Chuck Roberson
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.
Acted in
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Tennessean
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
as Gunman
McQ
1974
as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
The Stone Killer
1973
as Council Member (uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Leader of Bunch
Big Jake
1971
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Chisum
1970
as Trail Herder (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970
as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
The Undefeated
1969
as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
Hellfighters
1968
as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
The Mod Squad
1968
The Green Berets
1968
as Sgt. Griffin
The Scalphunters
1968
as Scalphunter
The War Wagon
1967
as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
as Cook (uncredited)
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Dawson
El Dorado
1966
as Jason's Gunman
Smoky
1966
as Manuel
Smoky
1966
as Chuck - a Ranch Hand
Nevada Smith
1966
as Deputy (uncredited)
Blindfold
1966
as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
Laredo
1965
Lost in Space
1965
as Alien Fighter
The Big Valley
1965
as Stage Driver
Cat Ballou
1965
as Armed Guard (uncredited)
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Townsman (uncredited)
Shenandoah
1965
as Rebel Commander with Mustache
Black Spurs
1965
as Norton - Prisoner
The Rounders
1965
as Brawler (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Jessie (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
1964
as Dark Panther
Daniel Boone
1964
as Dutch
Daniel Boone
1964
as Shawnee Leader
Daniel Boone
1964
as Lige Henry
Advance to the Rear
1964
as Monk (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
1964
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
McLintock!
1963
as Sheriff Jeff Lord
Shock Corridor
1963
as Wilkes
Donovan's Reef
1963
as Festus
How the West Was Won
1962
as Officer (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
1962
as Fireman #1
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Henchman (uncredited)
Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Officer
Two Rode Together
1961
as Comanche
Two Rode Together
1961
as Comanche (uncredited)
The Alamo
1960
as Tennesseean
Spartacus
1960
as Slave (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
The Wonderful Country
1959
as Barton
Rio Bravo
1959
as Gunman (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959
as Baxter
Bat Masterson
1958
as Henchman about to be Sawn in Half
The Big Country
1958
as Terrill Cowboy
Man of the West
1958
as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
The Hired Gun
1957
as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
Wagon Train
1957
as Junior
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Forty Guns
1957
as Howard Swain
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Sergeant
Night Passage
1957
as Roan
Panic!
1957
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Officer
The King and Four Queens
1956
as Posseman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Brenner
7 Men from Now
1956
as Mason
The Rawhide Years
1956
as Johnny (uncredited)
Kentucky Rifle
1956
as Indian (uncredited)
The Great Locomotive Chase
1956
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
Red Sundown
1956
as Henshaw's Man
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
as Soldier
The Second Greatest Sex
1955
as Brawler (uncredited)
The Tall Men
1955
as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sgt. Keller
Gunsmoke
1955
as Driver
Gunsmoke
1955
as Joe
The Prodigal
1955
as Chieftain
Timberjack
1955
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men
1955
as Gunfighter (uncredited)
Sign of the Pagan
1954
as Mirrai
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
The Lone Gun
1954
as Luke (uncredited)
The Far Country
1954
as Latigo (uncredited)
Hondo
1953
as Otawanga
Calamity Jane
1953
as Barfly (uncredited)
Gun Belt
1953
as Oliver
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
as Cowboy
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Cow Country
1953
as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
as Pirate (uncredited)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Mounted Soldier
The Blazing Forest
1952
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
1952
as Cowboy
Way of a Gaucho
1952
as Gaucho
Cattle Town
1952
as Rider
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
as Trooper (uncredited)
Indian Uprising
1952
as Taggart Man
Rio Grande
1950
as Officer/Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
as Policeman on Road (uncredited)
Winchester '73
1950
as Long Tom (uncredited)
Hi-Jacked
1950
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Cow Town
1950
as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
The Capture
1950
as Employee (uncredited)
Trail of the Rustlers
1950
as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
Western Renegades
1949
as Jones (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Militiaman (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Todd Gunder
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949
as Townsman (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
1949
as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949
as Groper (uncredited)
Law of the Golden West
1949
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Roughshod
1949
as Deputy (uncredited)
Stampede
1949
as Sandy (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Seaman
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
Homicide for Three
1948
as Joe - Policeman
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Ranger
The Arizona Ranger
1948
as Henchman (uncredited)
California Firebrand
1948
as Gunman
Albuquerque
1948
as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
The Flame
1947
as Policeman (uncredited)
Jesse James Rides Again
1947
as Lafe
Song of Scheherazade
1947
as Midshipman (uncredited)
Song of Scheherazade
1947
as Midshipman
Calendar Girl
1947
as Swedish Tug of War Man
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Deputy (uncredited)