he physically disciplined a female student (reportedly the daughter of actor Eli Wallach).
After graduation in 1965 he accepted a teaching position in Peekskill, New York. Ĭulver attended the State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo, where he was a member of Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity and the drama club. Casey Donovan was born John Calvin Culver in East Bloomfield, New York, growing up there with his parents and older brother Duane.
