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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 20, 1920
Died
February 23, 1998
Place of Birth
Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Also Known As
- Charles Bert Hayward
Chuck Hayward
1.0 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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6.0
Self
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
3.0
Scurvy
Stark
1985
7.0
Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
Crystal Gazing
1982
4.9
Wald (Cavendish gang)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
6.3
Deputy Proctor
Tom Horn
1980
4.4
Walker Man
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
6.6
Character Actor (voice)
The Lord of the Rings
1978
5.0
Standby Engineer
The Swarm
1978
6.8
CHiPs
1977
5.6
Passenger
Airport '77
1977
Credits
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John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Self
1992
6.0
Stark
as Scurvy
1985
3.0
Crystal Gazing
as Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
1982
7.0
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as Wald (Cavendish gang)
1981
4.9
Tom Horn
as Deputy Proctor
1980
6.3
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Walker Man
1979
4.4
The Lord of the Rings
as Character Actor (voice)
1978
6.6
The Swarm
as Standby Engineer
1978
5.0
CHiPs
1977
6.8
Airport '77
as Passenger
1977
5.6
Hustle
as Morgue Attendant
1975
5.6
Rooster Cogburn
as Jerry (uncredited)
1975
6.4
Gone with the West
as Mimmo's Men
1975
2.1
Lepke
as Doorman
1975
4.6
Lepke
1975
4.6
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
The Longest Yard
as Trooper I
1974
6.7
Blazing Saddles
as Outlaw (uncredited)
1974
7.2
Scream of the Wolf
1974
6.2
Night of the Lepus
as Jud
1972
4.4
The Rookies
1972
6.8
Joe Kidd
as Eljay
1972
6.4
Rio Lobo
as (uncredited)
1970
6.5
True Grit
as Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
1969
7.3
5 Card Stud
as O'Hara (uncredited)
1968
6.2
The War Wagon
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
1967
6.8
Nevada Smith
as Fitch Man (uncredited)
1966
6.7
The Rare Breed
as Wrangler (uncredited)
1966
6.1
The Great Race
as Soldier (uncredited)
1965
7.1
Cheyenne Autumn
as Trooper (uncredited)
1964
6.7
Kings of the Sun
as Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
1963
6.1
Burke's Law
as Deputy
1963
6.0
Taras Bulba
as Dolotov (uncredited)
1962
6.3
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Henchman (uncredited)
1962
7.8
Merrill's Marauders
as Officer
1962
6.1
The Deadly Companions
as Card Sharp (uncredited)
1961
5.6
Two Rode Together
as Trooper (uncredited)
1961
6.4
The Alamo
as Tennessean (uncredited)
1960
7.1
Spartacus
as Soldier (uncredited)
1960
7.5
Sergeant Rutledge
as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
1960
7.1
Johnny Ringo
as Curly Ivers
1959
5.7
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
The Horse Soldiers
as Union Captain
1959
7.0
Pork Chop Hill
as Chalmers
1959
6.6
Plunderers of Painted Flats
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
1959
4.5
Escort West
as Indian
1959
5.6
Black Saddle
as Needham
1959
6.0
Black Saddle
as Fields
1959
6.0
Dogface
1959
6.0
Bat Masterson
as Fugitive in Plaid Shirt
1958
6.1
Yancy Derringer
as Mine Heavy (uncredited)
1958
6.0
The Big Country
as Rafe Hannassey
1958
7.6
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as A Rider
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Burt Taggart
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Bob Bradley
1958
6.8
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self
1958
0.0
Maverick
1957
6.9
Wagon Train
as Quentin Cleatus
1957
6.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Forty Guns
as Charlie Savage
1957
6.5
Run of the Arrow
as Corporal
1957
6.0
The Unholy Wife
as Hazer (uncredited)
1957
4.4
Gun for a Coward
as Nester (uncredited)
1956
5.6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Posse Man (uncredited)
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Deputy Sheriff
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Farmer
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Blue
1956
6.0
Showdown at Abilene
as Roughneck (uncredited)
1956
5.2
Gun Brothers
as Lookout (uncredited)
1956
4.3
The Searchers
as Man at Wedding (uncredited)
1956
7.7
Red Sundown
as Cowpuncher
1956
6.1
Gunsmoke
as Jake
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Studer
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Kemp
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Cowhand
1955
6.6
The Road to Denver
as Randy (uncredited)
1955
6.4
Jubilee Trail
as Velasco Rider (uncredited)
1954
4.8
Arena
as Cowboy
1953
4.7
The Sun Shines Bright
as Deputy (uncredited)
1953
6.4
San Antone
as Willie
1953
5.0
Fair Wind to Java
as Sailor
1953
5.1
The World in His Arms
as Guest (uncredited)
1952
6.5
Son of Ali Baba
as Villager (uncredited)
1952
5.4
High Noon
as Townsman (uncredited)
1952
7.7
Fort Osage
as Henchman (uncredited)
1952
6.0
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
as Henchman (uncredited)
1952
4.2
Slaughter Trail
as Wounded Indian (uncredited)
1951
3.8
Apache Drums
as Townsman (uncredited)
1951
6.3
Desperadoes of the West
as Al (uncredited)
1950
3.8
Wagon Master
as Jackson (uncredited)
1950
6.6
The Fargo Phantom
as Barnes
1950
0.0