1240th guest on BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs" [3 August 1974]
Father of the actors Michael Culver and Robin Culver.
His first wife, Daphne Rye, became the casting agent for H.M. Tennent and was instrumental in the careers of many stars, including Kenneth More. She is reputed to have discovered Richard Burton. In her later years, she was seen as somewhat "formidable"; Nigel Hawthorne said, "How daunting it was to hear her voice coming from a darkened auditorium during auditions".
Was nominated for Broadway's 1966 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Ivanov."
Wrote the play "A River Breeze" in 1958.