Chuck Roberson
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.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 0.058
Birthday 1919-05-10
Place of Birth Shannon, Texas, USA
Also Known As Charles Hugh "Chuck" Roberson, Charles Hugh Roberson,
Shock Corridor
1963

Shock Corridor

The Stone Killer
1973

The Stone Killer

Hondo
1953

Hondo

The James Brothers of Missouri
1949

The James Brothers of Missouri

Jesse James Rides Again
1947

Jesse James Rides Again

Homicide for Three
1948

Homicide for Three

Calendar Girl
1947

Calendar Girl

California Firebrand
1948

California Firebrand

Roughshod
1949

Roughshod

Stampede
1949

Stampede

Haunted Trails
1949

Haunted Trails

The Arizona Ranger
1948

The Arizona Ranger

The Fighting Kentuckian
1949

The Fighting Kentuckian

Song of Scheherazade
1947

Song of Scheherazade

The Plainsman and the Lady
1946

The Plainsman and the Lady

The Flame
1947

The Flame

Law of the Golden West
1949

Law of the Golden West

Hills of Oklahoma
1950

Hills of Oklahoma

Cow Town
1950

Cow Town

Hi-Jacked
1950

Hi-Jacked

Western Renegades
1949

Western Renegades

The Capture
1950

The Capture

Atom Man vs. Superman
1950

Atom Man vs. Superman

Trail of the Rustlers
1950

Trail of the Rustlers

The Scalphunters
1968

The Scalphunters

Night Passage
1957

Night Passage

7 Men from Now
1956

7 Men from Now

Merrill's Marauders
1962

Merrill's Marauders

Rio Lobo
1970

Rio Lobo

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965

The Sons of Katie Elder

Forty Guns
1957

Forty Guns

Smoky
1966

Smoky

Hellfire
1949

Hellfire

Black Spurs
1965

Black Spurs

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

The Big Country
1958

The Big Country

Ten Wanted Men
1955

Ten Wanted Men

Man of the West
1958

Man of the West

Two Rode Together
1961

Two Rode Together

How the West Was Won
1962

How the West Was Won

Cheyenne Autumn
1964

Cheyenne Autumn

Donovan's Reef
1963

Donovan's Reef

Cat Ballou
1965

Cat Ballou

Way of a Gaucho
1952

Way of a Gaucho

Sign of the Pagan
1954

Sign of the Pagan

The Wings of Eagles
1957

The Wings of Eagles

The Green Berets
1968

The Green Berets

The Lusty Men
1952

The Lusty Men

The Far Country
1954

The Far Country

The Searchers
1956

The Searchers

Sergeant Rutledge
1960

Sergeant Rutledge

The Prodigal
1955

The Prodigal

Welcome to Hard Times
1967

Welcome to Hard Times

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

Nevada Smith
1966

Nevada Smith

Hellfighters
1968

Hellfighters

The Undefeated
1969

The Undefeated

Big Jake
1971

Big Jake

McQ
1974

McQ

Chisum
1970

Chisum

Shenandoah
1965

Shenandoah

Smoky
1966

Smoky

Blindfold
1966

Blindfold

Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955

Lady Godiva of Coventry

The Great Locomotive Chase
1956

The Great Locomotive Chase

The Rounders
1965

The Rounders

The Second Greatest Sex
1955

The Second Greatest Sex

Indian Uprising
1952

Indian Uprising

The Lone Gun
1954

The Lone Gun

Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953

Raiders of the Seven Seas

Jubilee Trail
1954

Jubilee Trail

The Hired Gun
1957

The Hired Gun

The Rawhide Years
1956

The Rawhide Years

Advance to the Rear
1964

Advance to the Rear

Timberjack
1955

Timberjack

Kentucky Rifle
1956

Kentucky Rifle

Gun Belt
1953

Gun Belt

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

The Blazing Forest
1952

The Blazing Forest

Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Cattle Town
1952

Cattle Town

Mail Order Bride
1964

Mail Order Bride

Red Sundown
1956

Red Sundown

Calamity Jane
1953

Calamity Jane

McLintock!
1963

McLintock!

Spartacus
1960

Spartacus

Winchester '73
1950

Winchester '73

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Rio Bravo
1959

Rio Bravo

Last of the Wild Horses
1948

Last of the Wild Horses

Rio Grande
1950

Rio Grande

Two Rode Together
1961

Two Rode Together

Wake of the Red Witch
1948

Wake of the Red Witch

The Gallant Legion
1948

The Gallant Legion

99 and 44/100% Dead
1974

99 and 44/100% Dead

Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950

Outcasts of Black Mesa

The War Wagon
1967

The War Wagon

Cow Country
1953

Cow Country

The King and Four Queens
1956

The King and Four Queens

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

Cahill: United States Marshal
1973

Cahill: United States Marshal

Run of the Arrow
1957

Run of the Arrow

The Alamo
1960

The Alamo

El Dorado
1966

El Dorado

The Tall Men
1955

The Tall Men

Albuquerque
1948

Albuquerque

The Wonderful Country
1959

The Wonderful Country

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

Song of Scheherazade
1947

Song of Scheherazade