Chuck Hayward
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 20, 1920
- Died
- February 23, 1998 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A.
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.
Known For
Filmography
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Movie · as Self
Stark
Movie · as Scurvy
Crystal Gazing
Movie · as Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Movie · as Wald (Cavendish gang)
Tom Horn
Movie · as Deputy Proctor
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Movie · as Walker Man
The Swarm
Movie · as Standby Engineer
The Lord of the Rings
Movie · as Character Actor (voice)
Airport '77
Movie · as Passenger
CHiPs
TV · as Limousine Driver · 2 eps
Hustle
Movie · as Morgue Attendant
Gone with the West
Movie · as Mimmo's Men
Lepke
Movie · as Doorman
Rooster Cogburn
Movie · as Jerry (uncredited)
The Longest Yard
Movie · as Trooper I
Blazing Saddles
Movie · as Outlaw (uncredited)
Scream of the Wolf
Movie
Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Cosby · 1 ep
Night of the Lepus
Movie · as Jud
Joe Kidd
Movie · as Eljay
The Rookies
TV · 1 ep
Rio Lobo
Movie · as (uncredited)
True Grit
Movie · as Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
5 Card Stud
Movie · as O'Hara (uncredited)
The War Wagon
Movie · as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Nevada Smith
Movie · as Fitch Man (uncredited)
The Rare Breed
Movie · as Wrangler (uncredited)
The Great Race
Movie · as Soldier (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie · as Trooper (uncredited)
Kings of the Sun
Movie · as Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
Burke's Law
TV · as Deputy · 1 ep
Merrill's Marauders
Movie · as Officer
Taras Bulba
Movie · as Dolotov (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
Movie · as Trooper (uncredited)
The Deadly Companions
Movie · as Card Sharp (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
Movie · as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
The Alamo
Movie · as Tennessean (uncredited)
Spartacus
Movie · as Soldier (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
Movie · as Union Captain
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Movie · as Stage Driver (uncredited)
Escort West
Movie · as Indian
Pork Chop Hill
Movie · as Chalmers
Dogface
Movie
Black Saddle
TV · as Needham, Fields · 1 ep
Wichita Town
TV · 1 ep
Johnny Ringo
TV · as Curly Ivers · 1 ep
The Big Country
Movie · as Rafe Hannassey
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Movie · as Self
Yancy Derringer
TV · as Mine Heavy (uncredited) · 1 ep
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as A Rider, Bob Bradley, Burt Taggart · 1 ep
Bat Masterson
TV · as Fugitive in Plaid Shirt · 1 ep
Forty Guns
Movie · as Charlie Savage
The Unholy Wife
Movie · as Hazer (uncredited)
Run of the Arrow
Movie · as Corporal
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Quentin Cleatus · 1 ep
The Searchers
Movie · as Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Red Sundown
Movie · as Cowpuncher
Gun Brothers
Movie · as Lookout (uncredited)
Showdown at Abilene
Movie · as Roughneck (uncredited)
Gun for a Coward
Movie · as Nester (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Posse Man (uncredited), Deputy Sheriff, Blue, Farmer · 1 ep
The Road to Denver
Movie · as Randy (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV · as Jake, Studer, Kemp, Cowhand · 1 ep
Jubilee Trail
Movie · as Velasco Rider (uncredited)
Fair Wind to Java
Movie · as Sailor
The Sun Shines Bright
Movie · as Deputy (uncredited)
San Antone
Movie · as Willie
Arena
Movie · as Cowboy
Fort Osage
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)
The World in His Arms
Movie · as Guest (uncredited)
High Noon
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)
Son of Ali Baba
Movie · as Villager (uncredited)
Slaughter Trail
Movie · as Wounded Indian (uncredited)
Apache Drums
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Movie · as Jackson (uncredited)
Desperadoes of the West
Movie · as Al (uncredited)
The Fargo Phantom
Movie · as Barnes