Chuck Hayward

January 20, 1920

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.

Cast

The Swarm

(Standby Engineer)

The Big Country

(Rafe Hannassey)

Merrill's Marauders

(Officer)

Night of the Lepus

(Jud)

The Horse Soldiers

(Union Captain)

Forty Guns

(Charlie Savage)

Fort Osage

(Henchman (uncredited))

Stark

(Scurvy)

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

(Henchman (uncredited))

Hustle

(Morgue Attendant)

Wagon Master

(Jackson (uncredited))

Desperadoes of the West

(Al (uncredited))

The Searchers

(Man at Wedding (uncredited))

Fair Wind to Java

(Sailor)

Sergeant Rutledge

(Capt. Dickinson (uncredited))

The Alamo

(Tennessean (uncredited))

The World in His Arms

(Guest (uncredited))

The Sun Shines Bright

(Deputy (uncredited))

San Antone

(Willie)

Arena

(Cowboy)

Jubilee Trail

(Velasco Rider (uncredited))

The Road to Denver

(Randy (uncredited))

Red Sundown

(Cowpuncher)

Gun Brothers

(Lookout (uncredited))

Showdown at Abilene

(Roughneck (uncredited))

Gun for a Coward

(Nester (uncredited))

The Unholy Wife

(Hazer (uncredited))

Plunderers of Painted Flats

(Stage Driver (uncredited))

Escort West

(Indian)

Kings of the Sun

(Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited))

Taras Bulba

(Dolotov (uncredited))

Two Rode Together

(Trooper (uncredited))

The Deadly Companions

(Card Sharp (uncredited))

Cheyenne Autumn

(Trooper (uncredited))

The Great Race

(Soldier (uncredited))

Nevada Smith

(Fitch Man (uncredited))

5 Card Stud

(O'Hara (uncredited))

True Grit

(Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited))

Rio Lobo

((uncredited))

Joe Kidd

(Eljay)

The Longest Yard

(Trooper I)

Gone with the West

(Mimmo's Men)

Lepke

(Doorman)

Rooster Cogburn

(Jerry (uncredited))

Parts: The Clonus Horror

(Walker Man)

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

(Wald (Cavendish gang))

Crystal Gazing

(Band Member (as Charles Hayward))

Blazing Saddles

(Outlaw (uncredited))

Spartacus

(Soldier (uncredited))

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

(Henchman (uncredited))

High Noon

(Townsman (uncredited))

The Fargo Phantom

(Barnes)

The War Wagon

(Blacksmith (uncredited))

Run of the Arrow

(Corporal)

Tom Horn

(Deputy Proctor)

The Lord of the Rings

(Character Actor (voice))

Scream of the Wolf

Slaughter Trail

(Wounded Indian (uncredited))

Pork Chop Hill

(Chalmers)

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

(Self)

Airport '77

(Passenger)

The Rare Breed

(Wrangler (uncredited))

Apache Drums

(Townsman (uncredited))

Lepke

The Western: A Lost TV Special

(Self)

Dogface

Son of Ali Baba

(Villager (uncredited))

CHiPs

Burke's Law

(Deputy)

The Rookies

Little House on the Prairie

Gunsmoke

(Jake)

Have Gun, Will Travel

Yancy Derringer

(Mine Heavy (uncredited))

Black Saddle

(Needham)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

(A Rider)

Bat Masterson

(Fugitive in Plaid Shirt)

Wichita Town

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(Posse Man (uncredited))

Johnny Ringo

(Curly Ivers)

Maverick

Wagon Train

(Quentin Cleatus)

Gunsmoke

(Studer)

Gunsmoke

(Kemp)

Gunsmoke

(Cowhand)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(Deputy Sheriff)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(Blue)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(Farmer)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

(Bob Bradley)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

(Burt Taggart)

Black Saddle

(Fields)

Crew

Villa Rides

(Second Unit Director)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

(Stunts)

The Longest Yard

(Stunts)

Airplane!

(Stunts)

Major Dundee

(Stunts)

High Plains Drifter

(Stunts)

Buck and the Preacher

(Second Unit Director)

Fair Wind to Java

(Stunts)

The Train Robbers

(Stunts)

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

(Stunts)

Sergeant Rutledge

(Stunts)

The Big Country

(Stunts)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

(Stunts)

Wagon Master

(Stunts)

McLintock!

(Stunts)

Viva Zapata!

(Stunts)

Cheyenne Autumn

(Stunts)

Westworld

(Stunt Double)

El Dorado

(Stunts)

High Noon

(Stunts)

The Searchers

(Stunts)

How the West Was Won

(Stunts)

Forty Guns

(Stunts)

Joe Kidd

(Stunts)

True Grit

(Stunts)

The Sons of Katie Elder

(Stunts)

Rio Grande

(Stunts)

Rooster Cogburn

(Stunts)

Two Rode Together

(Stunts)

The Blues Brothers

(Stunts)

Who'll Stop the Rain

(Stunts)

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

(Stunt Driver)

The Horsemen

(Stunt Coordinator)

The War Wagon

(Stunts)

The Horse Soldiers

(Stunts)

The Unholy Wife

(Stunts)

Rio Lobo

(Stunts)

The World in His Arms

(Stunts)

The Rare Breed

(Stunts)

Hondo

(Stunt Double)

Apache Drums

(Stunts)

The Alamo

(Stunts)