Chuck Roberson

Attore

10 maggio 1919 — 8 giugno 1988 (69 anni)
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.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • Il grande paese
    Il grande paese1958
  • La battaglia di Alamo
    La battaglia di Alamo1960
  • McLintock
    McLintock1963
  • Rio Lobo
    Rio Lobo1970
  • Il corridoio della paura
    Il corridoio della paura1963
  • Bonanza
    Bonanza2 stagioni
  • Dove la terra scotta
    Dove la terra scotta1958
  • Oltre i limiti
    Oltre i limiti2 stagioni
  • 40 pistole
    40 pistole1957
  • Lucy Show
    Lucy Show3 stagioni
  • Il cavaliere solitario
    Il cavaliere solitario1 stagione
  • Un re per quattro regine
    Un re per quattro regine1956
  • Bat Masterson
    Bat Masterson3 stagioni
  • Death Valley Days
    Death Valley Days18 stagioni
  • All'alba giunse la donna
    All'alba giunse la donna1950
  • L'assedio di Fort Point
    L'assedio di Fort Point1951
  • Kentucky Rifle
    Kentucky Rifle1955
  • Le avventure di Gene Autry
    Le avventure di Gene Autry5 stagioni
  • Duello infernale
    Duello infernale1949
  • Cow Town
    Cow Town1950

Famoso per

  • L'altra faccia del pianeta delle scimmie
    L'altra faccia del pianeta delle scimmie1970
  • Il corridoio della paura
    Il corridoio della paura1963
  • I sette assassini
    I sette assassini1956
  • L'urlo della battaglia
    L'urlo della battaglia1962
  • Smoky
    Smoky1966

