Chuck Roberson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1919-05-10

Deathday 1988-06-08 (69 years old)

Place of Birth Shannon, Texas, USA

Also Known As Charles Hugh "Chuck" Roberson, Charles Hugh Roberson

Chuck Roberson

Biography

Charles Hugh Roberson (May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988) was an American actor and stuntman. Roberson was born near Shannon, Texas, the son of farmer Ollie W. Roberson and Jannie Hamm Roberson. Raised on cattle ranches in Shannon, Texas, and Roswell, New Mexico, he left school at 13 to become a cowhand and oilfield roughneck. He married and took his wife and daughter to California, where he joined the Culver City Police Department and guarded the gate at MGM Studios. Following army service in World War II, he returned to the police force. During duty at Warner Bros. studios during a labor strike, he met stuntman Guy Teague, who alerted him to a stunt job at Republic Pictures. Teague had been John Wayne's stunt double for many years and was able to show him the ropes. Chuck also resembled John Carrol whom Roberson doubled in his first picture, Wyoming (1947). He played small roles and stunted in other roles in the same film. He graduated to larger supporting roles in Westerns for Wayne and John Ford, and to a parallel career as a second-unit director. His television appearances include The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Lawman, Death Valley Days, Have Gun – Will Travel, Laramie, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, Laredo, Bonanza, Daniel Boone, and The Big Valley. Roberson also appeared in Disney's television Westerns The Swamp Fox and Texas John Slaughter. They were part of The Wonderful World of Color. Before that, he portrayed a Confederate Prison Captain in The Great Locomotive Chase. In 1980 he published an autobiography, The Fall Guy: 30 Years as the Duke's Double. Roberson died of cancer on June 8, 1988, in Bakersfield, California, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, California, next to his brother, actor Lou Roberson. Bob Dylan drew him as Long Tom in his Beaten Path series, the drawing is entitled "Untitled 1" and is based on a frame from the film Winchester '73 (1950). Roberson and Wayne Burson, another stuntman, were partners in breeding and training racehorses, with Roberson furnishing the horses from his Bakersfield, California, ranch and Burson training them.

Known For

Actor

1992
1974
1974
McQ

as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)

1973
The Stone Killer

as Council Member (uncredited)

1973
1971
Big Jake

as Texas Ranger (uncredited)

1970
Chisum

as Trail Herder (uncredited)

1970
Rio Lobo

as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)

1970
Rio Lobo

as Corporal in Baggage Car

1969
The Undefeated

as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)

1968
Hellfighters

as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)

1968
The Green Berets

as Sgt. Griffin

1968
The Scalphunters

as Scalphunter

1967
The War Wagon

as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge

1967
Welcome to Hard Times

as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)

1967
1967
Mr. Terrific

as Dawson

1966
El Dorado

as Jason's Gunman

1966
Smoky

as Manuel

1966
Smoky

as Chuck - a Ranch Hand

1966
Nevada Smith

as Deputy (uncredited)

1966
Blindfold

as Fitzpatrick's Henchman

1965
Cat Ballou

as Armed Guard (uncredited)

1965
The Sons of Katie Elder

as Townsman (uncredited)

1965
Shenandoah

as Rebel Commander with Mustache

1965
Black Spurs

as Norton - Prisoner

1965
The Rounders

as Brawler (uncredited)

1965
1965
Lost in Space

as Alien Fighter

1965
The Big Valley

as Stage Driver

1964
Cheyenne Autumn

as Jessie (uncredited)

1964
Advance to the Rear

as Monk (uncredited)

1964
Mail Order Bride

as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

1964
Daniel Boone

as Dark Panther

1964
Daniel Boone

as Dutch

1964
Daniel Boone

as Shawnee Leader

1964
Daniel Boone

as Lige Henry

1963
McLintock!

as Sheriff Jeff Lord

1963
Shock Corridor

as Wilkes

1963
Donovan's Reef

as Festus

1962
How the West Was Won

as Officer (uncredited)

1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Henchman (uncredited)

1962
1962
The Lucy Show

as Fireman #1

1961
Two Rode Together

as Comanche

1961
Two Rode Together

as Comanche (uncredited)

1960
The Alamo

as Tennesseean

1960
Spartacus

as Slave (uncredited)

1960
Sergeant Rutledge

as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)

1959
1959
Rio Bravo

as Gunman (uncredited)

1959
Rawhide

as Baxter

1958
The Big Country

as Terrill Cowboy

1958
Man of the West

as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)

