Chuck Roberson
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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
Credits
The Searchers (1956)
as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
Chisum (1970)
as Trail Herder (uncredited)
Spartacus (1960)
as Slave (uncredited)
Rio Bravo (1959)
as Gunman (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Henchman (uncredited)
McQ (1974)
as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
The War Wagon (1967)
as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
How the West Was Won (1962)
as Officer (uncredited)
The Big Country (1958)
as Terrill Cowboy
El Dorado (1966)
as Jason's Gunman
Man of the West (1958)
as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
Calamity Jane (1953)
as Barfly (uncredited)
McLintock! (1963)
as Sheriff Jeff Lord
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
as Townsman (uncredited)
7 Men from Now (1956)
as Mason
The Alamo (1960)
as Tennesseean
The Green Berets (1968)
as Sgt. Griffin
Hellfighters (1968)
as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
Cat Ballou (1965)
as Armed Guard (uncredited)
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
as Soldier
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
as Gunfighter (uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal (1973)
as Leader of Bunch
The Tall Men (1955)
as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
Hondo (1953)
as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
Rio Lobo (1970)
as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
Donovan's Reef (1963)
as Festus
The Scalphunters (1968)
as Scalphunter
The Flame (1947)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Winchester '73 (1950)
as Long Tom (uncredited)
Advance to the Rear (1964)
as Monk (uncredited)
The Undefeated (1969)
as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Jessie (uncredited)
Rio Grande (1950)
as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
Big Jake (1971)
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Shenandoah (1965)
as Rebel Commander with Mustache
Nevada Smith (1966)
as Deputy (uncredited)
The Far Country (1954)
as Latigo (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
as Seaman
The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
as Brawler (uncredited)
The King and Four Queens (1956)
as Posseman
The Lusty Men (1952)
as Cowboy
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
as Militiaman (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Way of a Gaucho (1952)
as Gaucho
Night Passage (1957)
as Roan
Mail Order Bride (1964)
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
The Hired Gun (1957)
as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
as Cook (uncredited)
Hi-Jacked (1950)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Two Rode Together (1961)
as Comanche
Merrill's Marauders (1962)
as Officer
Outcast of Black Mesa (1950)
as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
The Stone Killer (1973)
as Council Member (uncredited)
Run of the Arrow (1957)
as Sergeant
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
as Officer (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
as Pirate (uncredited)
Law of the Golden West (1949)
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Shock Corridor (1963)
as Wilkes
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
The Wonderful Country (1959)
as Barton
The Lone Gun (1954)
as Luke (uncredited)
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
Blindfold (1966)
as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
as Mirrai
The Rounders (1965)
as Brawler (uncredited)
The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Johnny (uncredited)
Last of the Wild Horses (1948)
as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
as Mounted Soldier
Forty Guns (1957)
as Howard Swain
Gun Belt (1953)
as Oliver
Jesse James Rides Again (1947)
as Lafe
Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)
as Policeman on Road
The Prodigal (1955)
as Chieftain
Roughshod (1949)
as Deputy (uncredited)
Red Sundown (1956)
as Henshaw's Man
Kentucky Rifle (1956)
as Indian (uncredited)
Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Song of Scheherazade (1947)
as Midshipman (uncredited)
99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)
as Gunman
Smoky (1966)
as Manuel
Indian Uprising (1952)
as Taggart Man
Black Spurs (1965)
as Norton - Prisoner
Cattle Town (1952)
as Rider
Hellfire (1949)
as Groper (uncredited)
Albuquerque (1948)
as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953)
as Cowboy
Trail of the Rustlers (1950)
as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
The Capture (1950)
as Employee (uncredited)
The Plainsman and the Lady (1946)
as Deputy (uncredited)
The Western: A Lost TV Special (1958)
as Self
Timberjack (1955)
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail (1954)
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Homicide for Three (1948)
as Joe - Policeman
Cow Town (1950)
as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
The James Brothers of Missouri (1949)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Stampede (1949)
as Sandy (uncredited)
Calendar Girl (1947)
as Swedish Tug of War Man
The Arizona Ranger (1948)
as Henchman (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion (1948)
as Ranger
John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (1992)
as Tennessean
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952)
as Trooper (uncredited)
Haunted Trails (1949)
as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Blazing Forest (1952)
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
California Firebrand (1948)
as Gunman
Cow Country (1953)
as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
Hills of Oklahoma (1950)
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Western Renegades (1949)
as Jones (uncredited)