Carter DeHaven (born Francis O'Callaghan; October 5, 1886 â€" July 20,
1977) was an American movie and stage actor, movie director, and
writer.DeHaven started his career in vaudeville in 1896 and started
acting in movies in 1915. He regularly starred in comedy shorts up
until 1923. He worked for Paramount in 1920, and some of his films
were directed by Charley Chase.A 1923 short Character Studies uses
editing as DeHaven "transforms" himself into the spitting image of
various major film stars of the era: Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd,
Douglas Fairbanks, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle and 9-year-old Jackie
Coogan. This was the only film in which Keaton and Lloyd appeared
together and also marked Keaton's last film appearance with Arbuckle,
his former partner.DeHaven went on to work with Charlie Chaplin as
assistant director on Modern Times (1936) and assistant producer for
The Great Dictator (1940). In the latter film, he also played the
Bacterian Ambassador. In the 1959â€"60 season, he appeared four times
in various roles, and his daughter Gloria once as Rosemary Blaker, in
the episode "Love Affair" on the television series Johnny Ringo. At
this time he also guest-starred on The Donna Reed Show in the role of
Fred Miller in "It Only Hurts When I Laugh".
1977) was an American movie and stage actor, movie director, and
writer.DeHaven started his career in vaudeville in 1896 and started
acting in movies in 1915. He regularly starred in comedy shorts up
until 1923. He worked for Paramount in 1920, and some of his films
were directed by Charley Chase.A 1923 short Character Studies uses
editing as DeHaven "transforms" himself into the spitting image of
various major film stars of the era: Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd,
Douglas Fairbanks, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle and 9-year-old Jackie
Coogan. This was the only film in which Keaton and Lloyd appeared
together and also marked Keaton's last film appearance with Arbuckle,
his former partner.DeHaven went on to work with Charlie Chaplin as
assistant director on Modern Times (1936) and assistant producer for
The Great Dictator (1940). In the latter film, he also played the
Bacterian Ambassador. In the 1959â€"60 season, he appeared four times
in various roles, and his daughter Gloria once as Rosemary Blaker, in
the episode "Love Affair" on the television series Johnny Ringo. At
this time he also guest-starred on The Donna Reed Show in the role of
Fred Miller in "It Only Hurts When I Laugh".
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