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.
Known For
Wilkes
Shock Corridor
Council Member (uncredited)
The Stone Killer
Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
Hondo
Deputy (uncredited)
The Plainsman and the Lady
Swedish Tug of War Man
Calendar Girl
Midshipman (uncredited)
Song of Scheherazade
Lafe
Jesse James Rides Again
Policeman (uncredited)
The Flame
Gunman
California Firebrand
Henchman (uncredited)
The Arizona Ranger
Joe - Policeman
Homicide for Three
Sandy (uncredited)
Stampede
Deputy (uncredited)
Roughshod
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Law of the Golden West
Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
Townsman (uncredited)
The James Brothers of Missouri
Militiaman (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
Jones (uncredited)
Western Renegades
Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
Trail of the Rustlers
Employee (uncredited)
The Capture
Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
Cow Town
Cowhand (uncredited)
Hills of Oklahoma
Police Officer (uncredited)
Hi-Jacked
Policeman on Road (uncredited)
Atom Man vs. Superman
Scalphunter
The Scalphunters
Roan
Night Passage
Mason
Seven Men from Now
Officer
Merrill's Marauders
Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
Townsman (uncredited)
The Sons of Katie Elder
Howard Swain
Forty Guns
Manuel
Smoky
Groper (uncredited)
Hellfire
Norton - Prisoner
Black Spurs
Trooper (uncredited)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Terrill Cowboy
The Big Country
Gunfighter (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men
Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
The Searchers
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
Officer
The Wings of Eagles
Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
Man of the West
Comanche
Two Rode Together
Officer (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
Jessie (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
Festus
Donovan's Reef
Gaucho
Way of a Gaucho
Cowboy
The Lusty Men
Armed Guard (uncredited)
Cat Ballou
Latigo (uncredited)
The Far Country
Sgt. Griffin
The Green Berets
Mirrai
Sign of the Pagan
Chieftain
The Prodigal
Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
McQ
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Big Jake
Trail Herder (uncredited)
Chisum
Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
The Undefeated
Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
Hellfighters
Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
Welcome to Hard Times
Cook (uncredited)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Deputy (uncredited)
Nevada Smith
Rebel Commander with Mustache
Shenandoah
Chuck - a Ranch Hand
Smoky
Fitzpatrick's Henchman
Blindfold
Soldier
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Brawler (uncredited)
The Rounders
Monk (uncredited)
Advance to the Rear
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
The Hired Gun
Johnny (uncredited)
The Rawhide Years
Henshaw's Man
Red Sundown
Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
The Great Locomotive Chase
Brawler (uncredited)
The Second Greatest Sex
Indian (uncredited)
Kentucky Rifle
Lumberjack (uncredited)
Timberjack
Luke (uncredited)
The Lone Gun
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail
Barfly (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
Oliver
Gun Belt
Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Blazing Forest
Pirate (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Mounted Soldier
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Rider
Cattle Town
Taggart Man
Indian Uprising
Sheriff Jeff Lord
McLintock!
Slave (uncredited)
Spartacus
Long Tom (uncredited)
Winchester '73
Henchman (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Gunman (uncredited)
Rio Bravo
Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
Last of the Wild Horses
Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
Rio Grande
Comanche (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
Seaman
Wake of the Red Witch
Ranger
The Gallant Legion
Gunman
99 and 44/100% Dead
Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
The War Wagon
Stubby (as Brett Houston)
Cow Country
Posseman
The King and Four Queens
Cowboy
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Leader of Bunch
Cahill: United States Marshal
Sergeant
Run of the Arrow
Tennesseean
The Alamo
Jason's Gunman
El Dorado
Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
The Tall Men
Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
Albuquerque
Barton
The Wonderful Country
Tennessean
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Midshipman
Song of Scheherazade
Self
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
110
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-05-10
Place of Birth
Shannon, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Charles Hugh "Chuck" Roberson