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