Gary Graver was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. In high school he produced and starred in his own weekly radio show. Moving into acting, he studied and performed at the Portland Civic Theatre and Grant High School as well as being a child circus clown and magician. He built a theater in his basement, showing 16mm films and producing plays for the neighborhood kids.

• Vérités et Mensonges (1975)

  
• Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)

  
• Crossing the Line (1990)

  
• Sex Play (1984)

  
• Working with Orson Welles (1993)