Chuck Hayward
Known for Acting · 81 credits
- Born
- 1920-01-20
- Died
- 1998-02-23
- Place of birth
- Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A.
- Also known as
- Charles Bert Hayward
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
TV Shows (15)
Wagon Train
1957
as Quentin Cleatus
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Cosby
Maverick
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Posse Man (uncredited) / Deputy Sheriff / Blue / Farmer
Burke's Law
1963
as Deputy
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as A Rider / Bob Bradley / Burt Taggart
The Rookies
1972
Gunsmoke
1955
as Jake / Studer / Kemp / Cowhand
Bat Masterson
1958
as Fugitive in Plaid Shirt
CHiPs
1977
Black Saddle
1959
as Needham / Fields
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Curly Ivers
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Mine Heavy (uncredited)
Wichita Town
1959
Movies (66)
Spartacus
1960
as Soldier (uncredited)
High Noon
1952
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Man at Wedding (uncredited)
True Grit
1969
as Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Henchman (uncredited)
Blazing Saddles
1974
as Outlaw (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970
as (uncredited)
The Lord of the Rings
1978
as Character Actor (voice)
Airport '77
1977
as Passenger
The Great Race
1965
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Swarm
1978
as Standby Engineer
Joe Kidd
1972
as Eljay
Nevada Smith
1966
as Fitch Man (uncredited)
The Alamo
1960
as Tennessean (uncredited)
The Longest Yard
1974
as Trooper I
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Union Captain
The War Wagon
1967
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Rooster Cogburn
1975
as Jerry (uncredited)
The Big Country
1958
as Rafe Hannassey
The Rare Breed
1966
as Wrangler (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Trooper (uncredited)
Arena
1953
as Cowboy
Tom Horn
1980
as Deputy Proctor
Slaughter Trail
1951
as Wounded Indian (uncredited)
Forty Guns
1957
as Charlie Savage
Hustle
1975
as Morgue Attendant
Two Rode Together
1961
as Trooper (uncredited)
Night of the Lepus
1972
as Jud
Red Sundown
1956
as Cowpuncher
Taras Bulba
1962
as Dolotov (uncredited)
Wagon Master
1950
as Jackson (uncredited)
5 Card Stud
1968
as O'Hara (uncredited)
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Chalmers
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
as Wald (Cavendish gang)
The World in His Arms
1952
as Guest (uncredited)
Escort West
1959
as Indian
Son of Ali Baba
1952
as Villager (uncredited)
Fort Osage
1952
as Henchman (uncredited)
Stark
1985
as Scurvy
Showdown at Abilene
1956
as Roughneck (uncredited)
Gone with the West
1975
as Mimmo's Men
Kings of the Sun
1963
as Indian Warrior Friend to Black Eagle (uncredited)
Gun for a Coward
1956
as Nester (uncredited)
Lepke
1975
as Doorman
The Unholy Wife
1957
as Hazer (uncredited)
Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Officer
The Deadly Companions
1961
as Card Sharp (uncredited)
Apache Drums
1951
as Townsman (uncredited)
Gun Brothers
1956
as Lookout (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Deputy (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Velasco Rider (uncredited)
The Road to Denver
1955
as Randy (uncredited)
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Corporal
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Self
Fair Wind to Java
1953
as Sailor
Plunderers of Painted Flats
1959
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
Scream of the Wolf
1974
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
as Walker Man
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
as Henchman (uncredited)
San Antone
1953
as Willie
Desperadoes of the West
1950
as Al (uncredited)
Crystal Gazing
1982
as Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
The Fargo Phantom
1950
as Barnes
Dogface
1959
About Chuck Hayward
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 i… With 81 credits spanning from 1950 to 1992, Chuck Hayward has appeared in 66 films and 15 TV shows.
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- Spartacus (1960) — as Soldier (uncredited)
- High Noon (1952) — as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Searchers (1956) — as Man at Wedding (uncredited)
- True Grit (1969) — as Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Henchman (uncredited)
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