With the success and celebrity he garnered from the film, Donovan believed that he would be able to cross over into mainstream film. The film was an instant success and is considered one of the great classics of male erotic cinema. Ĭulver first appeared as Casey Donovan in Boys in the Sand, directed by Wakefield Poole, in 1971. Culver later took the title character's name, Casey, and that of the popular Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan to create the pseudonym under which he would appear in all his other erotic roles.
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shows any indication of better things to come." This in turn led to an offer to appear in Casey, a gay pornographic film in which Culver played the title role, a gay man who is visited by his fairy godmother Wanda (Culver playing a dual role in drag), and is granted a series of wishes which make him sexually irresistible to other men. While the film was a commercial and critical failure, Variety noted his performance positively, saying "Only Calvin Culver. In 1971, Culver played a supporting role in a low-budget sexploitation thriller film called Ginger. He continued to pursue stage work, landing an understudy job in 1969 in the Off-Broadway gay-themed play And Puppy Dog Tails, making his Broadway debut in 1970 in the Native American-themed production Brave and a co-starring role in the off-Broadway play Circle in the Water (also in 1970). Through one of his escorting clients, Culver landed a spot with the Wilhelmina Models modeling agency, commanding an hourly rate of US$60 ($400 in 2020 terms). 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.