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