Career
Stage In 1948, Donovan appeared on Broadway in The Vigil. In 1963 Donovan directed the film Promises! Promises!, which received attention as the first sound film to feature a mainstream film star (Jayne Mansfield) nude. Donovan died of cancer on Tuesday, June 30, 1987, in the Connecticut Hospice in Branford, Connecticut. Donovan married comedienne Imogene Coca on October 17, 1960, remaining married to her until his death.