Acting
Chuck Roberson
EN, IT cinema · 127 credits
Born
10 May 1919
Died
8 June 1988 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Shannon, Texas, USA
Also known as Charles Hugh "Chuck" Roberson · Charles Hugh Roberson
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
Filmography
Miracle Mile
Stunts
FM
Stunts
The Shootist
Stunts
Rooster Cogburn
Stunt Double
McQ
as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
99 and 44/100% Dead
as Gunman, Stunts
The Stone Killer
as Council Member (uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Leader of Bunch, Stunt Coordinator
Big Jake
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited), Stunts, Stunt Double
Chisum
as Trail Herder (uncredited)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Second Unit Director
The Undefeated
as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited), Stunt Double
100 Rifles
Second Unit Director
The Scalphunters
as Scalphunter, Stunts
The Green Berets
as Sgt. Griffin
Hellfighters
as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
Welcome to Hard Times
as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
as Cook (uncredited)
The War Wagon
as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge, Stunt Double, Stunts
Smoky
as Manuel, as Chuck - a Ranch Hand
Nevada Smith
as Deputy (uncredited)
Blindfold
as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
El Dorado
as Jason's Gunman, Stunts
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Townsman (uncredited), Stunts
Black Spurs
as Norton - Prisoner
Cat Ballou
as Armed Guard (uncredited)
Shenandoah
as Rebel Commander with Mustache
The Rounders
as Brawler (uncredited)
The War Lord
Stunts
Cheyenne Autumn
as Jessie (uncredited), Stunts
Advance to the Rear
as Monk (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited), Stunts
Rio Conchos
Stunts
Shock Corridor
as Wilkes
Donovan's Reef
as Festus
McLintock!
as Sheriff Jeff Lord
Merrill's Marauders
as Officer
How the West Was Won
as Officer (uncredited), Stunts, Stunt Double
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Henchman (uncredited)
Hatari!
Stunts
Two Rode Together
as Comanche, as Comanche (uncredited), Stunts
The Misfits
Stunts
Sergeant Rutledge
as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited), Stunts
Spartacus
as Slave (uncredited)
The Alamo
as Tennesseean, Stunts
Rio Bravo
as Gunman (uncredited), Stunts
The Wonderful Country
as Barton
The Big Country
as Terrill Cowboy, Stunts
Man of the West
as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited), Stunts
Night Passage
as Roan
Forty Guns
as Howard Swain, Stunts
The Wings of Eagles
as Officer (uncredited), Stunts
The Hired Gun
as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
Run of the Arrow
as Sergeant, Stunts
7 Men from Now
as Mason
The Searchers
as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited), Stunts
The Great Locomotive Chase
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
The Rawhide Years
as Johnny (uncredited)
Kentucky Rifle
as Indian (uncredited)
Red Sundown
as Henshaw's Man
The King and Four Queens
as Posseman, Stunts
Ten Wanted Men
as Gunfighter (uncredited)
The Prodigal
as Chieftain, Stunts
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Soldier
The Second Greatest Sex
as Brawler (uncredited)
Timberjack
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Tall Men
as Alva Jenkin (uncredited), Stunts, Stunt Double
Sign of the Pagan
as Mirrai
The Far Country
as Latigo (uncredited), Stunt Double
The Lone Gun
as Luke (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Hondo
as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited), Stunt Double
Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Gun Belt
as Oliver
Calamity Jane
as Barfly (uncredited)
Cow Country
as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as Cowboy, Stunt Double
The Naked Spur
Stunts, Stunt Double
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
as Trooper (uncredited)
Way of a Gaucho
as Gaucho
The Lusty Men
as Cowboy, Stunts
Indian Uprising
as Taggart Man
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Pirate (uncredited)
The Blazing Forest
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Mounted Soldier
Cattle Town
as Rider
Hills of Oklahoma
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Cow Town
as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
Hi-Jacked
as Police Officer (uncredited)
The Capture
as Employee (uncredited)
Atom Man vs. Superman
as Policeman on Road, Stunts
Trail of the Rustlers
as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
Winchester '73
as Long Tom (uncredited), Stunts
Rio Grande
as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited), Stunts
Outcast of Black Mesa
as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
The James Brothers of Missouri
as Townsman (uncredited)
Roughshod
as Deputy (uncredited), Stunts
Stampede
as Sandy (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
as Militiaman (uncredited)
Law of the Golden West
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Western Renegades
as Jones (uncredited)
Hellfire
as Groper (uncredited)
Homicide for Three
as Joe - Policeman
California Firebrand
as Gunman
The Arizona Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
Last of the Wild Horses
as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
as Seaman
The Gallant Legion
as Ranger
Albuquerque
as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
Red River
Stunts
Jesse James Rides Again
as Lafe, Stunts
Calendar Girl
as Swedish Tug of War Man
Song of Scheherazade
as Midshipman (uncredited), as Midshipman
The Flame
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Deputy (uncredited)