[1] Although born in New York City, Dauber earned his bachelor's degree in California from the University of California, Berkeley, where he performed as building inspector Henri Cotte (Henri Paillardin in the original), in the school's 1969 production of Hotel Paradiso.
[2] After graduation, he became an employee of Citibank, where he sold traveler's checks, though he soon quit to pursue a career in show business.
[3] While he managed to land some small commercial parts, it was his appearance on a second-season episode of The Fall Guy, alongside Lee Majors and Tony Curtis, that earned him his first credited acting role.
Despite having steady work most of his career, Dauber found time to return to school later in life, earning his master's degree at Mount St. Mary's University.
Following his graduation, he would return to teach in the university's department of film, media and social justice.