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Casey Donovan

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Cal Culver

Calvin Culver

Ken Donovan

stats/info

hair	Brown Blond	eyes	Hazel	tattoo	None, Hip
body hair	Medium	facial hair	None
height	5ft 10in / 178cm	weight	155lbs / 70kg
build	Swimmer	skin	White
piercing	None
dick size	8in / 20cm	foreskin	Cut
position	Versatile Bottom	persuasion	Gay
born	1943	from	East Bloomfield, New York
died	1987	died of	ARC

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notes

See Boy in the Sand: Casey Donovan, All-American Sex Star by Roger Edmonson; 1998 Alyson Books.
Edmonson's biography describes him as a gentleman who was always well dressed, always upbeat, able to ingratiate himself with anybody, anywhere in the world, a well educated devotee of culture and the arts, a sexual virtuoso, extremely promiscuous, unappologetically gay and the first gay porn star.
He had wanted to have a legit career and did appear in some off broadway productions but this was aborted by the porn films and hustling he did to make ends meet and his unwillingness to hide his sexuality. Some of his co-actors said his acting was OK but unvarying from performance to performance.
A note in Mandate in 1979 said that he had bought a guest house in Key West that he called Casa Donovan.
Michael Kearns says that Casey was the highest paid hustler in NYC at the time Donovan performed in Tubstrip in 1974 but an appointment with actor Tom Tyron led to a romantic affair.
For most of his career Casey had no tattoo but towards the end he had a small one on his hip that his S/M master placed there.
Appeared in non-porn films: Score (1972), Ginger (1971), Dragula (1971), play: Circle in Water.

releases

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action notes: O=Oral; A=Anal; M=Mutual j/o; R=Rim; S=Straight; g=give; r=receive; b=bottom; t=top;

