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Carter DeHaven Biography

Birth Name:Francis O'Callaghan

Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession Actor, Assistant director, Producer, Writer, Costume designer, Script department

Fast Facts

Made his screen acting debut in the film "The College Orphan" in 1915
Started out as a vaudeville actor before beginning his career in film
Collaborated with Charlie Chaplin, serving as assistant director on "Modern Times" in 1936 and as assistant producer on "The Great Dictator" in 1940
Best known as a stage and film actor, director, and writer who played Timothy Dobbs in the 1916 short film series
Displayed his "quick-change" technique in the 1927 short film "Character Studies," in which he "transformed" himself into Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks, Fatty Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, and Jackie Coogan