Starting out his entertainment career in vaudeville and on the stage,
Carter DeHaven entered films while still a teenager and soon achieved
fame appearing in productions with his wife,
Flora Parker DeHaven. During his
long film career he also produced and directed several movies, and
Charles Chaplin chose him to be his
assistant during the filming of
Moderne Zeiten (1936). DeHaven began
somewhat of a show-business dynasty: in addition to his wife, his
daughter Gloria DeHaven is also an
actress, and his sister, his son, his grandson and his great-grandson
were or still are in the film industry.
