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