Education
Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist Highgate School.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist Highgate School.
After Highgate School, he joined the Royal Air Force and served as a pilot from 1918 to 1919. After considering other careers, he turned to acting, graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist He debuted on the stage in 1924 at Hull Repertory Theatre and, by 1931, was appearing in films in which he was known for his portrayals of impeccable English gentlemen not given to displays of emotion.
In the 1960s, he branched out into television before finally retiring in 1982.
In 1960 he appeared in Five Finger Exercise at the Music Box Theatre in New York City. In 1974, he played the irascible Duke of Omnium and Gatherum in the popular British Broadcasting Corporation adaptation of "The Pallisers".
He lost half a lung to tuberculosis. Culver wrote the play A River Breeze, and his autobiography is called Not Quite a Gentleman.