Ed Donovan - Post Retirement

Post Retirement

Upon retiring Ed continues to lecture on police stress throughout the US and Canada.

He also pursued a career in acting, screenwriting, producing, casting and directing. He attended classes in screenwriting, acting and episodic television production at Manatee Community College, University of Central Florida and Valencia Community College.

Acting credits include as a stand in for Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair (1967), with Norman Jewison, The Frogmen (1952) with Samuel C. Engel, Virgins (2000), Hereditary Misfortune (2002), Monster (2003) with Oscar winner Charlize Theron, Drowning (2003), The Price (2008), Acts of Mercy (2009) and The Tenant (2009).

Has appeared in numerous commercials and television shows including In Search of (2000), Sheena (2000), Dr G: Medical Examiner and Skeleton Stories. Ed is the editor of In Focus Magazine, Florida's film, television and the arts industry magazine. He has interviewed such celebrities as Jay Leno, Ernest Borgnine, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Oscar winner Adrian Brody.

He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Women in Film and Television.

Donovan is a published writer, author and biographer. He co-authored The Shattered Badge, an autobiography on his life.