Born in New York State, USA. Appeared as an actor in POINT BLANK (1967) and on television in "The Outsider" (1968) and "Then Came Bronson" (1969). A friend of Michael Douglas', Hauben had worked on Ken Kesey's screen treatments of his book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It was Hauben's screenplay that Bo Goldman and Milos Forman used as a basis for what would eventually become the shooting script for the film. When Hauben and Goldman went to the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion to accept their Oscars® in 1976, they had never even met each other. Hauben died of cancer in 1985.  Writing (Best Screenplay adapted from other material) 1975: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (w. Bo Goldman) 1 nomination, 1 Award