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
as Tennessean
as Gunman
as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
as Council Member (uncredited)
as Leader of Bunch
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
as Trail Herder (uncredited)
as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
as Corporal in Baggage Car
as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
as Sgt. Griffin
as Scalphunter
as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
as Cook (uncredited)
as Dawson
as Jason's Gunman
as Manuel
as Chuck - a Ranch Hand
as Deputy (uncredited)
as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
as Armed Guard (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Rebel Commander with Mustache
as Norton - Prisoner
as Brawler (uncredited)
as Alien Fighter
as Stage Driver
as Jessie (uncredited)
as Monk (uncredited)
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
as Dark Panther
as Dutch
as Lige Henry
as Shawnee Leader
as Sheriff Jeff Lord
as Wilkes
as Festus
as Officer (uncredited)
as Henchman (uncredited)
as Officer
as Fireman #1
as Comanche
as Comanche (uncredited)
as Tennesseean
as Slave (uncredited)
as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
as Barton
as Gunman (uncredited)
as Baxter
as Terrill Cowboy
as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
as Henchman about to be Sawn in Half
as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
as Howard Swain
as Sergeant
as Roan
as Officer
as Junior
as Posseman
as Mason
as Johnny (uncredited)
as Indian (uncredited)
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
as Henshaw's Man
as Brenner
as Soldier
as Brawler (uncredited)
as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
as Chieftain
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
as Gunfighter (uncredited)
as Sgt. Keller
as Driver
as Joe
as Mirrai
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
as Luke (uncredited)
as Latigo (uncredited)
as Otawanga
as Barfly (uncredited)
as Oliver
as Cowboy
as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
as Pirate (uncredited)
as Mounted Soldier
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
as Cowboy
as Gaucho
as Rider
as Trooper (uncredited)
as Taggart Man
as Officer/Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
as Policeman on Road (uncredited)
as Long Tom (uncredited)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Cowhand (uncredited)
as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
as Employee (uncredited)
as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
as Jones (uncredited)
as Militiaman (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
as Groper (uncredited)
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
as Deputy (uncredited)
as Sandy (uncredited)
as Todd Gunder
as Seaman
as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
as Joe - Policeman
as Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
as Gunman
as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Lafe
as Midshipman (uncredited)
as Swedish Tug of War Man
as Deputy (uncredited)
Crew
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunt Double
as Stunts
as Stunt Coordinator
as Stunts
as Stunt Double
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunt Double
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunt Double
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunt Double
as Stunts
as Stunt Double
as Stunts
as Stunt Double
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
as Stunts
Director
as Second Unit Director
as Second Unit Director