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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 10, 1919
Died
June 8, 1988
Place of Birth
Shannon, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Charles Hugh "Chuck" Roberson
- Charles Hugh Roberson
Chuck Roberson
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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
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6.0
Tennessean
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
4.9
Gunman
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
6.1
Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
McQ
1974
6.2
Council Member (uncredited)
The Stone Killer
1973
6.1
Leader of Bunch
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
6.9
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Big Jake
1971
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
6.7
Trail Herder (uncredited)
Chisum
1970
6.5
Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970
6.2
Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
The Undefeated
1969
Credits
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John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Tennessean
1992
6.0
99 and 44/100% Dead
as Gunman
1974
4.9
McQ
as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
1974
6.1
The Stone Killer
as Council Member (uncredited)
1973
6.2
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Leader of Bunch
1973
6.1
Big Jake
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
1971
6.9
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Chisum
as Trail Herder (uncredited)
1970
6.7
Rio Lobo
as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
1970
6.5
The Undefeated
as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
1969
6.2
Hellfighters
as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
1968
6.4
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
The Green Berets
as Sgt. Griffin
1968
5.7
The Scalphunters
as Scalphunter
1968
6.4
The War Wagon
as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
1967
6.8
Welcome to Hard Times
as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
1967
5.1
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
as Cook (uncredited)
1967
6.6
Mr. Terrific
as Dawson
1967
7.5
El Dorado
as Jason's Gunman
1966
7.4
Smoky
as Manuel
1966
5.5
Smoky
as Chuck - a Ranch Hand
1966
5.5
Nevada Smith
as Deputy (uncredited)
1966
6.7
Blindfold
as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
1966
6.1
Laredo
1965
6.3
Lost in Space
as Alien Fighter
1965
7.1
The Big Valley
as Stage Driver
1965
6.1
Cat Ballou
as Armed Guard (uncredited)
1965
6.4
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Townsman (uncredited)
1965
7.0
Shenandoah
as Rebel Commander with Mustache
1965
6.9
Black Spurs
as Norton - Prisoner
1965
6.1
The Rounders
as Brawler (uncredited)
1965
5.5
Cheyenne Autumn
as Jessie (uncredited)
1964
6.7
Daniel Boone
as Dark Panther
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Dutch
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Lige Henry
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Shawnee Leader
1964
7.0
Advance to the Rear
as Monk (uncredited)
1964
5.0
Mail Order Bride
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
1964
6.6
McLintock!
as Sheriff Jeff Lord
1963
6.6
Shock Corridor
as Wilkes
1963
7.0
Donovan's Reef
as Festus
1963
6.3
How the West Was Won
as Officer (uncredited)
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Fireman #1
1962
7.0
The Virginian
as Wagon Driver
1962
6.4
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Henchman (uncredited)
1962
7.8
Merrill's Marauders
as Officer
1962
6.1
Two Rode Together
as Comanche
1961
6.4
Two Rode Together
as Comanche (uncredited)
1961
6.4
The Alamo
as Tennesseean
1960
7.1
Spartacus
as Slave (uncredited)
1960
7.5
Sergeant Rutledge
as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
1960
7.1
The Wonderful Country
as Barton
1959
6.0
Rio Bravo
as Gunman (uncredited)
1959
7.8
Rawhide
as Baxter
1959
7.2
Bat Masterson
as Henchman about to be Sawn in Half
1958
6.1
Man of the West
as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
1958
6.6
The Big Country
as Terrill Cowboy
1958
7.6
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self
1958
0.0
The Hired Gun
as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
1957
5.5
Wagon Train
as Junior
1957
6.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Pike
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Rancher
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Man
1957
7.3
Forty Guns
as Howard Swain
1957
6.5
Run of the Arrow
as Sergeant
1957
6.0
Night Passage
as Roan
1957
6.4
Panic!
1957
0.0
The Wings of Eagles
as Officer
1957
6.2
The King and Four Queens
as Posseman
1956
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Brenner
1956
6.0
Seven Men from Now
as Mason
1956
6.8
The Rawhide Years
as Johnny (uncredited)
1956
5.5
Kentucky Rifle
as Indian (uncredited)
1956
5.1
The Great Locomotive Chase
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
1956
6.3
The Searchers
as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
1956
7.7
Red Sundown
as Henshaw's Man
1956
6.1
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Soldier
1955
5.3
The Second Greatest Sex
as Brawler (uncredited)
1955
6.5
The Tall Men
as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
1955
6.4
Gunsmoke
as Sgt. Keller
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Driver
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Joe
1955
6.6
The Prodigal
as Chieftain
1955
4.0
Timberjack
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
1955
3.2
Ten Wanted Men
as Gunfighter (uncredited)
1955
5.8
Sign of the Pagan
as Mirrai
1954
5.2
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Sam - Ranger #1
1954
7.8
Jubilee Trail
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
1954
4.8
The Lone Gun
as Luke (uncredited)
1954
5.4
The Far Country
as Latigo (uncredited)
1954
6.9
Hondo
as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
1953
6.6
Calamity Jane
as Barfly (uncredited)
1953
7.0
Gun Belt
as Oliver
1953
6.3
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as Cowboy
1953
4.0
Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
1953
5.7
Cow Country
as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
1953
3.9
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Pirate (uncredited)
1952
5.9
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Mounted Soldier
1952
5.9
The Blazing Forest
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
1952
6.0
The Lusty Men
as Cowboy
1952
6.6
Way of a Gaucho
as Gaucho
1952
5.6
Cattle Town
as Rider
1952
6.7
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
as Trooper (uncredited)
1952
4.2
Indian Uprising
as Taggart Man
1952
6.2
Rio Grande
as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
1950
6.8
Atom Man vs. Superman
as Policeman on Road (uncredited)
1950
5.2
Winchester '73
as Long Tom (uncredited)
1950
7.3
Hi-Jacked
as Police Officer (uncredited)
1950
5.0
Hills of Oklahoma
as Cowhand (uncredited)
1950
0.0
Cow Town
as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
1950
4.0
Outcasts of Black Mesa
as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
1950
0.0
The Capture
as Employee (uncredited)
1950
6.1
Trail of the Rustlers
as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
1950
7.0
Western Renegades
as Jones (uncredited)
1949
5.0
The Lone Ranger
as Todd Gunder
1949
6.8
The Fighting Kentuckian
as Militiaman (uncredited)
1949
5.9
The James Brothers of Missouri
as Townsman (uncredited)
1949
6.0
Haunted Trails
as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1949
0.0
Hellfire
as Groper (uncredited)
1949
6.1
Law of the Golden West
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1949
6.0
Roughshod
as Deputy (uncredited)
1949
5.3
Stampede
as Sandy (uncredited)
1949
5.5
Wake of the Red Witch
as Seaman
1948
5.6
Last of the Wild Horses
as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
1948
2.6
Homicide for Three
as Joe - Policeman
1948
5.0
The Gallant Legion
as Ranger
1948
7.0
The Arizona Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
1948
6.0
California Firebrand
as Gunman
1948
3.0
Albuquerque
as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
1948
6.8
The Flame
as Policeman (uncredited)
1947
5.7
Jesse James Rides Again
as Lafe
1947
0.0
Song of Scheherazade
as Midshipman (uncredited)
1947
5.8
Song of Scheherazade
as Midshipman
1947
5.8
Calendar Girl
as Swedish Tug of War Man
1947
5.4
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Deputy (uncredited)
1946
3.0