- Actor, Cameraman, Projectionist, Director, Producer and Theater Owner.
- Pioneer film maker who began working in movies as a teenager before the turn of the 19th century.
- His first film venture was making short newsreels and selling them to penny arcades and peep shows.
- In "He Lost His Hat", the first movie he ever produced, Hayman paid future star Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson $5 to chase his hat down 125th street in New York City. The film was a hit even though it only had a running time of 60 seconds.
- Became associated with D.W. Griffith and the Biograph Company.
- In September of 1942 he participated in a war bond drive event that involved flaming effigies of the Axis powers leaders going over Niagara Falls. The event raised almost three million dollars.
- At the time of his death was president of the Cataract Theater Corporation in Niagara Falls, NY.
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