1958
Bat Masterson

as Henchman about to be Sawn in Half

1957
The Hired Gun

as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler

1957
Forty Guns

as Howard Swain

1957
Run of the Arrow

as Sergeant

1957
1957
1957
Wagon Train

as Junior

1957
1956
1956
1956
The Rawhide Years

as Johnny (uncredited)

1956
Kentucky Rifle

as Indian (uncredited)

1956
The Great Locomotive Chase

as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)

1956
The Searchers

as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)

1956
Red Sundown

as Henshaw's Man

1955
The Second Greatest Sex

as Brawler (uncredited)

1955
The Tall Men

as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)

1955
The Prodigal

as Chieftain

1955
Timberjack

as Lumberjack (uncredited)

1955
Ten Wanted Men

as Gunfighter (uncredited)

1955
Gunsmoke

as Sgt. Keller

1955
Gunsmoke

as Driver

1955
Gunsmoke

as Joe

1954
1954
Jubilee Trail

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

1954
The Lone Gun

as Luke (uncredited)

1954
The Far Country

as Latigo (uncredited)

1953
Hondo

as Otawanga

1953
Calamity Jane

as Barfly (uncredited)

1953
Gun Belt

as Oliver

1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas

as Spanish Officer (uncredited)

1953
Cow Country

as Stubby (as Brett Houston)

1952
1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate

as Mounted Soldier

1952
The Blazing Forest

as Lumberjack (uncredited)

1952
The Lusty Men

as Cowboy

1952
Way of a Gaucho

as Gaucho

1952
Cattle Town

as Rider

1952
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

as Trooper (uncredited)

1952
Indian Uprising

as Taggart Man

1950
Rio Grande

as Officer/Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)

1950
Atom Man vs. Superman

as Policeman on Road (uncredited)

1950
Winchester '73

as Long Tom (uncredited)

1950
Hi-Jacked

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1950
Hills of Oklahoma

as Cowhand (uncredited)

1950
Cow Town

as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)

1950
Outcasts of Black Mesa

as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)

1950
The Capture

as Employee (uncredited)

1950
Trail of the Rustlers

as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)

1949
Western Renegades

as Jones (uncredited)

1949
The Fighting Kentuckian

as Militiaman (uncredited)

1949
The James Brothers of Missouri

as Townsman (uncredited)

1949
Haunted Trails

as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)

1949
Hellfire

as Groper (uncredited)

1949
Law of the Golden West

as Wagon Driver (uncredited)

1949
Roughshod

as Deputy (uncredited)

1949
Stampede

as Sandy (uncredited)

1949
The Lone Ranger

as Todd Gunder

1948
1948
Last of the Wild Horses

as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)

1948
Homicide for Three

as Joe - Policeman

1948
1948
The Arizona Ranger

as Henchman (uncredited)

1948
1948
Albuquerque

as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)

1947
The Flame

as Policeman (uncredited)

1947
Song of Scheherazade

as Midshipman (uncredited)

1947
Song of Scheherazade

as Midshipman

1947
Calendar Girl

as Swedish Tug of War Man

1946
The Plainsman and the Lady

as Deputy (uncredited)

Crew

1988
Miracle Mile

as Stunts

1978
FM

as Stunts

1976
The Shootist

as Stunts

1975
Rooster Cogburn

as Stunt Double

1974
1973
Cahill: United States Marshal

as Stunt Coordinator

1973
1969
The Undefeated

as Stunt Double

1969
Hard Contract

as Stunts

1968
1967
The War Wagon

as Stunt Double

1967
The War Wagon

as Stunts

1966
El Dorado

as Stunts

1965
The War Lord

as Stunts

1964
Cheyenne Autumn

as Stunts

1962
1962
How the West Was Won

as Stunt Double

1961
The Misfits

as Stunts

1961
1961
The Last Sunset

as Stunts

1960
1959
Rio Bravo

as Stunts

1958
The Big Country

as Stunts

1958
Man of the West

as Stunts

1957
1957
Forty Guns

as Stunts

1956
The Searchers

as Stunts

1955
The Tall Men

as Stunts

1955
The Tall Men

as Stunt Double

1955
1954
The Far Country

as Stunt Double

1953
The Naked Spur

as Stunts

1952
The Lusty Men

as Stunts

1950
1950
Rio Grande

as Stunts

1950
Winchester '73

as Stunts

1950
1949
Roughshod

as Stunts

1948
1948
Red River

as Stunts

Director

1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes

as Second Unit Director

1969
100 Rifles

as Second Unit Director