Carter DeHaven

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Carter DeHaven
Carter DeHaven with wife Flora (1920)

Carter DeHaven (* 5. October 1886 in Chicago , Illinois as Francis O'Callaghan , † 20 July 1977 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor, director, screenwriter and film producer.

life and career

Carter DeHaven began his show career on vaudeville stages and came to film in 1915 when he was just under 30. During the silent film era, he was at times the leading actor in his own comedy film series, and he also acted behind the camera in important roles as director, producer and screenwriter in numerous films - often his own. Most of his films are now lost . With the beginning of the sound film , DeHaven increasingly withdrew from acting and instead began working with Charlie Chaplin : In Modern Times (1936) he acted as Chaplin's assistant director, in The Great Dictator (1940) as co-producer. In The Great Dictator , DeHaven also took on the supporting role of ambassador for the fictional state of Bakteria.

After DeHaven had worked as an assistant director on various films in the 1940s , he was back in several television series such as Cowboys, Sheriffs and Bandits and In Love with a Witch as an actor from the 1950s . In the mid-1960s, DeHaven finally withdrew from the Hollywood business, where he had taken on a wide variety of activities over the course of 50 years: film and television actor, director, assistant director, dialogue director, screenwriter, producer, co-producer and even costume designer . Carter DeHaven was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his film work .

DeHaven was married twice, both marriages divorced. His daughter Gloria DeHaven (1925-2016), later a well-known actress, comes from his marriage to the actress Flora Parker . In addition, his son (1910–1979 - television director), his grandson (* 1932 - production manager) and his great-grandson (* 1961 - film editor), all called Carter DeHaven, also worked in the film business behind the camera.

Filmography (selection)

As an actor

  • 1915: The College Orphan
  • 1916: Timothy Dobbs, That's Me
  • 1921: Marry the Poor Girl
  • 1927: Character Studies
  • 1940: The Great Dictator (The Great Dictator) (also co-producer)
  • 1959–1960: Of Cowboys, Sheriffs and Bandits ( Johnny Ringo ; TV series, four episodes)
  • 1962: Still rooms available (The Notorious Landlady)
  • 1965: In love with a witch ( I Married a Witch ; TV series, episode Eye of the Beholder )

As a director

  • 1916: Timothy Dobbs, That's Me
  • 1917: A Gentleman of Nerve
  • 1923: Say It with Diamonds
  • 1930: She Who Gets Slapped

As an assistant director

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carter DeHaven at the Los Angeles Times
personal data
SURNAME DeHaven, Carter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Callaghan, Francis (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH 20th July 1977
Place of death Los Angeles , California