Carter DeHaven (born Francis O'Callaghan; October 5, 1886 – July 20, 1977) was an American movie and stage actor, movie director, and writer.
DeHaven started his career in vaudeville 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 "transform" himself into the spitting image of various major film stars of the era: Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Douglas Fairbanks, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle and 13-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 1959-60 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 The Donna Reed Show in the role of Fred Miller in "It Only Hurts When I Laugh".
In 1965, DeHaven played an old man walking with his wife in a park in the Bewitched episode "Eye of the Beholder".
Personal life and death
He was married to actress Flora Parker. They would often be paired together in films, including The College Orphan (1915) and Twin Beds (1920). Their daughter, actress Gloria DeHaven, made her first screen appearance in Modern Times. Both Carter and Gloria DeHaven have their own stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After their divorce, Carter DeHaven married Evelyn Burd (a union which also ended in divorce), and they had a son, Carter DeHaven Jr., also an actor and director.
Carter DeHaven died in 1977 at age 90 and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California, U.S.
Actor
1965
Bewitched (TV Series) as
Henry
- Eye of the Beholder (1965) - Henry
1964
Grindl (TV Series) as
Dr. Renfrew
- Grindl, Part-Time Wife (1964) - Dr. Renfrew
1960
The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) as
Mr. Merriam / Fred Miller
- On to Fairview (1962) - Mr. Merriam (as Carter De Haven Sr.)
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh (1960) - Fred Miller (as Carter De Haven Sr.)
1962
The Notorious Landlady as
Old Man (uncredited)
1961
Peter Loves Mary (TV Series) as
Charles Hopkins
- Doc Bailey Day (1961) - Charles Hopkins
1961
Lock Up (TV Series) as
Harry Frisbee
- End of a Titan (1961) - Harry Frisbee
1959
Johnny Ringo (TV Series) as
George Haig / Luke / Old Man / ...
- The Stranger (1960) - George Haig
- Single Debt (1960) - Luke (as Carter de Haven Sr.)
- The Killing Bug (1960) - Old Man (as Carter de Haven Sr.)
- The Posse (1959) - General Hickey
1959
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Judge
- The Reluctant Gun (1959) - Judge
1959
Law of the Plainsman (TV Series) as
Charlie Banner
- The Innocents (1959) - Charlie Banner
1959
Tombstone Territory (TV Series) as
Rafe
- The Gunfighter (1959) - Rafe
1940
The Great Dictator as
Bacterian Ambassador (as Carter De Haven)
1925
The Thoroughbred as
Archie de Rennsaler
1923
The Panic's On (Short)
1923
Rice and Old Shoes (Short)
1923
Borrowed Trouble (Short)(as Mr. Carter De Haven)
1923
Private -- Keep Off (Short)
1923
Say It with Diamonds (Short)
1923
A Ringer for Dad (Short) as
The Young Husband
1923
A Waggin' Tale (Short)
1923
Christmas (Short) as
Jimmie Carter
1922
Keep 'Em Home (Short)
1922
Entertaining the Boss (Short)
1922
Twin Husbands (Short) as
Mr. DeHaven
1922
Their First Vacation (Short)
1921
Marry the Poor Girl as
Jack Tanner
1921
My Lady Friends as
James Smith
1921
The Girl in the Taxi as
Bertie Stewart
1920
Twin Beds as
Signor Monti
1920
Vacation Time (Short)
1920
A Model Husband (Short)
1920
Beating Cheaters (Short)
1920
What Could Be Sweeter (Short)
1920
Teasing the Soil (Short)
1920
Forget-Me-Not (Short)
1920
Excess Baggage (Short)
1919
The Little Dears (Short)
1919
Close to Nature (Short) as
Jack
1919
After the Bawl (Short)
1919
Their Day of Rest (Short)
1918
Perils of the Parlor (Short)
1918
The Bathhouse Scandal (Short) as
Carter
1917
A Five Foot Ruler (Short) as
Beau Brummel
1917
Where Are My Trousers? (Short) as
Van Kirby
1917
Kicked Out (Short) as
Carter
1917
The Topsy Turvy Twins (Short) as
Alberforce Jones / William Jones
1917
The Losing Winner (Short) as
Jack Bryson
1917
His Little Room Mate (Short) as
Carter
1917
A Gentleman of Nerve (Short) as
Nervy Nat
1916
Fame at Last (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
Breaking Into Society (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
Borrowed Plumes (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
A Hero by Proxy (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
He Almost Lands an Angel (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
Hired and Fired (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
From the Rogue's Gallery (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
He Becomes a Cop (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
A Thousand Dollars a Week (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
The Sody Clerk (Short) as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
Timothy Dobbs, That's Me as
Timothy Dobbs
1916
From Broadway to a Throne as
Jimmie
1916
A Youth of Fortune as
Willie O'Donovan
1916
The Wrong Door as
Philip Borden
1915
The College Orphan as
Jack Bennett, Jr.
