Chuck Roberson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1919
- Died
- Jun 8, 1988 (aged 69)
- Place of birth
- Shannon, Texas, USA
- Credits
- 128
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
Spartacus
1960Movie
Slave (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956Movie
Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962Movie
Henchman (uncredited)
Rio Bravo
1959Movie
Gunman (uncredited)
El Dorado
1966Movie
Jason's Gunman
How the West Was Won
1962Movie
Officer (uncredited)
Filmography
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992Movie
Tennessean
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974Movie
Gunman
McQ
1974Movie
Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
The Stone Killer
1973Movie
Council Member (uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973Movie
Leader of Bunch
Big Jake
1971Movie
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971TV
Chisum
1970Movie
Trail Herder (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970Movie
Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
The Undefeated
1969Movie
Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
Hellfighters
1968Movie
Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
The Mod Squad
1968TV
Lancer
1968TV
Paul O'Brien
The Green Berets
1968Movie
Sgt. Griffin
The Scalphunters
1968Movie
Scalphunter
The War Wagon
1967Movie
Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
Welcome to Hard Times
1967Movie
Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967Movie
Cook (uncredited)
Mr. Terrific
1967TV
Dawson
El Dorado
1966Movie
Jason's Gunman
Smoky
1966Movie
Manuel, Chuck - a Ranch Hand
Nevada Smith
1966Movie
Deputy (uncredited)
Blindfold
1966Movie
Fitzpatrick's Henchman
Laredo
1965TV
Lost in Space
1965TV
Alien Fighter
The Big Valley
1965TV
Stage Driver
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Cat Ballou
1965Movie
Armed Guard (uncredited)
Shenandoah
1965Movie
Rebel Commander with Mustache
Black Spurs
1965Movie
Norton - Prisoner
The Rounders
1965Movie
Brawler (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964Movie
Jessie (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
1964TV
Dark Panther, Dutch, Lige Henry, Shawnee Leader
Advance to the Rear
1964Movie
Monk (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
1964Movie
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
McLintock!
1963Movie
Sheriff Jeff Lord
Shock Corridor
1963Movie
Wilkes
Donovan's Reef
1963Movie
Festus
How the West Was Won
1962Movie
Officer (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
1962TV
Fireman #1
The Virginian
1962TV
Wagon Driver
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962Movie
Henchman (uncredited)
Merrill's Marauders
1962Movie
Officer
Two Rode Together
1961Movie
Comanche, Comanche (uncredited)
The Alamo
1960Movie
Tennesseean
Spartacus
1960Movie
Slave (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960Movie
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
The Wonderful Country
1959Movie
Barton
Rio Bravo
1959Movie
Gunman (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959TV
Baxter
Bat Masterson
1958TV
Henchman about to be Sawn in Half
Lawman
1958TV
Stage Driver (uncredited)
Man of the West
1958Movie
Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
The Big Country
1958Movie
Terrill Cowboy
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958Movie
Self
The Hired Gun
1957Movie
Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
Wagon Train
1957TV
Junior
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Pike, Rancher, Man
Forty Guns
1957Movie
Howard Swain
Run of the Arrow
1957Movie
Sergeant
Night Passage
1957Movie
Roan
Panic!
1957TV
The Wings of Eagles
1957Movie
Officer (uncredited)
The King and Four Queens
1956Movie
Posseman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Brenner
7 Men from Now
1956Movie
Mason
The Rawhide Years
1956Movie
Johnny (uncredited)
Kentucky Rifle
1956Movie
Indian (uncredited)
The Great Locomotive Chase
1956Movie
Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956Movie
Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
Red Sundown
1956Movie
Henshaw's Man
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955Movie
Soldier
The Second Greatest Sex
1955Movie
Brawler (uncredited)
The Tall Men
1955Movie
Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Sgt. Keller, Driver, Joe
The Prodigal
1955Movie
Chieftain
Timberjack
1955Movie
Lumberjack (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men
1955Movie
Gunfighter (uncredited)
Sign of the Pagan
1954Movie
Mirrai
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Sam - Ranger #1
Jubilee Trail
1954Movie
Man at Bar (uncredited)
The Lone Gun
1954Movie
Luke (uncredited)
The Far Country
1954Movie
Latigo (uncredited)
Hondo
1953Movie
Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
1953Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Gun Belt
1953Movie
Oliver
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953Movie
Cowboy
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953Movie
Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Cow Country
1953Movie
Stubby (as Brett Houston)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952Movie
Pirate (uncredited)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952Movie
Mounted Soldier
The Blazing Forest
1952Movie
Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
1952Movie
Cowboy
Way of a Gaucho
1952Movie
Gaucho
Cattle Town
1952Movie
Rider
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952Movie
Trooper (uncredited)
Indian Uprising
1952Movie
Taggart Man
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951TV
Henchman Blake, Henchman, Deputy Trapp
Rio Grande
1950Movie
Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950Movie
Policeman on Road
Hi-Jacked
1950Movie
Police Officer (uncredited)
Winchester '73
1950Movie
Long Tom (uncredited)
Hills of Oklahoma
1950Movie
Cowhand (uncredited)
Cow Town
1950Movie
Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950Movie
Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
The Capture
1950Movie
Employee (uncredited)
Trail of the Rustlers
1950Movie
Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
Western Renegades
1949Movie
Jones (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949Movie
Militiaman (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1949TV
Todd Gunder
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
1949Movie
Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949Movie
Groper (uncredited)
Law of the Golden West
1949Movie
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Roughshod
1949Movie
Deputy (uncredited)
Stampede
1949Movie
Sandy (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
1948Movie
Seaman
Last of the Wild Horses
1948Movie
Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
Homicide for Three
1948Movie
Joe - Policeman
The Gallant Legion
1948Movie
Ranger
The Arizona Ranger
1948Movie
Henchman (uncredited)
California Firebrand
1948Movie
Gunman
Albuquerque
1948Movie
Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
The Flame
1947Movie
Policeman (uncredited)
Jesse James Rides Again
1947Movie
Lafe
Song of Scheherazade
1947Movie
Midshipman (uncredited), Midshipman
Calendar Girl
1947Movie
Swedish Tug of War Man
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946Movie
Deputy (uncredited)