Chuck Roberson
Known for Acting · 125 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 (18)
Wagon Train
1957
as Junior
The Virginian
1962
as Wagon Driver
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Pike / Rancher / Man
Daniel Boone
1964
as Dark Panther / Dutch / Shawnee Leader / Lige Henry
The Big Valley
1965
as Stage Driver
The Lucy Show
1962
as Fireman #1
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Brenner
Rawhide
1959
as Baxter
Lost in Space
1965
as Alien Fighter
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sgt. Keller / Driver / Joe
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Todd Gunder
Bat Masterson
1958
as Henchman about to be Sawn in Half
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Mod Squad
1968
Laredo
1965
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Sam - Ranger #1
Panic!
1957
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Dawson
Movies (107)
Spartacus
1960
as Slave (uncredited)
El Dorado
1966
as Jason's Gunman
The Green Berets
1968
as Sgt. Griffin
Rio Bravo
1959
as Gunman (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Henchman (uncredited)
The Alamo
1960
as Tennesseean
McLintock!
1963
as Sheriff Jeff Lord
Chisum
1970
as Trail Herder (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962
as Officer (uncredited)
Hondo
1953
as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed in Indian Attack (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970
as Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)
The Big Country
1958
as Terrill Cowboy
Nevada Smith
1966
as Deputy (uncredited)
Rio Grande
1950
as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
The Undefeated
1969
as Yankee Sergeant at River (uncredited)
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Townsman (uncredited)
Cat Ballou
1965
as Armed Guard (uncredited)
Big Jake
1971
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
The War Wagon
1967
as Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge
The Tall Men
1955
as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
Shenandoah
1965
as Rebel Commander with Mustache
Donovan's Reef
1963
as Festus
McQ
1974
as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Jessie (uncredited)
Winchester '73
1950
as Long Tom (uncredited)
Night Passage
1957
as Roan
Man of the West
1958
as Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
1953
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Far Country
1954
as Latigo (uncredited)
7 Men from Now
1956
as Mason
Two Rode Together
1961
as Comanche / Comanche (uncredited)
The Scalphunters
1968
as Scalphunter
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Leader of Bunch
Forty Guns
1957
as Howard Swain
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
as Soldier
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
The Capture
1950
as Employee (uncredited)
The Stone Killer
1973
as Council Member (uncredited)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
as Cook (uncredited)
Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Officer
The Rounders
1965
as Brawler (uncredited)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Mounted Soldier
Sign of the Pagan
1954
as Mirrai
Hellfighters
1968
as Firefighter in Plane (uncredited)
The King and Four Queens
1956
as Posseman
Mail Order Bride
1964
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Cow Country
1953
as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Officer
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Seaman
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
The Wonderful Country
1959
as Barton
The Lusty Men
1952
as Cowboy
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Militiaman (uncredited)
Blindfold
1966
as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
Hellfire
1949
as Groper (uncredited)
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
as Gunman
Shock Corridor
1963
as Wilkes
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Sergeant
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
as Policeman on Road
The Great Locomotive Chase
1956
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
The Rawhide Years
1956
as Johnny (uncredited)
The Prodigal
1955
as Chieftain
Red Sundown
1956
as Henshaw's Man
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
as Cowboy
Ten Wanted Men
1955
as Gunfighter (uncredited)
Black Spurs
1965
as Norton - Prisoner
The Lone Gun
1954
as Luke (uncredited)
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
Gun Belt
1953
as Oliver
The Flame
1947
as Policeman (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
as Pirate (uncredited)
Advance to the Rear
1964
as Monk (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Tennessean
Smoky
1966
as Manuel / Chuck - a Ranch Hand
Kentucky Rifle
1956
as Indian (uncredited)
Hi-Jacked
1950
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Indian Uprising
1952
as Taggart Man
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Song of Scheherazade
1947
as Midshipman (uncredited)
Homicide for Three
1948
as Joe - Policeman
Way of a Gaucho
1952
as Gaucho
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Ranger
Albuquerque
1948
as Man at Gambling Table (uncredited)
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Deputy (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
1949
as Ed - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Second Greatest Sex
1955
as Brawler (uncredited)
Western Renegades
1949
as Jones (uncredited)
Cattle Town
1952
as Rider
Stampede
1949
as Sandy (uncredited)
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949
as Townsman (uncredited)
Timberjack
1955
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Calendar Girl
1947
as Swedish Tug of War Man
Jesse James Rides Again
1947
as Lafe
Roughshod
1949
as Deputy (uncredited)
The Blazing Forest
1952
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
Trail of the Rustlers
1950
as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
as Kramer - Henchman (as Charles 'Chuck' Roberson)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
as Trooper (uncredited)
California Firebrand
1948
as Gunman
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Cowhand (uncredited)
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
The Arizona Ranger
1948
as Henchman (uncredited)
The Hired Gun
1957
as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
Cow Town
1950
as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)
Law of the Golden West
1949
as Wagon Driver (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 125 credits spanning from 1946 to 1992, Chuck Roberson has appeared in 107 films and 18 TV shows.
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- Spartacus (1960) — as Slave (uncredited)
- El Dorado (1966) — as Jason's Gunman
- The Green Berets (1968) — as Sgt. Griffin
- Rio Bravo (1959) — as Gunman (uncredited)
- The Searchers (1956) — as Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
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