Director
1930
She Who Gets Slapped (Short) (as Carter De Haven)
1930
Paper Hanging with Johnny Arthur (Short)
1923
The Panic's On (Short)
1923
Rice and Old Shoes (Short)
1923
Borrowed Trouble (Short)
1923
Private -- Keep Off (Short)
1923
Say It with Diamonds (Short)
1923
A Waggin' Tale (Short)
1920
What Could Be Sweeter (Short)
1917
A Five Foot Ruler (Short)
1917
Where Are My Trousers? (Short)
1917
The Losing Winner (Short)
1917
His Little Room Mate (Short)
1917
A Gentleman of Nerve (Short)
1916
Timothy Dobbs, That's Me
1916
Between Midnight (Short)
Writer
1923
Girl from the West (story)
1923
Rice and Old Shoes (Short) (story)
1923
Christmas (Short) (story)
1922
Keep 'Em Home (Short) (story)
1922
Entertaining the Boss (Short) (story)
1922
Their First Vacation (Short) (story)
1920
What Could Be Sweeter (Short)
1920
Hoodooed (Short) (story)
1916
Timothy Dobbs, That's Me
1916
Between Midnight (Short) (scenario)
1916
The Wrong Door (scenario - as Carter De Haven, unconfirmed)
Assistant Director
1952
Assignment: Paris (assistant director)
1949
Home in San Antone (assistant director - as Carter DeHaven Jr.)
1948
Ladies of the Chorus (assistant director)
1948
Adventures in Silverado (assistant director)
1936
Modern Times (assistant director)
Producer
1940
The Great Dictator (associate producer - uncredited)
1921
Marry the Poor Girl (producer)
1921
My Lady Friends (producer)
1921
The Girl in the Taxi (producer)
1916
Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (producer)
Miscellaneous
1945
I'll Tell the World (dialogue director)
1945
Honeymoon Ahead (dialogue director)
1944
San Diego I Love You (dialogue director)
1923
Rice and Old Shoes (Short) (supervision)
1921
My Lady Friends (presenter)
Costume Designer
Script Department
1944
In Society (script supervisor)
Self
1971
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- A Special Salute to the Silent Screen with guests Richard Arlen, Buddy Rogers, Jackie Coogan, Babe London, Chester Conklin, Ken Maynard, Neil Hamilton and many other silent screen stars. (1971) - Self
1965
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.230 (1965) - Self
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #9.28 (1956) - Self
1951
This Is Your Life (TV Series) as
Self
- Nacio Herb Brown (1951) - Self
1927
Character Studies (Short) as
Self
1923
Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 9 (Documentary short) as
Self
1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 14 (Documentary short) as
Self
1921
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 21 (Documentary short) as
Self
1921
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (Documentary short) as
Self
1920
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 7 (Documentary short) as
Self
1913
Animated Weekly, No. 52 (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2011
Special Collector's Edition (TV Series) as
Bacterian Ambassador
- Especial redoblajes (2011) - Bacterian Ambassador (uncredited)
