Chuck Roberson
Known for Acting · 127 credits
- Born
- 1919-05-10
- Died
- 1988-06-08
- Place of birth
- Shannon, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Charles Hugh "Chuck" Roberson · Charles Hugh Roberson
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
TV Shows (20)
Wagon Train
1957
as Junior
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Todd Gunder
The Lucy Show
1962
as Fireman #1
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Pike / Rancher / Man
Lawman
1958
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
1964
as Dark Panther / Dutch / Shawnee Leader / Lige Henry
The Virginian
1962
as Wagon Driver
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sgt. Keller / Driver / Joe
The Big Valley
1965
as Stage Driver
Rawhide
1959
as Baxter
Bat Masterson
1958
as Henchman about to be Sawn in Half
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Brenner
Lost in Space
1965
as Alien Fighter
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Mod Squad
1968
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
as Henchman Blake / Deputy Trapp
Laredo
1965
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Sam - Ranger #1
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Dawson
Panic!
1957
Movies (107)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Henchman (uncredited)
Spartacus
1960
as Slave (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
Rio Bravo
1959
as Gunman (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962
as Officer (uncredited)
Chisum
1970
as Trail Herder (uncredited)
The Alamo
1960
as Tennesseean
The Big Country
1958
as Terrill Cowboy
El Dorado
1966
as Jason's Gunman
McLintock!
1963
as Sheriff Jeff Lord
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Townsman (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
1964
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
McQ
1974
as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
The Flame
1947
as Policeman (uncredited)
The War Wagon
1967
as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
The Green Berets
1968
as Sgt. Griffin
Calamity Jane
1953
as Barfly (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970
as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
The Undefeated
1969
as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
Rio Grande
1950
as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
Donovan's Reef
1963
as Festus
7 Men from Now
1956
as Mason
Big Jake
1971
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Cat Ballou
1965
as Armed Guard (uncredited)
Winchester '73
1950
as Long Tom (uncredited)
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
as Soldier
Hondo
1953
as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Militiaman (uncredited)
The Scalphunters
1968
as Scalphunter
Man of the West
1958
as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
as Comanche / Comanche (uncredited)
Way of a Gaucho
1952
as Gaucho
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Jessie (uncredited)
Nevada Smith
1966
as Deputy (uncredited)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Mounted Soldier
Night Passage
1957
as Roan
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Leader of Bunch
Hellfighters
1968
as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
The Stone Killer
1973
as Council Member (uncredited)
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Officer (uncredited)
The Far Country
1954
as Latigo (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Advance to the Rear
1964
as Monk (uncredited)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
as Cook (uncredited)
The Tall Men
1955
as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
The King and Four Queens
1956
as Posseman
Shenandoah
1965
as Rebel Commander with Mustache
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
as Policeman on Road
The Rounders
1965
as Brawler (uncredited)
The Wonderful Country
1959
as Barton
Ten Wanted Men
1955
as Gunfighter (uncredited)
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Seaman
Shock Corridor
1963
as Wilkes
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
as Pirate (uncredited)
The Hired Gun
1957
as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
The Rawhide Years
1956
as Johnny (uncredited)
Hi-Jacked
1950
as Police Officer (uncredited)
The Prodigal
1955
as Chieftain
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Sergeant
The Lone Gun
1954
as Luke (uncredited)
The Great Locomotive Chase
1956
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
Red Sundown
1956
as Henshaw's Man
Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Officer
Gun Belt
1953
as Oliver
Sign of the Pagan
1954
as Mirrai
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
as Gunman
Black Spurs
1965
as Norton - Prisoner
The Lusty Men
1952
as Cowboy
Smoky
1966
as Manuel / Chuck - a Ranch Hand
The Capture
1950
as Employee (uncredited)
Roughshod
1949
as Deputy (uncredited)
Blindfold
1966
as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
Law of the Golden West
1949
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Ranger
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
California Firebrand
1948
as Gunman
Song of Scheherazade
1947
as Midshipman (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Tennessean
Hellfire
1949
as Groper (uncredited)
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
Kentucky Rifle
1956
as Indian (uncredited)
Calendar Girl
1947
as Swedish Tug of War Man
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Forty Guns
1957
as Howard Swain
Albuquerque
1948
as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
1949
as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Western Renegades
1949
as Jones (uncredited)
Cow Town
1950
as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
Jesse James Rides Again
1947
as Lafe
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
Stampede
1949
as Sandy (uncredited)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
as Cowboy
Indian Uprising
1952
as Taggart Man
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Cattle Town
1952
as Rider
The Second Greatest Sex
1955
as Brawler (uncredited)
Trail of the Rustlers
1950
as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
The Arizona Ranger
1948
as Henchman (uncredited)
Cow Country
1953
as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
Timberjack
1955
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Blazing Forest
1952
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Deputy (uncredited)
Homicide for Three
1948
as Joe - Policeman
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
as Trooper (uncredited)
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949
as Townsman (uncredited)
About 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 du… With 127 credits spanning from 1946 to 1992, Chuck Roberson has appeared in 107 films and 20 TV shows.
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- How the West Was Won (1962) — as Officer (uncredited)
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