Chuck Roberson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-05-10
Day of Death
1988-06-08 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Shannon, Texas, USA
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.
Acting
(1992)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Tennessean
(1974)
McQ
as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
(1974)
99 and 44/100% Dead
as Gunman
(1973)
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Leader of Bunch
(1973)
The Stone Killer
as Council Member (uncredited)
(1971)
Big Jake
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
(1970)
Rio Lobo
as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
(1970)
Chisum
as Trail Herder (uncredited)
(1969)
The Undefeated
as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
(1968)
The Green Berets
as Sgt. Griffin
(1968)
The Scalphunters
as Scalphunter
(1968)
Hellfighters
as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
(1967)
The War Wagon
as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
(1967)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
as Cook (uncredited)
(1967)
Welcome to Hard Times
as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
(1966)
El Dorado
as Jason's Gunman
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Deputy (uncredited)
(1966)
Smoky
as Manuel
(1966)
Smoky
as Chuck - a Ranch Hand
(1966)
Blindfold
as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
(1965)
Cat Ballou
as Armed Guard (uncredited)
(1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1965)
Shenandoah
as Rebel Commander with Mustache
(1965)
The Rounders
as Brawler (uncredited)
(1965)
Black Spurs
as Norton - Prisoner
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Jessie (uncredited)
(1964)
Mail Order Bride
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
(1964)
Advance to the Rear
as Monk (uncredited)
(1963)
McLintock!
as Sheriff Jeff Lord
(1963)
Donovan's Reef
as Festus
(1963)
Shock Corridor
as Wilkes
(1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1962)
How the West Was Won
as Officer (uncredited)
(1962)
Merrill's Marauders
as Officer
(1961)
Two Rode Together
as Comanche
(1961)
Two Rode Together
as Comanche (uncredited)
(1960)
Spartacus
as Slave (uncredited)
(1960)
The Alamo
as Tennesseean
(1960)
Sergeant Rutledge
as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
(1959)
Rio Bravo
as Gunman (uncredited)
(1959)
The Wonderful Country
as Barton
(1958)
The Big Country
as Terrill Cowboy
(1958)
Man of the West
as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
(1957)
Forty Guns
as Howard Swain
(1957)
Night Passage
as Roan
(1957)
The Wings of Eagles
as Officer
(1957)
Run of the Arrow
as Sergeant
(1957)
The Hired Gun
as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
(1956)
The Searchers
as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
(1956)
The King and Four Queens
as Posseman
(1956)
Seven Men from Now
as Mason
(1956)
The Great Locomotive Chase
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
(1956)
Red Sundown
as Henshaw's Man
(1956)
Kentucky Rifle
as Indian (uncredited)
(1956)
The Rawhide Years
as Johnny (uncredited)
(1955)
The Tall Men
as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
(1955)
Ten Wanted Men
as Gunfighter (uncredited)
(1955)
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Soldier
(1955)
The Prodigal
as Chieftain
(1955)
Timberjack
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
(1955)
The Second Greatest Sex
as Brawler (uncredited)
(1954)
The Far Country
as Latigo (uncredited)
(1954)
The Lone Gun
as Luke (uncredited)
(1954)
Sign of the Pagan
as Mirrai
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
(1953)
Hondo
as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
(1953)
Calamity Jane
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1953)
Gun Belt
as Oliver
(1953)
Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
(1953)
Cow Country
as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
(1953)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as Cowboy
(1952)
The Lusty Men
as Cowboy
(1952)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Mounted Soldier
(1952)
Way of a Gaucho
as Gaucho
(1952)
Indian Uprising
as Taggart Man
(1952)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Pirate (uncredited)
(1952)
Cattle Town
as Rider
(1952)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
as Trooper (uncredited)
(1952)
The Blazing Forest
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
(1950)
Rio Grande
as Officer/Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
(1950)
Winchester '73
as Long Tom (uncredited)
(1950)
The Capture
as Employee (uncredited)
(1950)
Hi-Jacked
as Police Officer (uncredited)
(1950)
Atom Man vs. Superman
as Policeman on Road (uncredited)
(1950)
Cow Town
as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
(1950)
Hills of Oklahoma
as Cowhand (uncredited)
(1950)
Trail of the Rustlers
as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
(1950)
Outcasts of Black Mesa
as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
(1949)
The Fighting Kentuckian
as Militiaman (uncredited)
(1949)
Roughshod
as Deputy (uncredited)
(1949)
Hellfire
as Groper (uncredited)
(1949)
Stampede
as Sandy (uncredited)
(1949)
The James Brothers of Missouri
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1949)
Western Renegades
as Jones (uncredited)
(1949)
Law of the Golden West
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
(1949)
Haunted Trails
as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
(1948)
Wake of the Red Witch
as Seaman
(1948)
The Gallant Legion
as Ranger
(1948)
Last of the Wild Horses
as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
(1948)
Albuquerque
as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
(1948)
Homicide for Three
as Joe - Policeman
(1948)
California Firebrand
as Gunman
(1948)
The Arizona Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1947)
Jesse James Rides Again
as Lafe
(1947)
Song of Scheherazade
as Midshipman (uncredited)
(1947)
Song of Scheherazade
as Midshipman
(1947)
Calendar Girl
as Swedish Tug of War Man
(1947)
The Flame
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Deputy (uncredited)
Crew
(1989)
Miracle Mile
Stunts
(1978)
FM
Stunts
(1976)
The Shootist
Stunts
(1975)
Rooster Cogburn
Stunt Double
(1974)
99 and 44/100% Dead
Stunts
(1973)
Cahill: United States Marshal
Stunt Coordinator
(1973)
The Train Robbers
Stunts
(1970)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Second Unit Director
(1970)
Rio Lobo
Stunts, Stunt Double
(1969)
The Undefeated
Stunt Double
(1969)
Hard Contract
Stunts
(1969)
100 Rifles
Second Unit Director
(1968)
The Scalphunters
Stunts
(1967)
The War Wagon
Stunt Double, Stunts
(1966)
El Dorado
Stunts
(1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder
Stunts
(1965)
The War Lord
Stunts
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
Stunts
(1962)
How the West Was Won
Stunt Double, Stunts
(1961)
The Misfits
Stunts
(1961)
Two Rode Together
Stunts
(1961)
The Last Sunset
Stunts
(1960)
Sergeant Rutledge
Stunts
(1959)
Rio Bravo
Stunts
(1958)
The Big Country
Stunts
(1958)
Man of the West
Stunts
(1957)
Run of the Arrow
Stunts
(1957)
Forty Guns
Stunts
(1956)
The Searchers
Stunts
(1956)
The King and Four Queens
Stunts
(1955)
The Tall Men
Stunts, Stunt Double
(1955)
The Man from Laramie
Stunts
(1954)
The Far Country
Stunt Double
(1953)
The Naked Spur
Stunts
(1953)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Stunt Double
(1953)
Hondo
Stunt Double
(1952)
The Lusty Men
Stunts
(1950)
Atom Man vs. Superman
Stunts
(1950)
Rio Grande
Stunts
(1950)
Winchester '73
Stunts
(1950)
The Baron of Arizona
Stunts
(1949)
Roughshod
Stunts
(1948)
Angel on the Amazon
Stunts
(1948)
Red River
Stunts
(1947)
Jesse James Rides Again
Stunts