
Chuck Hayward
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-01-20
Day of Death
1998-02-23 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Chuck Hayward
Biography
Charles Bert Hayward (January 20, 1920 – February 23, 1998) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. He was associated particularly with the films of John Wayne. He doubled for most of the great Western and action stars of the 1950s-1980s.
His parents, Bert and Hazel Hayward, were cattle ranchers on a farm near Hyannis, Nebraska, about sixty miles east of Hayward's birthplace in Alliance. He spent his early youth working cattle, then, at 16, left home to join the rodeo circuit as a bronc rider and horse trainer. In 1947, he arrived in Los Angeles and sought work as a wrangler on motion pictures. He began doing stunts in 1949 on The Fighting Kentuckian, doubling for John Wayne. The two became pals and Hayward subsequently stunted and doubled for Wayne on nearly two dozen of the latter's films. Excelling at all sorts of horseback stunts, Hayward doubled most stars of the period who found themselves in Westerns or otherwise astride a horse, including Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, and Gregory Peck. He was prominent in The Big Country, co-produced by Peck. He was known as "Good Chuck" in contrast to "Bad Chuck", in reference to Chuck Roberson, another of Wayne's stunt doubles.
He graduated into stunt coordination, arranging the stunts in films such as The Deadly Companions and the TV series The Rat Patrol. He played small roles in numerous films and TV shows, and his appearance often served as an accurate predictor of an upcoming fight scene. He retired from stunt work in 1981, and from acting in 1989. Hayward was a member of the unofficial John Ford Stock Company, a lifetime member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, and an inductee into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame. He died from Hodgkin's Disease at his home in North Hollywood, California, in 1998. He was married three times, to Ellen Powell, by whom he had a daughter, and to Carol Lynn Shepherd. He had two children with Carol Lynn Shepherd. They were divorced in 1982. He then married Sally Pape Callaghan on October 30, 1982.
Before his Hollywood stuntman career, Hayward also worked as a medic in the United States Merchant Marine and he stated that he served on liberty ships. His two boys, along with his wife Carol's best friend who was trying to save them, perished in a forest fire in the early 1980s.
Acting
(1992)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Self
(1985)
Stark
as Scurvy
(1982)
Crystal Gazing
as Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
(1981)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as Wald (Cavendish gang)
(1980)
Tom Horn
as Deputy Proctor
(1979)
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Walker Man
(1978)
The Lord of the Rings
as Character Actor (voice)
(1978)
The Swarm
as Standby Engineer
(1977)
Airport '77
as Passenger
(1975)
Rooster Cogburn
as Jerry (uncredited)
(1975)
Hustle
as Morgue Attendant
(1975)
Gone with the West
as Mimmo's Men
(1975)
Lepke
as Doorman
(1974)
Blazing Saddles
as Outlaw (uncredited)
(1974)
The Longest Yard
as Trooper I
(1974)
(1972)
Joe Kidd
as Eljay
(1972)
Night of the Lepus
as Jud
(1970)
Rio Lobo
as (uncredited)
(1969)
True Grit
as Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
(1968)
5 Card Stud
as O'Hara (uncredited)
(1967)
The War Wagon
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Fitch Man (uncredited)
(1966)
The Rare Breed
as Wrangler (uncredited)
(1965)
The Great Race
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Trooper (uncredited)
(1963)
Kings of the Sun
as Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
(1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1962)
Taras Bulba
as Dolotov (uncredited)
(1962)
Merrill's Marauders
as Officer
(1961)
Two Rode Together
as Trooper (uncredited)
(1961)
The Deadly Companions
as Card Sharp (uncredited)
(1960)
Spartacus
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1960)
The Alamo
as Tennessean (uncredited)
(1960)
Sergeant Rutledge
as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
(1959)
The Horse Soldiers
as Union Captain
(1959)
Pork Chop Hill
as Chalmers
(1959)
Escort West
as Indian
(1959)
Plunderers of Painted Flats
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
(1958)
The Big Country
as Rafe Hannassey
(1957)
Forty Guns
as Charlie Savage
(1957)
Run of the Arrow
as Corporal
(1957)
The Unholy Wife
as Hazer (uncredited)
(1956)
The Searchers
as Man at Wedding (uncredited)
(1956)
Red Sundown
as Cowpuncher
(1956)
Gun for a Coward
as Nester (uncredited)
(1956)
Gun Brothers
as Lookout (uncredited)
(1956)
Showdown at Abilene
as Roughneck (uncredited)
(1955)
The Road to Denver
as Randy (uncredited)
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Velasco Rider (uncredited)
(1953)
Fair Wind to Java
as Sailor
(1953)
Arena
as Cowboy
(1953)
The Sun Shines Bright
as Deputy (uncredited)
(1953)
San Antone
as Willie
(1952)
High Noon
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1952)
The World in His Arms
as Guest (uncredited)
(1952)
Fort Osage
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1952)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1951)
Apache Drums
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1951)
Slaughter Trail
as Wounded Indian (uncredited)
(1950)
Wagon Master
as Jackson (uncredited)
(1950)
Desperadoes of the West
as Al (uncredited)
(1950)
The Fargo Phantom
as Barnes
Crew
(1981)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Stunt Driver
(1980)
Airplane!
Stunts
(1980)
The Blues Brothers
Stunts
(1978)
Who'll Stop the Rain
Stunts
(1975)
Rooster Cogburn
Stunts
(1974)
The Longest Yard
Stunts
(1973)
High Plains Drifter
Stunts
(1973)
The Train Robbers
Stunts
(1973)
Westworld
Stunt Double
(1972)
Buck and the Preacher
Second Unit Director
(1972)
Joe Kidd
Stunts
(1971)
The Horsemen
Stunt Coordinator
(1970)
Rio Lobo
Stunts
(1969)
(1969)
True Grit
Stunts
(1968)
Villa Rides
Second Unit Director
(1967)
The War Wagon
Stunts
(1966)
El Dorado
Stunts
(1966)
The Rare Breed
Stunts
(1965)
Major Dundee
Stunts
(1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder
Stunts
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
Stunts
(1963)
(1963)
McLintock!
Stunts
(1962)
How the West Was Won
Stunts
(1961)
Two Rode Together
Stunts
(1960)
Sergeant Rutledge
Stunts
(1959)
The Horse Soldiers
Stunts
(1958)
The Big Country
Stunts
(1957)
Forty Guns
Stunts
(1957)
The Unholy Wife
Stunts
(1956)
The Searchers
Stunts
(1953)
Fair Wind to Java
Stunts
(1953)
Hondo
Stunt Double
(1952)
Viva Zapata!
Stunts
(1952)
High Noon
Stunts
(1952)
The World in His Arms
Stunts
(1950)
Wagon Master
Stunts
(1950)
Rio Grande
Stunts
(1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Stunts