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references

"Who" Michael's Thing Vol. 1 No. 3 Nov. 1970 pg. 11 (Essay)
James Fredericks. "Footlights: Tubstrip Bares All for Fun" Gay Times #20, 1974 pg. 20 (Review)
Jim Fredericks. "A Gaytimes Profile: The Dual Identity of Cal Culver / Casey Donovan" Gay Times #22, 1974 pg. 20 (Interview)
Charles Anson. "Future of Gay Cinema" Gay Movie Guide Jul. 1974 pg. 2 (Essay)
Charles Anson. "Boys in the Sand" Gay Movie Guide Jul. 1974 pg. 7 (Review)
Allan Leopold, Rik Lawrence. "Calvin Culver Lookin' Up" In Touch Vol. 1 No. 10 Jul. 1974 pg. 16 (Interview/Pictures)
Ted Flagg, KenHoward. "Tubstrip" In Touch Vol. 1 No. 10 Jul. 1974 pg. 30 (Review/Pictures)
"In Touch with Films" In Touch Vol. 1 No. 10 Jul. 1974 pg. 50 (Review)
Hollywood Center Theatre. In Touch Vol. 1 No. 10 Jul. 1974 pg. 73 (Advertisement)
"In Touch with Theatre" In Touch Vol. 1 No. 11 Aug. 1974 pg. 56 (Notes)
Siebenand, Paul. The Beginnings of Gay Cinema in Los Angeles: The Industry and the Audience. Los Angles, CA: USC, 1975 pg. 37,95,101,133,144-164,184,216,218,227,228,232,246,247,250,270-273,290
"Eros and Art: Body Sculpture" Mandate Vol. 1 No. 3 Jun. 1975 pg. 28 (Pictures)
Bob Kiggins. "Wakefield Pool Mellows" In Touch No. 24 Jul.-Aug. 1976 pg. 40 (Index)
Peter Berlin. "Peter Berlin: A Self Portrait" In Touch No. 25 Sep.-Oct. 1976 pg. 50 (Interview/Pictures)
Pill Lumen, Roy Blakey. "Men in Heat: George Payne" In Heat No. 1 1977 pg. 10 (Review/Pictures)
Michael Llewellyn. "Homosex in the Cinema" Mandate Vol. 2 No. 22 Feb. 1977 pg. 33 (Essay)
Jack Fritscher. "Dirty Poole" Drummer Vol. 4 No. 27 1978 pg. 14 (Index)
Roy Blakey. "The Camera Art of Roy Blakey" Mandate Vol. 4 No. 40 Aug. 1978 pg. 27 (Pictures)
Falcon. Mandate Vol. 4 No. 43 Nov. 1978 pg. 52 (Advertisement)
Falcon. Mandate Vol. 4 No. 44 Dec. 1978 pg. 45 (Advertisement)
"Casey Donovan at 35" Skin Vol. 1 No. 2 1979 pg. 18 (Interview)
Falcon. Playguy Vol. 3 No. 27 c1979 (Cover)
Falcon. "Triple Treat" Playguy Vol. 3 No. 27 c1979 pg. 19 (Pictures)
Falcon. Playguy Vol. 3 No. 27 c1979 pg. 24 (Centerfold)
Falcon. Playguy Vol. 3 No. 27 c1979 pg. 47 (Advertisement)
Falcon. Playguy Vol. 3 No. 30 c1979 pg. 27 (Advertisement)
Michael Kerns. "They Gage Boys are Rolling Again With L.A. Tool & Die" Drummer Vol. 4 No. 34 1979 pg. 20 (Review)
Falcon. "Falcon's Lair" Honcho Vol. 1 No. 11 Mar. 1979 pg. 58 (Pictures)
"Man Data" Mandate Vol. 5 No. 48 Apr. 1979 pg. 34 (Notes)
"Man Data" Mandate Vol. 5 No. 49 May 1979 pg. 5 (Notes)
Falcon. Mandate Vol. 5 No. 49 May 1979 pg. 50 (Advertisement)
Falcon. Honcho Vol. 2 No. 15 Jul. 1979 pg. 19 (Advertisement)
Jeremy Hughes. "Bedding the Pornstars" Skin Vol. 1 No. 5 1980 pg. 8 (Essay)
"L.A. Tool & Die" Skin Vol. 1 No. 5 1980 pg. 22 (Pictures)
"Casey Donovan Get's Down" Skin Vol. 2 No. 1 1980 pg. 24 (Pictures)
Ed Franklin. "The Big Switcheroo" Skinflicks Vol. 1 No. 2 1981 pg. 6 (Essay)
Robert W. Richards. "Casey Donovan Tody" Studflix Vol. 1 No. 1 1982 pg. 16 (Essay)
Christopher Rage. "Enter Christopher Rage" Studflix Vol. 1 No. 1 1982 pg. 36 (Essay)
"Heatstroke" Skinflicks Vol. 2 No. 2 1982 pg. 4 (Pictures)
"Hot Shots" Skinflicks Vol. 3 No. 1 1982 pg. 28 (Pictures)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 1 Apr. 1982 pg. 36 (Letters)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 2 May 1982 pg. 36 (Letters)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 3 Jun. 1982 pg. 22 (Letters)
"The All-Male Film part 2" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 3 Jun. 1982 pg. 24 (Essay)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul. 1982 pg. 26 (Letters)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 5 Aug. 1982 pg. 31 (Letters)
"Christopher Rage's Sleaze" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 5 Aug. 1982 pg. 73 (Pictures)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 6 Sep. 1982 pg. 31 (Letters)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 7 Oct. 1982 pg. 54 (Letters)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 8 Nov. 1982 pg. 54 (Letters)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 9 Dec. 1982 pg. 54 (Letters)
"Stroke Goes to the Movies" Stroke Vol. 2 No. 3 1983 pg. 30 (Pictures)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 2 No. 8 Nov. 1983 pg. 39 (Letters)
"Non-Stop" Skinflicks Vol. 4 No. 4 1984 pg. 6 (Pictures)
"Split / Image" Skinflicks Vol. 5 No. 1 1984 pg. 6 (Pictures)
Malexpress Studios, Ltd.. Skinflicks Vol. 5 No. 1 1984 pg. 43 (Advertisement)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 3 No. 2 May 1984 pg. 46 (Letters)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 3 No. 4 Jul. 1984 pg. 46 (Letters)
Donald Vining. "Three Generations of Jerk-Off" Mandate Vol. 10 No. 4 Jul. 1984 pg. 68 (Essay)
"Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 3 No. 12 Mar. 1985 pg. 50 (Letters)
Casey Donovan. "Letters to Casey" Stallion Vol. 4 No. 4 Sep. 1985 pg. 56 (Letters)
New Releases Jul. 1987: Hale's All-Male Video Report pg. 2
"100 Best Videos" Studflix Vol. 5 No. 6 Oct. 1987 pg. 6 (Review)
Jerry Douglas. "Inside Falcon Studios" Manshots Vol. 1 No. 3 Jan. 1989 pg. 18 (Interview)
Christopher Parrish. "State of the Art: Afro-disiacs" Manshots Vol. 1 No. 7 Aug. 1989 pg. 19 (Essay)
Doug Richards. "The Gay Film Heritage: Filming "Back Row"" Manshots Vol. 2 No. 1 Sep. 1989 pg. 18 (Essay)
Bill Bottiggi. "The Gay Film Heritage: Steve Scott" Manshots Vol. 2 No. 7 May 1990 pg. 6 (Essay)

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