Chuck Roberson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1919
- Died
- June 8, 1988 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Shannon, Texas, USA
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.
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Filmography
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Movie · as Tennessean
McQ
Movie · as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
99 and 44/100% Dead
Movie · as Gunman
The Stone Killer
Movie · as Council Member (uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal
Movie · as Leader of Bunch
Big Jake
Movie · as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
Rio Lobo
Movie · as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
Chisum
Movie · as Trail Herder (uncredited)
The Undefeated
Movie · as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
The Scalphunters
Movie · as Scalphunter
The Green Berets
Movie · as Sgt. Griffin
Hellfighters
Movie · as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
The Mod Squad
TV · 1 ep
Lancer
TV · as Paul O'Brien · 1 ep
Welcome to Hard Times
Movie · as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Movie · as Cook (uncredited)
The War Wagon
Movie · as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
Mr. Terrific
TV · as Dawson · 1 ep
Smoky
Movie · as Manuel, Chuck - a Ranch Hand
Nevada Smith
Movie · as Deputy (uncredited)
Blindfold
Movie · as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
El Dorado
Movie · as Jason's Gunman
The Sons of Katie Elder
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)
Black Spurs
Movie · as Norton - Prisoner
Cat Ballou
Movie · as Armed Guard (uncredited)
Shenandoah
Movie · as Rebel Commander with Mustache
The Rounders
Movie · as Brawler (uncredited)
Lost in Space
TV · as Alien Fighter · 1 ep
Laredo
TV · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Stage Driver · 2 eps
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie · as Jessie (uncredited)
Advance to the Rear
Movie · as Monk (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
Movie · as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
TV · as Dark Panther, Dutch, Shawnee Leader, Lige Henry · 1 ep
Shock Corridor
Movie · as Wilkes
Donovan's Reef
Movie · as Festus
McLintock!
Movie · as Sheriff Jeff Lord
Merrill's Marauders
Movie · as Officer
How the West Was Won
Movie · as Officer (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
TV · as Fireman #1 · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Wagon Driver · 1 ep
Two Rode Together
Movie · as Comanche, Comanche (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
Movie · as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Spartacus
Movie · as Slave (uncredited)
The Alamo
Movie · as Tennesseean
Rio Bravo
Movie · as Gunman (uncredited)
The Wonderful Country
Movie · as Barton
Rawhide
TV · as Baxter · 1 ep
The Big Country
Movie · as Terrill Cowboy
Man of the West
Movie · as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Movie · as Self
Bat Masterson
TV · as Henchman about to be Sawn in Half · 1 ep
Lawman
TV · as Stage Driver (uncredited) · 1 ep
Night Passage
Movie · as Roan
Forty Guns
Movie · as Howard Swain
The Wings of Eagles
Movie · as Officer (uncredited)
The Hired Gun
Movie · as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
Run of the Arrow
Movie · as Sergeant
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Pike, Rancher, Man · 1 ep
Panic!
TV · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Junior · 1 ep
7 Men from Now
Movie · as Mason
The Searchers
Movie · as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
The Rawhide Years
Movie · as Johnny (uncredited)
Red Sundown
Movie · as Henshaw's Man
The Great Locomotive Chase
Movie · as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
Kentucky Rifle
Movie · as Indian (uncredited)
The King and Four Queens
Movie · as Posseman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Brenner · 1 ep
Ten Wanted Men
Movie · as Gunfighter (uncredited)
The Prodigal
Movie · as Chieftain
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Movie · as Soldier
The Second Greatest Sex
Movie · as Brawler (uncredited)
Timberjack
Movie · as Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Tall Men
Movie · as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV · as Sgt. Keller, Driver, Joe · 1 ep
The Far Country
Movie · as Latigo (uncredited)
Sign of the Pagan
Movie · as Mirrai
The Lone Gun
Movie · as Luke (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail
Movie · as Man at Bar (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Sam - Ranger #1 · 1 ep
Hondo
Movie · as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
Movie · as Barfly (uncredited)
Gun Belt
Movie · as Oliver
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Movie · as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Cow Country
Movie · as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Movie · as Cowboy
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Movie · as Trooper (uncredited)
Way of a Gaucho
Movie · as Gaucho
The Lusty Men
Movie · as Cowboy
The Blazing Forest
Movie · as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Movie · as Pirate (uncredited)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Movie · as Mounted Soldier
Cattle Town
Movie · as Rider
Indian Uprising
Movie · as Taggart Man
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV · as Henchman Blake, Deputy Trapp · 1 ep
Trail of the Rustlers
Movie · as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
The Capture
Movie · as Employee (uncredited)
Cow Town
Movie · as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
Hills of Oklahoma
Movie · as Cowhand (uncredited)
Hi-Jacked
Movie · as Police Officer (uncredited)
Atom Man vs. Superman
Movie · as Policeman on Road
Winchester '73
Movie · as Long Tom (uncredited)
Rio Grande
Movie · as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
Outcast of Black Mesa
Movie · as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
Stampede
Movie · as Sandy (uncredited)
Roughshod
Movie · as Deputy (uncredited)
Law of the Golden West
Movie · as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
Movie · as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The James Brothers of Missouri
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
Movie · as Militiaman (uncredited)
Western Renegades
Movie · as Jones (uncredited)
Hellfire
Movie · as Groper (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
TV · as Todd Gunder · 1 ep
California Firebrand
Movie · as Gunman
The Arizona Ranger
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)
Homicide for Three
Movie · as Joe - Policeman
Last of the Wild Horses
Movie · as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
Movie · as Seaman
The Gallant Legion
Movie · as Ranger
Albuquerque
Movie · as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
Calendar Girl
Movie · as Swedish Tug of War Man
Song of Scheherazade
Movie · as Midshipman (uncredited)
Jesse James Rides Again
Movie · as Lafe
The Flame
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)
The Plainsman and the Lady
Movie · as Deputy (uncredited)