Filmografia

2007
1976
Quincy, M.E. · as Will Presstin
1974
1974
McQ · as Santiago's Bodyguard (uncredited)
1973
The Stone Killer · as Council Member (uncredited)
1973
Cahill U.S. Marshal · as Leader Of Bunch
1971
Big Jake · as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
1971
1970
Rio Lobo · as Corporal In Baggage Car (uncredited)Su Plex
1970
Chisum · as Trail Herder (uncredited)
1969
The Undefeated · as Yankee Sergeant At River (uncredited)
1968
Hellfighters · as Firefighter In Plane (uncredited)
1968
1968
Lancer · as Paul O'brien
1968
The Green Berets · as Sgt. Griffin
1968
The Scalphunters · as Scalphunter
1967
The War Wagon · as Brown / Mustachioed Guard At Blown Bridge
1967
Welcome to Hard Times · as Miner Fighting Bert (uncredited)
1967
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin · as Cook (uncredited)
1967
Mr. Terrific · as Dawson
1966
El Dorado · as Jason's Gunman
1966
Blindfold · as Fitzpatrick's Henchman
1966
Smoky · as Chuck - A Ranch Hand
1966
Nevada Smith · as Deputy (uncredited)
1966
Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider · as Dutch - Teamster
1965
1965
The Big Valley · as Stage Driver
1965
Lost in Space · as Alien Fighter
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder · as Townsman (uncredited)
1965
Shenandoah · as Rebel Commander With Mustache
1965
Cat Ballou · as Armed Guard (uncredited)
1965
Black Spurs · as Norton - Prisoner
1965
The Rounders · as Brawler (uncredited)
1964
Cheyenne Autumn · as Jessie (uncredited)
1964
Daniel Boone · as Dutch
1964
Advance to the Rear · as Monk (uncredited)
1964
Mail Order Bride · as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
1963
McLintock! · as Sheriff Jeff LordSu Plex
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre · as The 1st Guard
1963
Shock Corridor · as WilkesSu Plex
1963
The Outer Limits · as First PlayerSu Plex
1963
Donovan's Reef · as Festus
1962
How the West Was Won · as Officer (uncredited)
1962
The Lucy Show · as Fireman #1Su Plex
1962
The Virginian · as Wagon Driver
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · as Henchman (uncredited)
1962
Merrill's Marauders · as Officer
1961
Two Rode Together · as Comanche
1960
Five Guns to Tombstone · as Gang Member
1960
Spartacus · as Slave (uncredited)
1960
The Alamo · as TennesseeanSu Plex
1960
Stagecoach West · as Matt
1960
Dante · as Tate
1960
Sergeant Rutledge · as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
1959
The Detectives (1959) · as Enforcer
1959
1959
Laramie · as Burke
1959
Bonanza · as LarcherSu Plex
1959
Rio Bravo · as Gunman (uncredited)
1959
Rawhide · as Baxter
1958
Cimarron City · as Cowhand
1958
Man of the West · as Rifleman-Guard On Train (uncredited)Su Plex
1958
Bat Masterson · as Henchman About To Be Sawn In HalfSu Plex
1958
Lawman · as Stage Driver
1958
Yancy Derringer · as Henchman
1958
Rescue 8 · as Crane Operator
1958
The Big Country · as Terrill CowboySu Plex
1957
Zorro (1957) · as Assassin
1957
The Hired Gun · as Frank Cooper - Conroy Ranch Wrangler
1957
Wagon Train · as Junior
1957
1957
Forty Guns · as Howard SwainSu Plex
1957
Run of the Arrow · as Sergeant
1957
Night Passage · as Roan
1957
1957
1957
The Wings of Eagles · as Officer
1956
The King and Four Queens · as PossemanSu Plex
1956
Zane Grey Theatre · as Brenner
1956
The Great Locomotive Chase · as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
1956
7 Men from Now · as Mason
1956
The Rawhide Years · as Johnny (uncredited)
1956
The Searchers · as Ranger At Wedding (uncredited)
1956
Red Sundown · as Henshaw's Man
1955
1955
The Tall Men · as Alva Jenkin (uncredited)
1955
The Second Greatest Sex · as Brawler (uncredited)
1955
Gunsmoke · as Sgt. Keller
1955
Kentucky Rifle · as Indian (uncredited)Su Plex
1955
The Prodigal · as Chieftain
1955
Timberjack · as Lumberjack (uncredited)
1955
Ten Wanted Men · as Gunfighter (uncredited)
1954
Sign of the Pagan · as Mirrai
1954
Disneyland · as Sam - Ranger #1
1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin · as Manley Stevens
1954
The Far Country · as Latigo (uncredited)
1954
The Lone Gun · as Luke (uncredited)
1954
Jubilee Trail · as Man At Bar (uncredited)
1953
Hondo · as Kloori / Cavalry Sergeant Killed In Indian Attack (uncredited)
1953
Calamity Jane · as Barfly (uncredited)
1953
Gun Belt · as Oliver
1953
1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas · as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
1953
Cow Country · as Stubby (as Brett Houston)
1953
Fort Vengeance · as Mountie
1953
1952
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd · as Pirate (uncredited)
1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate · as Mounted Soldier
1952
The Blazing Forest · as Lumberjack (uncredited)
1952
The Lusty Men · as Cowboy
1952
Way of a Gaucho · as Gaucho
1952
Cowboy G-Men · as Lefty
1952
Cattle Town · as Rider
1952
Death Valley Days · as OscarSu Plex
1952
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory · as Trooper (uncredited)
1952
Indian Uprising · as Taggart Man
1951
The Roy Rogers Show · as Deputy Randall
1951
Cattle Drive · as Chuck Saunders
1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson · as Deputy Trapp
1951
The Last Outpost · as Confederate CorporalSu Plex
1951
Oh! Susanna · as Barfly
1950
Bandit Queen · as Deputy
1950
Lightning Guns · as Hank Burch - Henchman
1950
Rio Grande · as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
1950
The Gene Autry Show · as Henchman In Leather VestSu Plex
1950
Hi-Jacked · as Police Officer (uncredited)
1950
Winchester '73 · as Long Tom (uncredited)
1950
Hills of Oklahoma · as Cowhand (uncredited)
1950
Atom Man vs. Superman · as Policeman On Road (uncredited)
1950
Cow Town · as Mike Grady - Henchman (as Charles Roberson)Su Plex
1950
The Capture · as Employee (uncredited)Su Plex
1950
Trail of the Rustlers · as Bob - Henchman (uncredited)
1949
The Fighting Kentuckian · as Militiaman (uncredited)
1949
The Lone Ranger (1949) · as Todd GunderSu Plex
1949
The James Brothers of Missouri · as Townsman (uncredited)
1949
Hellfire · as Groper (uncredited)
1949
Law of the Golden West · as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1949
Roughshod · as Deputy (uncredited)
1949
Stampede · as Sandy (uncredited)Su Plex
1948
1948
Last of the Wild Horses · as Deputy Chuck (uncredited)
1948
Homicide for Three · as Joe - Policeman
1948
The Gallant Legion · as Ranger
1948
The Arizona Ranger · as Henchman (uncredited)
1948
Albuquerque · as Man At Gambling Table (uncredited)
1947
The Flame · as Policeman (uncredited)
1947
1947
Song of Scheherazade · as Midshipman (uncredited)
1947
Calendar Girl · as Swedish Tug Of War Man
1946
Plainsman and the Lady · as Deputy (uncredited)
1946
Rainbow Over Texas · as Townsman